Baltimore Archdiocese parishioners asked to support Mill closure fund June 6, 2019By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News Archbishop William E. Lori is asking parishioners in the Archdiocese of Baltimore to make financial contributions to the families impacted by the closure of a paper mill in southwestern Allegany County.
Pastorate planning focuses on mission priorities May 21, 2019By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Faith Formation, Feature, Local News, News Over the past 18 months, nine pilot pastorates and eight Phase IA pastorates have taken Archbishop Lori’s pastoral letter and Pope Francis’ words in “Evangelii Gaudium” (“The Joy of the Gospel”) to heart, considering what it means to be a pastorate that is “suitably channeled for the evangelization of today’s world rather than for her self-preservation” and rethinking the “goals, structures, style and methods of evangelization in their respective communities.”
Sister Jane Marie Otterson, D.C., served parishes, outreaches in Baltimore Archdiocese May 15, 2019By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass was offered May 4 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg for Sister Jane Marie Otterson, D.C., who gave 71 years to her vocation as a Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. Sister Jane Marie died April 29, at age 93.
Sister Sheila O’Friel, D.C., served in Emmitsburg May 15, 2019By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass was offered May 4 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg for Sister Sheila O’Friel, a Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul for 65 years.
Meet the 14 men who will be ordained permanent deacons May 15, 2019By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: #IamCatholic, deacons, Feature, Local News, News, Vocations Meet the 14 men who will be ordained permanent deacons during a 10 a.m. liturgy at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland May 25.
SSNDs celebrate their religious community’s 185th jubilee May 14, 2019By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News The School Sisters of Notre Dame in the Archdiocese of Baltimore marked the 185th anniversary of the founding of their religious community with a celebration at Columbus Gardens in Perry Hall May 7.
Sister Mildred McCloskey, IHM, who taught in Dundalk, dies at age 100 May 6, 2019By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass was offered April 27 at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton, Pa., for Sister Mildred McCloskey, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Former Ellicott City principal and area teacher dies at 86 May 6, 2019By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Sister Joan Bocklet, a vowed member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame for 66 years who spent a combined 17 years serving schools in East Baltimore, Rodgers Forge and Ellicott City, died at Villa Assumpta in Baltimore April 17.
Names & Numbers: Catholic schools, educators, teams take honors April 25, 2019By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Schools This installment of Names & Numbers features Catholic schools.
Sister Elaine Robbins, O.P., dies at 86 April 25, 2019By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass was offered for Sinsinawa Dominican Sister Elaine Robbins (Sister Genevieve) April 13. She died April 5 at age 86.
Sister Theodore Klingseisen, O.S.F., Towson Catholic teacher, dies at 98 April 25, 2019By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Sister Theodore served in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia for 55 years; the Diocese of Trenton for 11 years; and at Towson Catholic High School, 1960-68.
Baltimore native Sister Mary Olivia Baranoski, C.S.S.F., dies at 86 April 19, 2019By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass was offered at the Our Lady of Lourdes Chapel in Lodi, N.J., for Felician Sister Mary Olivia Baranoski, who died Jan. 23 at age 86.
