Father David Allen, S.J., former longtime Good Samaritan chaplain, dies at 87 September 12, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries In the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Father Allen served for a year as an assistant chaplain at Mercy Hospital in Baltimore. He was chaplain at Good Samaritan from 1982 to 2000. He also served as superior of the Ferdinand Wheeler House in Baltimore for three years.
Radio Interview: Vocations to the priesthood on the upswing September 11, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Vocations The archdiocese is seeing increasing numbers of men applying to become priests. Joining us to talk about vocations to the priesthood is Father Steven Roth, vocations director for the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Radio Interview: AOB Schools superintendent shares highlights of new academic year September 5, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Schools Catholic Review Managing Editor George Matysek talks with Dr. Donna Hargens, superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, about enrollment trends, affordability of Catholic schools, Catholic identity, special programs, a state-funded scholarship program for children from low-income families and much more.
New school year kicks off with enrollment boost in Catholic schools August 28, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools Excited banter filled the hallways of St. Philip Neri School in Linthicum Aug. 28 as students caught up with friends they hadn’t seen since the end of the last school year and met new teachers on the first day of school in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Radio Interview: ‘The Mother Teresa of Honduras’ – Sister Maria Rose Leggol August 28, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Social Justice Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty chatted with Jessica Sarowitz, executive producer, and Nicole Bernaardi-Reis, director, of “With This Light,” about Sister Maria Rosa Leggol and her legacy.
Sister Dorothy Yancey, O.S.P., dies at 95 August 24, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Oblate Sister of Providence Dorothy Yancey was offered Aug. 22 at the Oblate Sisters of Providence motherhouse in Arbutus. Sister Dorothy died Aug. 13. She was 95.
Cumberland high school basketball tournament shutting down after 63 years August 23, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Sports, Western Vicariate A Catholic high school basketball tournament in Cumberland, billed as one of the most prestigious in the nation, is going on hiatus, according to tournament organizers.
Radio Interview: Podcast about Black Catholics – Ark and Dove August 21, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Radio Interview Ark and Dove is a five-episode narrative podcast, produced in Baltimore, investigating the complex dynamics of race and religion in America through the lens of the Black Catholic Church.
Loyola University Maryland proposes new nursing program in partnership with Mercy Medical Center August 16, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News Loyola University Maryland announced Aug. 15 that it intends to offer a bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) program to help address Maryland’s ongoing nursing workforce shortage. The program will be in partnership with Mercy Medical Center, which will provide clinical placements at Mercy’s downtown Baltimore campus, in addition to other resources and support.
Conventual Franciscans make simple profession of vows August 15, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations Conventual Franciscan Father Michael Heine, minister provincial of Our Lady of the Angels Province of his religious community, received the simple profession of vows from Friar Vincent Mary Ouly and Friar Marvin Paul Fernandez July 21, at the Shrine of St. Anthony in Ellicott City, Md. The Rite of Profession marked the end of the first year of their novitiate.
RADIO INTERVIEW: World Youth Day changed my life – over the long haul August 15, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, World Youth Day Portugal 2023 World Youth Day 2023 has wrapped up and many young people had memorable experiences, but is it just a short-term spiritual high?
Trinitarian Father Thomas Burke dies at 71 August 14, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Trinitarian Father Thomas Burke was offered Aug. 14 at St. Lawrence Martyr in Hanover. Father Burke died Aug. 11. He was 71.
