Dr. Remi Chiu, a musicologist at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore and author of “Plague and Music in the Renaissance” talks with George Matysek in this encore episode about Christmas music and the historic power of music in times of plague and pandemic.

St. Nicholas is known as the saint of giving for his generosity. Artist Tim Murphy created this coloring page of the saintly bishop for the Catholic Review to distribute at the Merriweather Post Pavilion Symphony of Lights and to schools in the archdiocese. Here are just a few of the finished pages we received.

Beginning in Summer 2021, University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center, Towson, has offered patients the chance to relax and express themselves creatively through the hospital’s “Heart Cart” outreach.

Tony Small, a Grammy-award nominated music director at St. Bernardine in West Baltimore thinks “Wrapped in Love” is a fitting title for a performance to help celebrate the Christmas season and serve as outreach to the surrounding community.

John Whitehead’s role as a peace activist earned him the distinction as the Pax Christi Metro DC-Baltimore Peacemaker of the Year.

Deacon David Ludwikoski looks at the story of the Epiphany from two viewpoints: as a scientist and a person of faith.

Sister Anne Conrad Koerner died Nov. 30. She was 94 and had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 73 years.

Emmet Cahill, an Irish tenor featured in the Celtic Thunder singing group, will perform a special “Christmas in Ireland” concert Dec. 4 at Immaculate Heart of Mary in Baynesville.

The sport of soccer is front and center for Father Uju Okeahialam and other fans this month with the World Cup in the middle of its competition to crown the best team in the world.

More than 160 years after Irish and Italian immigrants extracted marble from a local quarry and used it to construct St. Joseph Church in the Texas enclave of Baltimore County, parish leaders are following in their founding parishioners’ footsteps.