Number of Baltimore seminarians hits four-decade high October 6, 2022By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations Ranging in age from 18 to their mid-40s, the total number of those preparing to become priests for the Archdiocese of Baltimore stands at 59 – a high not seen in four decades.
Mass seeks saint’s protection, intercession for nation’s Sea Services October 5, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations At a special Mass, which was broadcast live on EWTN, members of the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Merchant Marines and Public Health Service joined others in prayer to thank St. Elizabeth Ann Seton for her protection and to ask for her continued intercession for all Sea Services personnel and their families back home.
RADIO INTERVIEW: College Campus Ministry September 26, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Vocations Father Steven Roth speaks with Father Kevin Ewing about ministry to college students. Father Ewing is the Catholic campus minister at Towson University.
Discernment means recognizing God in the unexpected, pope says September 7, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, Vocations, World News Discerning the will of God means being able to listen to one’s own heart and recognize the Lord’s presence in the unexpected events of life, Pope Francis said.
Show me the honey: All Saints Sisters of the Poor find divine touch in beekeeping September 6, 2022By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Environment, Feature, Local News, News, Vocations The All Saints Sisters of the Poor first became involved in cultivating bee colonies three years ago when two of their neighbors, both amateur beekeepers, asked if they could establish hives on the nuns’ property near the Hilton area of Patapsco State Park.
LCWR president outlines ‘map-shaping’ concepts for future of religious life August 16, 2022By Soli Salgado Catholic News Service Filed Under: Consecrated Life, News, Vocations, World News Staring down a future of uncertainty, religious life finds itself in need of a map, the outgoing president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious told the organization’s members.
Baltimore native feels ‘at home’ with Philadelphia’s Sisters of St. Francis July 28, 2022By Mike Lang Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Vocations On Aug. 6, Ann Dutrow will profess final vows with the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia in Aston, Pa., with her biological and Franciscan families on hand.
Summer vocations camp helps young men discern God’s call July 15, 2022By Kevin J. Parks Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations Quo Vadis, an annual event organized and staffed by seminarians in their pastoral year of formation, brings together young men who share an interest in their common Catholic faith and who are interested in discerning God’s call in their lives,
‘All the desires of my heart’: Vocation to religious life fostered at St. Mary in Hagerstown July 5, 2022By Erik Zygmont Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Local News, News, Vocations, Western Vicariate Sister Isabelle Maina of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance, who professed her first vows June 21 at the Our Lady of Sorrows Monastery in Toronto, Ohio, says she began to feel the stirrings of her vocation as a youngster at St. Mary Catholic School in Hagerstown.
Monsignor Farmer will remain active in pro-life movement after retirement June 30, 2022By Matthew Liptak Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Retirement, Vocations Monsignor James P. Farmer, who has served as pastor of several parishes and who has been a tireless advocate for the rights of the unborn throughout his priesthood, will retire soon, but doesn’t plan to slow down too much.
Father Roach, noted church historian and longtime pastor, will stay active in retirement June 30, 2022By Mary K. Tilghman Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Retirement, Vocations Father Michael Roach’s life could best be summed up by one of his favorite quotations, by St. Clement of Alexandria: “All life is a holy festival.”
Father Simmons retiring as the oldest active priest in the archdiocese June 30, 2022By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Retirement, Vocations During his time at Holy Spirit, Father Joseph Simmons oversaw the building of a new church (dedicated in 1988) and the construction of a $1.9 million parish center after a fire destroyed the original one Dec. 16, 2009.
