When I am not enough September 19, 2016By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church “We are to become vessels of God’s compassionate love for others,” St. Clare of Assisi said.
Amen: Jesus misses you August 30, 2016By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Amen, Amen Matysek Commentary, Baltimore Basilica, Commentary Eucharistic adoration at the Baltimore Basilica is in trouble. See what you can do to help – and grow closer to Christ.
Charles Osgood fondly recalls Catholic Baltimore August 29, 2016By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, The Narthex “Only Sister Serena could have judged your morals and grammar at the same time,” Mr. Osgood recalled.
Amen: World Youth Day visits country steeped in our faith July 27, 2016By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: Amen, Amen Gunty Commentary, Commentary Poland is Catholic – spiritually and culturally. The faith is woven into the lives and fortunes of the people.
Amen: During the journey, don’t forget to look back July 5, 2016By Erik Zygmont Filed Under: Amen, Commentary When Olivia Bonner, Sarah Conway and Benjamin Cummins graduated June 3, they had spent 15 years – approximately 5/6 of their lives – together.
My father’s cookies June 22, 2016By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church How extraordinary is a father’s love, especially that of God the Father, who has faith that we will continue to try to become the best version of ourselves, that we will fail but we will also achieve, and that one day we will be with him in heaven.
Amen: Peaceful road warrior June 14, 2016By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Amen, Amen McMullen Commentary, Commentary, Local News What makes Tim Rubeling – and his younger sisters and their big brothers – walk?
Amen: Daddy-daughter time March 8, 2016By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Amen, Amen Matysek Commentary, Commentary ‘Woof-woofs,’ polkas and prayers offer life lessons for father of 15-month-old girl.
Amen: On the trail with Father Beshoner October 29, 2015By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Amen, Amen Matysek Commentary, Commentary After a long hiatus, Father Beshoner recently relaunched Catholic Under the Hood with a seemingly monumental mission: telling the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church from apostolic times to the present.
Anti-Catholic bigotry fails to dampen call to love in Philadelphia September 27, 2015By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, The Narthex Faith opens a window to the presence and working of the Spirit. It shows us that, like happiness, holiness is always tied to little gestures.
Catholic Review Column: Art in Heaven September 17, 2015By Archbishop William E. Lori Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary By now, you likely know that a much-beloved priest of this Archdiocese and rector of our Basilica in Baltimore, Monsignor Arthur Valenzano, went home to the Lord earlier this month (see page A9). I was privileged to celebrate his funeral Mass and to hear the beautiful and stirring homily given by his best friend, Monsignor […]
Catholic Review Column: After Charleston, Still Much Work to Be Done June 25, 2015By Archbishop William E. Lori Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary “Racism is an evil which endures in our society and in our Church.” These words were included in the 1979 pastoral letter of the U.S. Catholic bishops, “Brothers and Sisters to Us.” Sadly, they remain relevant and true some 36 years later. In that letter, the U.S. bishops named racial prejudice as a grave sin […]
