Southwest Baltimore faith-based partners to reprise candlelight prayer walk Dec. 30 December 23, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Local News, News, Social Justice A coalition of public, private and faith-based partners plans to gather for a one-hour prayer vigil Dec. 30 at 5:30 p.m. to remember the lives lost to homicide this year and plead for an end to violence in Baltimore City.
Baltimore bishops’ Christmas schedule December 23, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Bishops, Christmas, Feature, Local News, News A list of where and when the bishops of the Archdiocese of Baltimore will celebrate Christmas Masses.
Catholic Review Radio welcomes Mark Viviano December 19, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: CR Radio, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview Mark Viviano, retired sports director for WJZ-TV and a columnist for the Catholic Review, is joining Catholic Review Radio as one of the award-winning program’s regular hosts.
Father Canterna earns Dismas Award for tireless prison ministry December 18, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Prison Ministry, Vocations Father Charles “Chuck” Canterna, who has worked tirelessly in prison ministry for nearly five decades, has been named the 2025 St. Dismas Award recipient by the Dismas Ministry, a national prison outreach organization.
Father John C. Devin, C.Ss.R. dies at 92 December 16, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Father Devin was an associate pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus in Highlandtown and assist at the former nearby chapels of St. Gerard and Holy Redeemer from 1987 to 1988.
Radio Interview: Seminarians delve into charismatic prayer December 16, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Vocations, Worship & Sacraments Benjamin Oursler and Jack Morris, two seminarians studying to become priests for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, are involved in the Charismatic movement and have received training charismatic prayer through a two-year program called the Encounter School of Ministry. They share their experiences with charismatic prayer with Catholic Review Managing Editor George Matysek.
Mercy High School launches capital campaign December 12, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Giving, Local News, News, Schools Mercy High School, a North Baltimore all-girls Catholic secondary school, launched Dec. 12 a $10 million capital campaign, “The Spirit of Mercy: Advancing the Legacy of the Sisters of Mercy.”
Brother Michael Duffy, O.F.M. Conv., dies at 65 December 9, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Conventual Franciscan Brother Michael Thomas Duffy will be offered Dec. 11, at 2 p.m., at the Shrine of St. Anthony in Ellicott City. Brother Michael died Dec. 6. He was 65.
Radio Interview: The Jubilee Year of Hope December 9, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, Local News, News, Radio Interview Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty sat down with Marilyn Santos, associate director of Evangelization and Catechesis for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, who will be coordinating resources for dioceses and parishes to use to help celebrate the jubilee. Gunty also talks with Religious Sister of Mercy Maria Juan Anderson, who is coordinator of the U.S. Bishops’ Office for Visitors to the Vatican in Rome.
Sister Elaine Spangler, former nursing supervisor at St. Joseph Hospital, dies at 90 December 6, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass was offered Dec. 6 in Aston, Pa., for Sister Elaine Spangler, a member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 65 years, who died Nov. 30. The former Sister Carlos Marie was 90.
Archbishop Lori announces appointments, including retirements and deacon assignments December 6, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Appointments, Feature, Local News, News Archbishop Lori announces appointments, including retirements and deacon assignments
Radio Interview: Christmas Movies December 2, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, Local News, Movie & Television Reviews, News, Radio Interview Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talks with Jason Cherubini, an executive-in-residence at Loyola University Maryland about the business behind holiday movies and why there are so many of them. It’s good business, he says, because people are searching for connection and comfort at this time of year. But the ones that become classics are those that resonate with people year after year.
