My mother is 100 percent Irish, so I grew up with soda bread baking in the oven, “Toora Loora Loora” at bedtime, and a series of green cars my father drove to hand out programs at the St. Patrick’s Day parade.Yet somehow I never knew about The Quiet Man untilRead More
Archbishop William E. Lori, the Archdiocese of Baltimore and Catholic Review Media (CRMedia) are part of a federal lawsuit filed March 12 to stop a Health and Human Services mandate under the Affordable Care Act they believe would require them to provide health insurance coverage for contraception, sterilization and abortion-inducing drugs.Read More
One year ago when Pope Francis was elected, I launched a poetry contest. I even offered to award a box of noodles to the winner.I pitched this limerick to start the poetry slam:So who is this new pope, Pope Francis?He cooks for himself and he dances.Therese is one of hisRead More
A funeral Mass for Daughter of Charity Mary Ann Bozel was offered March 8 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in EmmitsburgRead More
This morning, when I went to put the boys in the car, perfectly parallel-parked just inches from the curb, I noticed something was off. The glass was all intact, but the box from my new running shoes was in Leo’s car seat base. When I opened the front door, IRead More