The short, black-haired young priest adjusted his large-rimmed spectacles on his nose and gazed out at the packed pews of Our Lady of the Fields Catholic Church.

On April 1, 1982, at an office on York Road in Cockeysville, Fr. James Farmer of Immaculate Conception Church led a small group of women volunteers in prayer.

The occasion was the opening of Pregnancy Center North. 'Father asked the Lord to bless the volunteers and the hundreds--no, the thousands of women that we would be helping. I thought, Oh, no!' recalls Dee Silverman with a laugh. 'Little did I know how prophetic he was!' More

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In a September 19 speech to the Christian Coalition, publisher and 1996 presidential candidate Steve Forbes positioned himself for a run in the next presidential campaign as a conservative candidate espousing pro-life, Christian values.