For the past year and a half, I have been living/working in Camphill Village in Copake, N.Y. (Camphill Village is a community of people, some with special needs, located on 600 acres of land. The organization is self-sustaining, with a farm, two gardens, and about 10 workshops.)Read More

The Thomas family shares a long history with St. John’s Catholic Prep, Frederick, so it was fitting that the school purchased more than 49 acres from The Charles B. Thomas and The George L. Thomas III Trust to build a new state-of-the-art campus.Read More

It’s not strictly health care but it’s certainly a form of caring. The Mercy Supportive Housing Program at Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, helps homeless families obtain housing and then works with them for six months after they move in to make sure they don’t end up back on the streets.Read More

JERUSALEM – A Catholic archbishop scheduled to accompany U.S. President George W. Bush on a tour of the Mount of Beatitudes said he would talk to him about Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount.Read More

KITGUM, Uganda – Corrina Akongo has harvested sweet potatoes from her own land for the first time in years.Read More

NAIROBI, Kenya – A Kenyan bishop said his appeals for humanitarian assistance for the Diocese of Eldoret have been met quickly following the violence sparked by the country’s disputed Dec. 27 general elections.Read More

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican is preparing to issue a set of instructions to promote “greater caution and more accuracy” in the opening of new sainthood causes by local dioceses, a top Vatican official said.Read More

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien appointed Father Jeffrey S. Dauses as the new rector of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Baltimore, effective Feb. 1.Read More