Sister Consuelo Peset Laudeña’s morning routine is not what one would typically expect from an abbess. Before prayers and breakfast, she heads to inspect, one by one, cages housing 35 giant rabbits and their young inside the Convent of St. Anthony of Padua in Central Spain.

Música animada se escuchaba desde el estacionamiento del Sisters Academy de Baltimore en Lansdowne el 2 de mayo, cuando casi 100 líderes laicos de parroquias de todo Maryland involucrados en el Movimiento de Renovación Carismática Hispana dieron la bienvenida al arzobispo William E. Lori, quien asistió por primera vez a una de sus sesiones de formación.

Spirited music could be heard from the parking lot of Sisters Academy of Baltimore in Lansdowne May 2 as almost 100 lay leaders from parishes across Maryland involved in the Hispanic Charismatic Renewal Movement welcomed Archbishop William E. Lori, who attended one of their formation sessions for the first time. 

Neighbors, families and civic dignitaries got their first good look inside the Carolynn E. Fugett Intergenerational Center May 1, as the West Baltimore Catholic Charities center held an open house at the new $35 million facility.

It’s spring. Let’s take our prayer to the gardens where we hear the voice of someone who promises never to leave us alone, and who calls our name in the shadowy dawn.