There wasn’t quite enough for another double-crusted pie, but I could maybe make a tart.

The European Commission and Europa Nostra foundation has honored Poland’s medieval altarpiece for outstanding conservation. The Wit Stwosz (Veit Stoss) altar is widely regarded as a Gothic masterpiece.

Congress XIII participants can take heart from the consecrated men and women who for decades courageously spoke truth to power as they called for the inclusion of the cultural contributions of Black Catholics to the Catholic Church during those troubling times before the Baltimore-based National Black Catholic Congress Inc. (NBCC) was established.

Turning points are often the result of the workings of the Holy Spirit, as was the experience for Dr. Joseph Thomas, a parishioner of Church of the Resurrection, Ellicott City, and retired specialist in allergy and clinical immunology

The Archdiocese of Baltimore honored the three top-performing graduating seniors from each of the 18 Catholic high schools of the archdiocese during the 31st annual Distinctive Scholars Convocation, March 30 at Archbishop Spalding High School in Severn.