Baltimore Archdiocese completes 20-year solar energy deal with Constellation December 10, 2015By Catholic Review Filed Under: Environment, Local News, News The agreement is expected to generate “approximately 20 percent of the archdiocese’s energy needs.”
Changes to annulment process explained November 30, 2015By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Pope Francis chose Dec. 8 as the beginning not only of the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy, but as the date for the inauguration of changes in the church’s annulment process.
Loyola changing name to reflect evolution January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News One educational observer said that Loyola College in Maryland’s decision to become Loyola University Maryland reflects its evolution, but the likely name change is a source of controversy for some alumni, who feel the current name more accurately describes the school’s intimate atmosphere.
Monsignor Tinder’s death is ‘devastating blow’ January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News While parishioners at Towson’s Immaculate Conception were coming to terms with his retirement announcement in mid-November, Monsignor F. Dennis Tinder was talking about a greater transition.
Beans and Bread awaits upgrades January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, St. Vincent de Paul Baltimore Administrators of Beans and Bread and opponents of a $4.5 million renovation and expansion to its resource center agree that clients should wait for services inside the facility, rather than on the street.
Through sorrow, joy, Malooly family stays close January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Forty-eight years old seems too young to die. The hole a man’s death leaves in his family never seems to shrink as they forge ahead without him.
Baltimore City pastors draw attention to immigration reform January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Saying the U.S. immigration system is broken, Baltimore City pastors called for its reform during a news conference Jan. 12 at St. Vincent de Paul parish in Baltimore.
Priest-doctor with Baltimore background travels from bedside of dying mother to 18 funerals in Haiti January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News WASHINGTON – Passionist Father Rick Frechette, the Haiti-based director of medical services for Nuestros Pequenos Hermanos International who served at St. Joseph Passionist Monastery Parish in Irvington in the 1970s, was at home in New Jersey with his dying mother when the magnitude 7 earthquake hit Port-au-Prince Jan. 12.
IND alum’s work in Haiti inspires family, friends January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News K.C. Bersch first visited Haiti in 1997, when she was a student at the Institute of Notre Dame in Baltimore. She accompanied her mother on a mission of mercy rooted in their family’s long-distance support of a child there.
Archbishop O’Brien among Catholic voices credited for major role in passage of nuclear arms pact January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News WASHINGTON – As Democratic and Republican senators pressed their divergent views on the New START agreement with Russia outlining the next phase of nuclear disarmament during final debate in December, a wide array of Catholics played a major role in getting the pact ratified.
Two writers duke it out on the subject of school sports January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary Catholic Review writer and parent Nancy Menefee Jackson, who volunteers as an assistant JV coach, thinks school sports practices are essential and recognizes the need for practices and games during holiday breaks. Catholic Review writer and parent Suzanne Molino Singleton thinks the opposite – free time is family time when kids deserve a break from school and the rigorous schedule it offers.
St. Louis School in Clarksville wins Blue Ribbon honor January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News CLARKSVILLE – St. Louis School principal Terry Weiss sat in her Clarksville office on the evening of Sept. 8 reading e-mails.