Arbor Day: Only God Can Make a Tree

Poet Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918) has delighted generations with his reflections on the beauty of our trees:Trees I think that I shall never see
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Test of faith

Many people ask Father Michael DeAscanis what religious order he is in. “I say I’m not. I’m a diocesan priest, but they don’t know what that means.” Other Catholic verbiage is commonly misused or mixed up, reports the associate pastor of St. Ursula, Parkville. The priest provided The Catholic Review with a sample of eight...
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How do you know if you have postpartum depression?

Feeling blue for several days after giving birth is normal. Yet about 10 percent of women develop postpartum depression, a state of intense feelings of sadness, anxiety and despair that last well past the average baby blues.
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Keep your cool as temperatures rise

When the summer sun and the thermometer rise, heat-related illness increases, especially for seniors, the very young and people who are overweight, ill, or working or exercising outside. These illnesses can become serious or fatal if not treated, according to the American Red Cross. Heat can affect older adults differently than younger people, and factors...
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Spring cycles in: Are you ready?

Don’t wait for spring to go cycling. “That’s a copout,” said Murray Davis, racing cyclist, former triathlete and owner of Performance Resources in Bel Air.
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Skiing a way to coast to cardiovascular health

There’s nothing more thrilling to Ed Rogers than coasting down a mountainside at top speed while balanced on a pair of skis.
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Downsizing: Purging possessions from home to apartment can be liberating

She didn’t think she could do it, yet Janis Kilmer swept her hand across the kitchen table and dumped the hefty pile of loose recipes directly into the trash.
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The face of God

“You are like light for the whole world. In the same way your light must shine before people, so that they will see the good things you do and praise your Father in heaven” (Matthew 5: 14, 16 Good News Bible).
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An open letter to the Catholic faithful of the Archdiocese of Baltimore

My Dear Friends in Christ, As reported in The Catholic Review last week, St. Michael School in Frostburg – the last parish elementary school in far Western Maryland – will close its doors for good at the end of the current school year after over 110 years of educating the children of Allegany County in...
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Author urges Catholics to spread Gospel in secular culture

Father Ronald Rolheiser, O.M.I., says that Catholics must be modern-day missionaries and bring the Gospel of Jesus to an increasingly secular culture.
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