Young Catholic News

Cardinal Newman Society and Mount St. Mary’s form partnership
Jun 30 2011
The Center for the Advancement of Catholic Higher Education, a division of The Cardinal Newman Society, will relocate to Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg under the leadership of Monsignor Stuart Swetland, effective July 1.

Catholic Review receives high honors
Jun 29 2011
PITTSBURGH – The Catholic Review garnered two first-place and three second-place journalism honors from the Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada and one honorable mention from the National Right to Life during recent national and international competitions.

Maryvale’s Sister Shawn to make next school year her last
Jun 29 2011
BROOKLANDVILLE – Just a week removed from the end of the school year, Sister Shawn Marie Maguire gathered her faculty and staff together in mid-June for some news: the next academic year will be the Sister of Notre Dame de Namur’s last as president and headmistress of all-girls Maryvale Preparatory School.

Laity has its say in parish planning process
Jun 29 2011
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Hearts on Fire retreat for young adults comes to Ellicott City
Jun 28 2011
When Father Erik J. Arnold heard that Hearts on Fire, a Catholic young adult retreat program, was looking for a home in Baltimore, the pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Ellicott City enthusiastically opened the doors to his church.

Youthful supreme knight of Peter Claver sees God’s hand leading him
Jun 25 2011
WASHINGTON – When Fredron DeKarlos Blackmon was elected to lead the Knights of Peter Claver last September, it was a natural progression of his involvement as a professional lay Catholic.

Seminarians want to be ‘part of the solution’ in addressing abuse issue
Jun 21 2011
WASHINGTON – Most of them weren’t born yet when the events occurred that came to define the U.S. crisis of sexual abuse by priests. But for men who entered the seminary in the past decade, a point of commonality seems to be that they want to prove that priests are good people.

Vatican official: Sexual abuse of minors requires strong response
Jun 20 2011
VATICAN CITY – The phenomenon of the sexual abuse of minors within the church requires a strong response that is “not inertia, a culture of silence or repression,” said the Vatican’s top investigator of clerical sex abuse said.

Vatican calls on businesses to be ethical, create economic justice
Jun 19 2011
VATICAN CITY – The Vatican and some Catholic thinkers are urging businesses to not only employ ethical policies within their companies, but to become dedicated to bringing economic justice to the wider world.

Charter revisions approved but work must continue, bishop says
Jun 17 2011
BELLEVUE, Wash. – The U.S. bishops overwhelmingly approved extensive revisions to their 2002 “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People” June 16, but the bishop who heads up their efforts to confront the clergy sex abuse crisis said it must remain “a front-burner issue.”

Bishops urged to fight war of words to defend traditional marriage
Jun 17 2011
BELLEVUE, Wash. – Bishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of Oakland, Calif., urged his fellow bishops June 15 to fight back in the war of words over efforts to redefine traditional marriage.

De Sales campus opens new convent for Nashville Dominicans
Jun 15 2011
CATONSVILLE – Dominican Sister of St. Cecilia Amelia Hueller relaxed in the sitting room of a new convent and reflected upon the benefactors who made it possible.

‘Gym rat’ writes, produces, directs film on Catholic women’s hoops team
Jun 15 2011
WASHINGTON – Imagine being able to write a movie about something that you were a part of, even if it was just a little bit.

Poll finds overlap: Many say they’re both ‘pro-choice’ and ‘pro-life’
Jun 14 2011
WASHINGTON – The headline on the introduction to a new report on the generation of people ages 18-29 encapsulates its conclusions as “the peculiar profile of millennials on abortion.”

Pope to get manga comic treatment in time for World Youth Day
Jun 12 2011
WASHINGTON – Move over, Spider-Man. Here come some new comic-book heroes.