Jeanie Hannaman

By Peter M.J. Stravinskas, Catholic World Report - Most of the bishops went into that Council as Arians; it was the indefatigable persistence of Athanasius that changed the course of events... Our saint of the day, Athanasius of Alexandria, was probably born in that city between 296 and 298 A.D... It was in that city that, centuries earlier, Jewish scholars rendered the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek, giving us the Septuagint text, used by all the authors of the New Testament. Athanasius had a stellar education, fluent in both Greek and Coptic—although he admits ignorance of Hebrew.

By Matthew Balan, CNA - The proposal is to shrink the city’s parishes from 61 parishes to 26 parishes... Hundreds of Catholic residents of Baltimore packed the Cathedral of Mary, Our Queen on Tuesday evening to give their often-impassioned reactions to a process that could lead to the closure of two-thirds of the city’s parishes. ...

By Austin Ruse, Crisis Magazine - A baby was born to my daughter Gigi’s teacher in our parish Montessori school. The baby lived in the classroom for a few years. I don’t think that baby’s feet touched the ground for two full years. They kept a closely guarded list of the girls who got to carry her next... In this part of Northern Virginia, we have large families all around us. It is lovely to see teen boys gathering around to cuddle a baby. Babies are healing for everyone, little girls and teen boys.