Family Life

From the heart: Parishioners start run in their children’s honor
Sep 07 2012
Throughout the state, individuals, families and groups start runs for a cause.

Curing ‘historical amnesia’ in America’s ‘Star-Spangled City’
Sep 05 2012
St. Philip Neri parishioner vividly tells the story of the War of 1812.

After 30 years, pregnancy center aiming to become medical center
Sep 04 2012
TOWSON – Pregnancy Center North in Towson has served women from a second-story office at 6805 York Road for nearly twenty years.

Cartoonist’s view shaped in local parish, schools
Sep 02 2012
Loyola Blakefiled grad Rick Detorie talks about his inspiration for the "One Big Happy" comic strip.

Fullerton youths pray for wounded parishioner
Aug 30 2012
FULLERTON – Two days after a parishioner of St. Joseph, Fullerton, was shot at a nearby public high school, two dozen of his peers gathered at the church for a prayer service.

Appeals panel OKs federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research
Aug 25 2012
WASHINGTON - A three-judge federal appeals panel has affirmed a lower court ruling that the U.S. government can fund embryonic stem-cell research despite a federal ban on funding any research that harms or destroys human embryos.

Same-sex marriage referendum wording misleading, Catholic Conference says
Aug 21 2012
The Maryland Catholic Conference says the wording of a controversial ballot question should not sway support for traditional marriage.

Be sure children’s school lunches pack a healthy punch, say dietitians
Aug 21 2012
If parents want their children to eat healthy, they need to put some time and creativity into packing school lunches.

Deployment reprieve gives hope to Baltimore-area undocumented youths
Aug 20 2012
Youths apply for a new federal program that provides a temporary visa.

Mitchell heir leaves millions, literary rights to Atlanta Archdiocese
Aug 18 2012
ATLANTA - The Archdiocese of Atlanta has received a substantial gift from the estate of Margaret Mitchell’s nephew, Joseph, including a 50 percent share of the trademark and literary rights to “Gone With the Wind.”

Movie Review: The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Aug 16 2012
Movie celebrates familial love, and leaves a lot to think about.

Pope encourages prayers for unborn, support for their parents
Aug 16 2012
CZESTOCHOWA, Poland - Pope Benedict XVI encouraged prayers for the lives of the unborn and asked Polish Catholics to ensure their love for life translates into concrete support for those finding it difficult to welcome a pregnancy.

Home-schooled students have own way of marking start of new school year
Aug 16 2012
One Maryland family starts the school year by celebrating Mass.

Catholic High freshman passionate about protecting life
Aug 15 2012
Shannon Czapla has been involved with the Respect Life committee at St. Joseph in Fullerton for half of her life – which is all of 14 years.

Nellie Gray, 86, dies; was March for Life founder and emcee
Aug 14 2012
Nellie Gray, who started the annual March for Life parade to protest the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion nationwide, died Aug. 13 at age 86 from natural causes.