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...Read More
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.Read More
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...Read More
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.Read More
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.Read More
“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).Read More
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...Read More
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.Read More