This Is An Awesome Sticky Post June 6, 2016By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Blog, Uncategorized A wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul, like these sweet mornings of spring which I enjoy with my whole heart. I am alone, and feel the charm of existence in this spot, which was created for the bliss of souls like mine. I am so happy, my dear friend, so absorbed in […]
Lotto-winning philanthropist Bernadette Gietka dies at 65 August 11, 2014By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Dundalk resident Bernadette Gietka was a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service and aspiring playwright working four part-time jobs in June 2003 when she won the $183 million jackpot from the Mega Millions interstate lottery game. She chose the cash payout option of $112.8 million, taking home $76 million after taxes. Her win was the fourth largest in state history, a windfall both for Gietka and the charitable causes she championed.
Park volunteer makes giving back a weekly priority November 22, 2013By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News While most who volunteer for the Friends of Patterson Park’s “Boat Lake Team” walk the perimeter of the water collecting empty liquor bottles and cans, food wrappers and other assorted trash, Malabayabas willingly jumps into the brush to trim away the overgrowth.
With archbishop’s blessing, St. Louis begins final building in campus master plan June 3, 2013By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Taking a shovel, Archbishop William E. Lori looked at the crowd gathered June 1 near an open lot between St. Louis Church and its pre-kindergarten-to-eighth-grade school.“
Ravens rookie Justin Tucker talks football and faith October 11, 2012By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Sports, Video Since he joined the Ravens this season, Tucker, who is Catholic, has earned points for both his kicks and his personality. Teammates have described the six-foot-tall, 180-pound kicker as fun-loving, goofy, “good weird,” a live wire and silly.
Former Towson priest gets probation after indecent exposure conviction August 28, 2012By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Father Mark Stewart Bullock, former associate pastor of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Towson, was sentenced Aug. 22 to probation and will not serve any jail time after pleading guilty to a single charge of indecent exposure, according to a Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services spokesman.
Father Stewart Bullock arrested, removed from ministry January 25, 2012By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News “I realize that this information may be shocking and painful for you to hear, which I sincerely regret,” Father Barr wrote in his letter to parishioners. “However, in the interest of transparency and out of an abundance of care for this parish and our community, I wanted to share this news with you directly and ask for your prayers for Father Bullock and for our parish.”
Baltimore-native Father Oppitz survived famous ship’s sinking October 13, 2011By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A known author, philosophy professor, missionary and pastor, Father Oppitz survived the sinking of the SS Andrea Doria ship, which sank July 26, 1956.
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.