Archbishop O’Brien among Catholic voices credited for major role in passage of nuclear arms pact January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News WASHINGTON – As Democratic and Republican senators pressed their divergent views on the New START agreement with Russia outlining the next phase of nuclear disarmament during final debate in December, a wide array of Catholics played a major role in getting the pact ratified.
Loyola changing name to reflect evolution January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News One educational observer said that Loyola College in Maryland’s decision to become Loyola University Maryland reflects its evolution, but the likely name change is a source of controversy for some alumni, who feel the current name more accurately describes the school’s intimate atmosphere.
Parish uses ground water to stop sky-high energy bills January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Environment, Local News, News Green means two things at St. Vincent de Paul, Baltimore: air conditioning at virtually no cost, and heat in a way that spares the environment.
Date night helps couples keep spark alive January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Erica and Sean Kerchner find it hard to spend quality time together at the moment. Mr. Kerchner has been training with the U.S. Navy in Norfolk, Va., for four months while his wife of three years stays with her parents in Silver Spring. Mrs. Kerchner said when her husband visits on the weekends, it is important for them to find time for themselves in between visiting friends and family. They try to set aside one night to go out to dinner or a movie, “nothing really fancy,” she said.
St. Louis School in Clarksville wins Blue Ribbon honor January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News CLARKSVILLE – St. Louis School principal Terry Weiss sat in her Clarksville office on the evening of Sept. 8 reading e-mails.
Father Janaites carried burdens for others January 19, 2012By Father Joseph Breighner Filed Under: Commentary, News, Wit & Wisdom Since the strokes in my eyes in 2002, I’ve found that tears come pretty easily. However, I needed no such excuse when I first heard that Father Stan Janaites had died on Aug. 5. I cried again as I stood at his coffin in St. Joseph’s Church in Sykesville.
101-year-old Josephite priest, Father Robert O’Connell dies January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass was offered Nov. 27 for Father Robert O’Connell, S.S.J., who at 101 was the longest-lived Josephite priest, one who had served God for 66 years.
Mount Carmel steps into great unknown with football January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Patrick Williams always wanted to play football, but his parents thought he would get hurt.
Through sorrow, joy, Malooly family stays close January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Forty-eight years old seems too young to die. The hole a man’s death leaves in his family never seems to shrink as they forge ahead without him.
Priest recalls peaceful midnight Mass in a war zone January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News For the past 51 years as a priest, Father John Bauer, C.Ss.R., has looked forward to celebrating Midnight Mass on Christmas, and the most peaceful one for this Highlandtown native was in the middle of a war zone.
IND alum’s work in Haiti inspires family, friends January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News K.C. Bersch first visited Haiti in 1997, when she was a student at the Institute of Notre Dame in Baltimore. She accompanied her mother on a mission of mercy rooted in their family’s long-distance support of a child there.
A Global Affair: Baltimore finds spirit in World Youth Day January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien challenged Baltimore pilgrims at World Youth Day to be a light of information when they return from Sydney, Australia.
