Keeping students, administrators safe in schools

NBC News aired a story Dec. 3 and Dec. 4 about how children at an Atlanta school were taken to the hospital Dec. 3 after their school was filled with the colorless, odorless and tasteless gas known as carbon monoxide.   That school reportedly doesn’t have carbon monoxide detectors. In 2011, a
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Triplets take to the altar at Church of the Resurrection

The Taylor triplets were inspired to start volunteering after watching their father's example.
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Mother Seton School alumnus honored for service

Sheridan “Dan” Reaver, a 1975 alumnus of Mother Seton School in Emmitsburg, and president of Emmitsburg Glass Company, was recently named a distinguished volunteer by the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
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Are you a ‘prepper’?

If you’re a fan of the show “Doomsday Preppers” on the National Geographic Channel, then you are also familiar with the terms “prepper,” “bug out,” and “i.n.c.h. bag.” If you haven’t heard of it, you might think it’s just a show about more crazy people who think the world is
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Jesuit Father Gerald J. Fitzpatrick dies

Father Fitzpatrick was ordained a priest in 1971 at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore.
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NDP students work to preserve history

NDP students learn about history in a contemporary way.
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Jesuit Father William K. McGroarty dies

Father McCroarty was the oldest member of the Maryland Province of Jesuits when he died Nov. 26.
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Great Expectations

Charles Dickens’ classic, “Great Expectations,” opens on Christmas Eve. It introduces us to Pip, an orphan who was being raised by his sister and her husband. As a boy, Pip didn’t think he’d amount to much but his chance encounter with a convict (Magwitch) and with a rich elderly woman (Miss Havisham) and her daughter...
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Paradox of John the Baptists at the polling place

So what did Election Day and Advent have in common? For me, quite a bit. Let me tell my story as succinctly as possible.
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The times call for ‘Stepping Out’

A National Black Catholic Men’s Conference was held recently at the Laurel Holiday Inn. I am known as one who does not attend such conferences but something drew me to this one and I am glad that I attended. I am also glad and proud to be a “Black Catholic man.” Can you as a...
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Lost opportunity in election

With both vice president candidates calling themselves Catholic, that should have been a good teaching point for our Sunday sermons before the election.
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This year, keep Advent in focus with experts’ tips

Don't lose the meaning of Advent in the pre-Christmas shuffle. The Catholic Review shares these tips.
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