Rita Buettner sits down with Jack Kissane, longtime board president of Our Lady’s Center in Ellicott City, and Christine Cunningham, the center’s manager. Founded in 1974 as an oratory shrine and family apostolate, Our Lady’s Center welcomes thousands each year to draw closer to Jesus through the Blessed Virgin Mary.

During Archbishop Curley High School’s Oct. 11 Homecoming Day, a group of 60-something ex-soccer teammates made Curley history – five decades after they had achieved distinction while playing on soccer pitches a long way from home. 

From August through Nov. 21, youths ages 3 to 10 – sometimes accompanied by younger siblings – gathered every Friday morning for the Wildly Catholic Homeschool Nature Club, a two-and-a-half-hour program created by Brooke Herrera, a pediatric occupational therapist and a parishioner of Sacred Heart in Glyndon.

As the clang of passing light-rail trains filled the air, Erin Meye concentrated on touching up a large mural she had completed a few weeks earlier outside Options@328, a pro-life pregnancy resource center in Baltimore that shares a wall with Planned Parenthood. 

Advent is a special season for Catholics as we prepare to celebrate the Incarnation of our Lord. Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty is joined by two guests to talk about these days of anticipation.

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Calvert Hall quarterback Oliver Noll quickly made amends for a rough outing in last year’s Turkey Bowl against Loyola Blakefield by leading the Cardinals to a 28-24 victory Nov. 27 in the 105th meeting between the Towson-area Catholic schools.

Well more than 1,000 people of all ages reverently filed past the relics of St. Thérèse of Lisieux during a two-day stop in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

Michael Brown was one of about 80 men receiving free foot evaluations and footwear at Helping Up Mission in Baltimore. With clippers in hand and cases of new socks and shoes ready for distribution, Mercy’s surgical team partnered with Dick’s Sporting Goods and Royal Farms for the 2025 effort.

Cheers erupted from the Maryland delegation at the National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC) Nov. 21 in Indianapolis when Mia Smothers of St. Francis de Sales in Abingdon stepped up to ask the first question during a historic livestream with Pope Leo XIV.