Father Paulits, 88, guided Lake Shore parish with quiet dignity June 11, 2011By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries The story of Our Lady of the Chesapeake, Lake Shore, can’t be told without Father Walter J. Paulits. The founding pastor of the Anne Arundel County parish, however, would not have sought such credit.
John Carroll senior sees life clearly now May 19, 2011By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Molly Ann Pais has it all. She is less than a month away from graduating from The John Carroll School in Bel Air, has been a star defensive player on one of Baltimore’s top girls high school lacrosse teams and boasts a 3.95 grade point average.
Woodmont Academy to close due to enrollment issues April 14, 2011By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Officials at Woodmont Academy, a once-bustling independent Catholic institution in Western Howard County, have decided to close the school later this spring due to declining enrollment.
St. Philip Neri parishioner contributes ‘amazing’ skill April 7, 2011By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News With spring here, Kay Bowman’s fancy turns lightly to thoughts of love – not the romantic kind the poet Tennyson had in mind, but love for the children of her parish, St. Philip Neri in Linthicum Heights, and its school.
Archdiocesan youths lock in to their calling at “Adore-a-thon” March 17, 2011By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News GLEN BURNIE – After a week of classroom stress and social angst, many high schoolers use Friday nights to blow off steam at parties.
St. Frances dedicates basketball court to nun October 14, 2010By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Sports Many high school basketball fans have crystallized the multi-championship, 1995-1996 season for St. Frances Academy’s boys basketball team into All-American Mark Karcher doing everything himself.
For Hackett, CRS veteran leader, rebuilding Haiti is an unprecedented challenge February 18, 2010By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – During the past 40 years – from his first engagement as a Peace Corps volunteer to his three decades spanning the globe with Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services – Ken Hackett has witnessed and responded to human misery.
New Catholic Review editor brings three decades of experience April 23, 2009By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News When 49-year-old Christopher Gunty takes the helm of The Catholic Review as associate publisher and editor, July 1, the Chicago-area native will bring with him nearly three decades of experience in Catholic journalism.
Former St. Leo pastor admits to sexual abuse January 8, 2009By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Local News, News Parishioners of St. Leo in Little Italy were informed Dec. 28 that Michael Salerno, formerly their Pallottine pastor, admitted to the sexual abuse of a minor in the 1970s and that his faculties to function as a priest have been permanently revoked.
Mother and child: A story of love and redemption December 25, 2008By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News “Malik is the child of my heart,” Ms. Brogden, 44, said. “He may not be the child of my womb, but he’s the child of my heart. And he knows it.”
St. Mary celebrates 250 years of faith in Hagerstown September 18, 2008By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News When Catholics first gathered for Mass in Hagerstown 250 years ago, they did it in secret. Since English penal laws prohibited them from worshipping publically, Hagerstown Catholics met in family homes and relied on Jesuit circuit riders from Conewago, Pa.
Kayaking helps keep priest afloat June 19, 2008By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Father Brian Rafferty has a motor that won’t stop and the arms to match.
