Baltimore City Council targets pro-life pregnancy centers October 22, 2009By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News Baltimore City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and 10 members of the 14-member council are sponsoring a bill that Catholic leaders believe harasses pro-life pregnancy support centers.
Archbishop O’Brien hopeful that Nobel for Obama leads to “more serious dialogue” on nuclear arms October 15, 2009By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News VATICAN CITY – News that U.S. President Barack Obama had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was met with high hopes from the Vatican spokesman.
Little Sisters of the Poor minister to Maryland elderly for 140 years October 8, 2009By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News, Seniors When 87-year-old Alice Jadwigia Armstrong looked up from her hospital bed and saw the smiling face of Sister Lourdes Miranda, she was visibly buoyed by the nun’s presence. Clasping the hand of the Little Sister of the Poor, the white-haired woman seemed transported to the security of her youth.
Cockeysville dig yields insights into Irish life September 24, 2009By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News A summer archeological dig near St. Joseph in Cockeysville unearthed brown broken bottles and tea cups, coins, a beer token, buttons and children’s toys – clues into the daily life of Irish immigrants who manned area limestone quarries and worshipped at St. Joseph beginning in the mid-19th century.
Monsignor Bastress awarded Redemptorists’ highest honor September 19, 2009By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News On his first day as pastor of the Shrine of St. Alphonsus in Baltimore, Monsignor Arthur Bastress walked down the historic church’s long aisles and knew immediately that his new assignment was going to be something special.
Ellicott City, Frederick schools earn national Blue Ribbon distinction September 17, 2009By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Two elementary Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore have been named Blue Ribbon Schools by the U.S. Department of Education.
Archbishop O’Brien welcomes 10 Episcopal nuns, priest into Catholic Church September 10, 2009By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Vocations A spiritual journey that began seven years ago ended in the sanctuary of a Catonsville convent Sept. 3 when 10 Episcopal nuns and their priest chaplain were received into full communion with the Catholic Church.
Bobby Flay throws down challenge to cooking priest, Father Leo September 3, 2009By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News “There he was standing with his arms crossed and nodding approvingly,” the priest said. “It shocked me and I said something like, “Oh good Jesus! What the heaven are you doing here?’”
10 Episcopal nuns in Archdiocese of Baltimore to join Catholic Church August 27, 2009By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Vocations After seven years of prayer and discernment, a community of Episcopal nuns and their chaplain will be received into the Roman Catholic Church during a Sept. 3 Mass celebrated by Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien.
Archdiocesan leaders seeking solutions to epidemic of violence August 27, 2009By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News The Archdiocese of Baltimore prayed for peace in Baltimore City when summer began.
St. Vincent de Paul, Baltimore, and Baltimore City reach agreement August 10, 2009By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Father Richard T. Lawrence always looked at the many homeless living on St. Vincent de Paul’s parish park as people rather than a nuisance.
Faith will guide new Catholic Charities head July 29, 2009By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Local News, News William J. McCarthy Jr. is just getting started Aug. 1 as executive director of Catholic Charities, but his roots in the outreach organization stretch back to high school.
