Brother Michael Madden, O.F.M., Baltimore native and artisan, dies in Florida August 27, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass was held Aug. 11 in St. Petersburg, Fla., for Franciscan Brother Michael Madden. The Baltimore native and accomplished artisan died Aug. 4 after a brief illness. He was 91.
Sister Kathleen Shannon, Baltimore native and math teacher, dies at 70 August 26, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral service was held Aug. 23 for Daughter of Charity Sister Kathleen Shannon, a Baltimore native and math teacher. She died Aug. 20 at age 70 of lymphoma at Villa St. Michael in Emmitsburg.
Jesuit Father James Salmon, noted Loyola professor, dies at 100 August 25, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Jesuit Father James F. Salmon, who served three stints as a science and theology professor at what is now Loyola University Maryland, died Aug. 17. Father Salmon, who also served as headmaster at Loyola Blakefield from 1973 to 1976, had turned 100 in July after serving 75 years as a priest.
Radio Interview: An Orphan Finds a Masterpiece – ‘Boy of Heaven’ August 25, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Books, CR Radio, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talked with author Morris Hoffman, a former judge who has seen his share of good and evil in the courtroom, about how the characters in “Boy of Heaven” reflect the choices we all have to make about which side we are on.
What do these seniors most look forward to in their final year of high school? August 22, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools The Catholic Review invited incoming seniors at high schools in the region to submit essays on what they’re most looking forward to in their final year of high school. Below are some of those reflections.
Radio Interview: The situation in Gaza with Catholic Near East Welfare Association August 11, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, CR Radio, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview In this episode of Catholic Review Radio, Editor Christopher Gunty talks with Joseph Hazboun, regional director for Catholic Near East Welfare Association, a pontifical mission. Hazboun says the situation in the Gaza Strip is unspeakably tragic.
Notre Dame of Maryland University joins with Milwaukee college to address teacher shortage August 7, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Health Care, Local News, News NDMU is collaborating with Milwaukee’s Mount Mary University to address staffing shortages in education and social work, with a joint agreement to increase the number of students with advanced degrees.
Sister Agnese Neumann dies at 95 August 6, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Religious Sister of Mercy Agnese Neumann will be offered at 11 a.m. on Aug. 11 at St. Joseph in Cockeysville. Sister Agnese died Aug. 2. She was 95.
Maryland Catholic Conference pleads for peace on 80th Anniversary of atomic bombings August 6, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Maryland Catholic Conference, News The Maryland Catholic Conference issued a statement Aug. 6 asking for a renewed commitment to worldwide peace on the 80th anniversary of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that helped lead to the end of World War II.
Father Donio receives Knights’ highest award for work as chaplain August 5, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, Local News, News Pallottine Father Frank S. Donio, a former pastoral director of St. Jude Shrine in Baltimore, earned the 2025 International Blessed Michael McGivney Medal, the highest honor given annually to a Knights of Columbus chaplain.
Radio Interview: The Vatican Observatory August 4, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: CR Radio, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview Editor Christopher Gunty talks with Jesuit Father Paul Gabor, vice director of the Vatican Observatory in Tucson, Ariz., about the intersection between faith and science.
Sister Rita Ann Naughton, I.H.M., dies at 88 July 31, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Sister Rita Ann Naughton (formerly known as Sister Mary Sarto) of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary July 23.
