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April 2011

April 10, 2011

Class act: a Catholic grammar school embraces a classical education

It's happening in suburban Washington, D.C. -- and the Washington Post this weekend sat up...

April 10, 2011

Welcome home: Boston sees some Catholics returning

The archdiocese launched the ambitious "Catholics Come Home" project on Ash Wednesday, and the Boston...

April 04, 2011

Now hear this: priest orders kids out of mass for not singing loudly

Now I've heard everything -- including a story about a priest who evidently didn't hear...

April 04, 2011

Are you Catholic?

There's a new social website for Catholics -- and, really, non-Catholics -- called Are You...

March 2011

March 29, 2011

"Catholic artists today are virtually invisible"

That's the assessment of someone in a position to know, this year's recipient of the...

March 24, 2011

One more reason to fast during Lent

It turns out regular churchgoers take up more room in the pews: Young, religiously active...

March 02, 2011

Why don't people go to church?

Someone posted this inspired piece below on his Facebook page... One priest got tired of...

February 2011

February 23, 2011

"You come to supper with the Lord, but you don't eat"

That's the memorable remark of one priest to a member of his flock who consistently...

February 23, 2011

What Catholics don’t know

That’s the notion I’m chewing on this week over in my column, “All Things New.”...

February 23, 2011

What Catholics don't know

That's the notion I'm chewing on this week over in my column, "All Things New."...

February 21, 2011

Ask not for whom the cell phone rings…

...it rings for thee. And we can all hear it. A priest describes an all-too-common...

February 14, 2011

Say Amen: meet the Charismatic Catholics

Turns out, there's a growing wave of them in Florida -- which surprises quite a...

February 11, 2011

Wall Saints Day: designer creates wallpaper themed to saints

It's subtle, and it's also eye-catching. Would you guess that the design below is for...

February 04, 2011

A lost generation? Maybe not

Some highlights of the big conference at Fordham earlier this week, on 20-somethings and the...

February 01, 2011

History: Archdiocese posts baptism records of slaves online

A powerful and painful piece of history is now available online. Details, from the New...

February 01, 2011

Happy Candlemas, Jesus!

Tomorrow is the big day, and lots of folks are getting ready... From the In...

January 2011

January 31, 2011

Quote of the day II: what we may hear with married priests

“Well! I see another year has gone by and the pastor’s wife still isn’t pregnant. ...

January 28, 2011

Quote of the day

"If only 15% of Catholics go to Mass on a given Sunday, look around and...

January 27, 2011

Catholics say the darndest things — UPDATED

Matt Archbold's got a little list. And it's worth sharing and spreading around: 1) Whispered...

January 23, 2011

Take our bread: electronic giving on the rise at church

Could the collection plate soon be a thing of the past? From Reuters: Brie Hall...

December 2010

December 19, 2010

A Raven Catholic

A couple years ago, I posted this interview with the head coach of the Baltimore...

December 19, 2010

Growing the flock

What does it take to make a parish come alive? A local paper in Santa...

December 19, 2010

A Raven Catholic

A couple years ago, I posted this interview with the head coach of the Baltimore...

December 19, 2010

Growing the flock

What does it take to make a parish come alive? A local paper in Santa...