Holiday Features

Day 3 of Countdown to Valentine’s Day: Who’s Your Valentine?
Feb 10 2012
The third graders of Ss. James and John School in Baltimore City are preparing for Valentine’s Day

Day 2 of Countdown to Valentine’s Day: Love Advice from Third Graders
Feb 09 2012
Third-graders from Ss. James and John School in Baltimore City share their sentiments about Valentine's Day.

Love advice from third graders
Feb 08 2012
Want a lesson on love? Ask the third graders of Ss. James and John School in Baltimore City.

Wit & Wisdom: ‘Love writes with its own poetry’
Feb 03 2012
Father Joseph Breighner shares his Valentine's Day column.

Children feel the love through Valentine’s Day activities
Jan 23 2012
Valentine’s Day is a day for hearts, a day for love, a day for … animals?

Christmas stamp features Walters Art Museum treasure by Raphael
Dec 05 2011
A Raphael masterpiece that hangs in the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore is getting national attention this holiday season as the U.S. Postal Service features the “Madonna of the Candelabra” as one of its 2011 Christmas stamps.

Summer Thoughts
Jun 30 2011
With this, my last column prior to a bit of a summer hiatus, I thought I would use the occasion to tie up some loose ends by commenting on a number of topics that have been on my “to-do” list for some time.

Commentary: Open enrollment for Medicare benefit closing soon
Dec 16 2010
The holiday season is here. From peppermint lattes and potato latkes, carols to dreidels, there are reminders at every twist and turn.

Snapshots of grace: capturing the sacred in daily life
Dec 09 2010
Funny how a single picture can change everything.

Friends keep accident victim in their holiday thoughts
Nov 22 2010
St. Joseph of Cockeysville sixth-grader Brendan Fritz recently made a Christmas ornament that features a person diving into a pool.

Advent is a season of preparation
Nov 19 2010
A period of spiritual preparation begins Nov. 28 when Catholics across the Archdiocese of Baltimore and around the world mark the start of Advent.

More people turned to Catholic Charities for food, services in 2009
Sep 23 2010
WASHINGTON – It’s been five months since Gulf of Mexico shrimper Robin Palmisano has had a catch.

Concert Series set for Cathedral of Mary Our Queen
Sep 14 2010
The Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland has announced its 2010-11 music series. Below are concerts scheduled through the end of the year. Unless otherwise indicated, the programs are free.

New Yorkers protest refusal to light building to honor Mother Teresa
Aug 30 2010
NEW YORK – More than 1,000 people dressed in blue and white filled a cordoned traffic lane across from the Empire State Building Aug. 26 to protest the decision of the building’s owner to deny a request to illuminate the upper floors in honor of the 100th birthday of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta.

Find the true Christmas spirit
Dec 22 2009
In this Christmas Eve edition of The Catholic Review – the last of the year – I offer these Christmas-related “Thoughts on our Church,” with sincere gratitude to you, good readers, for tending this weekly column and for your faithful witness and dedicated service to our Church.