Sister Sharon Burns, R.S.M., led college theology department November 7, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Sister Mary Sharon Burns was to be offered Nov. 8 at Stella Maris Chapel in Timonium. A Religious Sister of Mercy who served in both hospice ministry and as the head of the theology department at what is now Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore, Sister Sharon died Nov. 2 at Stella Maris Hospice, at age 91.
Sister Mary Raphael Collazo, Daughter of Charity, served five decades in Bolivia November 5, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass was offered Oct. 25 for Sister Mary Raphael Collazo at the Villa St. Michael Chapel in Emmitsburg. Sister Mary Raphael, who gave 66 years as a Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, died Oct. 21 at age 87.
Names & Numbers: Remembering lay contributors November 5, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News All Souls Day and the month of November are special times for remembering the dead. This installment of Names and Numbers is dedicated to some of the lay contributors to the Archdiocese of Baltimore who died in the last year.
Archbishop Lori says his heart ‘broken’ by tragedy of synagogue shooting October 28, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, World News My heart is broken by news of the terrible attack on the synagogue in Pittsburgh. My prayers are with the families of all those who have lost loved ones and with the Jewish people who have suffered such an unspeakable violation of one of their houses of worship.
Mission Helper remembered fondly in Middletown October 25, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Sister Rita Tschudi, a member of the Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart for 63 years who served for 14 years in a Frederick County parish, was offered at Stella Maris Chapel in Timonium Oct. 24.
Loyola Blakefield in position for cross country, soccer titles October 24, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Sports Loyola Blakefield is poised to win MIAA A Conference titles in both cross country and soccer.
Sister DeSales Wisniewski, D.C., Baltimore native, dies at 88 October 2, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass was offered Sept. 15 for Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul Sister DeSales Wisniewski at the Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg. Sister DeSales, who spent most of her ministry in health care, died Sept. 8 at 88. She spent 70 years as a Daughter of Charity.
Names and Numbers: Capital Campaigns, jubilarians, 9/11 observance make news September 27, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Names and Numbers, News This latest installment of Names and Numbers includes women’s religious orders that contributed greatly to the Archdiocese of Baltimore, highlights school fundraising initiatives, as well as an observance of 9/11 with particular resonance in Harford County.
Archdiocese of Baltimore to hold virtual town-hall meetings for input on sexual abuse crisis September 21, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Child & Youth Protection, Feature, Local News, News “Because we were not able to invite everyone to the regional conversations we have already held, we are using two communications platforms – MyParish app and Flocknote – to facilitate conversations and solicit input from the wider archdiocesan community surrounding specific issues related to the abuse crisis,” the archbishop said.
Sister Angela Patrice, O.S.F., taught in Baltimore Archdiocese September 20, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass was offered Sept. 19 at Assisi House in Aston, Pa., for Sister Angela Patrice Power, who had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 80 years.
Sister Anne Black, D.C., studied, ministered in Emmitsburg September 20, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass was offered at the Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg Aug. 28 for Sister Anne Black, a Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul.
Esperanza Center temporarily closed due to neighboring fire September 14, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Local News, News Esperanza Center, a Catholic Charities outreach located on South Broadway in Fells Point, is temporarily closed due to a four-alarm fire Sept. 7 in the neighboring Budeke’s Paints building. It will remain closed until repairs are made and the building is safe.
