Choose your own adventure.          A. Climbing Mount Everest.          B. Running 26.2 miles.          C. Traveling for 30 straight hours to bring your toddler home from China. We’ve picked C—twice. And it wasn’t easy. As I’ve mentioned before, John is not a fan of flying. And we’re not great travelers. Add to that the difficulties...Read More

NEW YORK - Catholic exorcists get some time off with “The Possession” (Lionsgate). Since this mostly gore-free chiller’s premise rests on Jewish tales of demonic indwelling by beings called dybbuks, it’s a Hasidic student, rather than a priest, who eventually gets summoned to the rescue. And file this one under “Only in America”: said scholar...Read More

A community outreach nurse, Karen Kansler practices what she preaches – she exercises regularly, eats nutritious food and tries to manage her stress.Read More

In the past year, Ellicott City’s historic downtown has suffered an earthquake and severe flooding, and then tragically, a double-murder of a nearby church’s pastor and volunteer, and a train derailment that killed two young women.Read More

Residents of Catholic Charities' DePaul House and St. Joachim House will partner with teams in the Dragon Boat Races.Read More

Loyola Blakefiled grad Rick Detorie talks about his inspiration for the "One Big Happy" comic strip.Read More

It hit some of you as soon as the confetti fell on the New York Giants, who were hoisting the Lombardi Trophy at Super Bowl XLVI.Read More

Speaking a year ago at Calvert Hall College High School in Towson, John Garvey predicted that threats to religious liberty would become the most important issue facing the Catholic Church in the United States in the next half century.Read More