Parishes, parishioners across Baltimore Archdiocese join day of prayer and fasting for reparation in abuse crisis September 8, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, Local News, News At least 33 parishes responded to Archbishop William E. Lori’s call to prayer and repentance for the healing of victims of sexual abuse and the healing of the church. The archbishop called for Masses and fasting Sept. 7 as a day of reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Archdiocese adds names of 10 priests in Pennsylvania report to local list of accused priests September 7, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Local News, News As part of its ongoing commitment to accountability, the Archdiocese of Baltimore has added the names of 10 priests who were listed in the Pennsylvania grand jury report to its list of priests and religious credibly accused of child sexual abuse.
Deacon Wise ministered to sick in Baltimore, Carroll County September 6, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Deacon Stanley L. Wise, a Dundalk native who served with the U.S. Navy in World War II and ministered to the sick in Baltimore City and Carroll County, was remembered for his service to his country and his God.
New Baltimore Catholic school to be named in honor of Mother Lange September 4, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Home Page, Local News, News The proposed new Catholic school in Baltimore will honor the name of Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange, the foundress of the Oblate Sisters of Providence and the first Catholic school in the United States for black children.
Archbishop Lori sets Sept. 7 as Day of Reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus August 29, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Child & Youth Protection, Feature, Local News, News Archbishop William E. Lori has set aside Sept. 7 as a Day of Reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Father Francis Schemel, Jesuit who taught at Loyola, dies after 60 years as a priest August 28, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Jesuit Father Francis Schemel, who taught German at Loyola Blakefield in Towson in the 1960s, died Aug. 4 after 60 years as a priest.
Bishop Madden to lead Baltimore prayer walk for peace Aug. 22 August 21, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News Bishop Denis J. Madden, urban vicar and auxiliary bishop emeritus of Baltimore, will lead a prayer walk for peace Aug. 22 in Park Heights.
In homilies and messages, local clergy respond to abuse crisis August 20, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, Local News, News Parish priests and deacons throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore used their Aug. 18-19 homilies, along with messages on social media, bulletins and letters, to address their flocks in response to the recent findings of the Pennsylvania grand jury report concerning clergy child sexual abuse and the way bishops handled abusers.
Father Charles Moffatt, S.S.J., dies at 92 August 14, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Father Moffatt, who served at St. Francis Xavier in Baltimore in the late 1950s, died Aug. 7 at Stella Maris in Timonium. He was 92.
Sister M. Francis Regis Vagt, I.H.M., dies at 85 July 31, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Sister M. Francis Regis Vagt, who taught at St. Rita Elementary School in Baltimore from 1960-65, died July 28. She was 85.
Sister Anna Hope Bauerlin, O.S.F., served in Baltimore Archdiocese for eight years July 30, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass will be offered July 31 at Assisi House in Aston, Pa., for Sister Anna Hope Bauerlin, a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 70 years.
Murphy Initiative for Justice and Peace ends ministry July 30, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News The P. Francis Murphy Initiative for Justice and Peace ended 16 years of ministry in the Archdiocese of Baltimore July 9.
