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Xavia’s heart

January 19, 2012
By Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News

As the small jet carrying 10-year-old Xavia Pirozzi’s new heart approached Philadelphia International Airport the evening of Jan. 5, there was a 20 percent chance the aircraft would not be able to land in the dense fog. Inside the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Xavia’s parents, Nicolle Borys-Pirozzi and Ralph Pirozzi, waited anxiously, knowing the fog was just one of many challenges their daughter has weathered in her short lifetime.

Father Kelmartin, area pastor, dies

January 19, 2012
By Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

Father John. J. Kelmartin, a former pastor of St. Bartholomew in Manchester and Our Lady of Victory in Arbutus who taught in several seminaries across the country, died March 7 at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium. He was 83.

IND alum’s work in Haiti inspires family, friends

January 19, 2012
By 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.

Priest-doctor with Baltimore background travels from bedside of dying mother to 18 funerals in Haiti

January 19, 2012
By 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.

Baltimore City pastors draw attention to immigration reform

January 19, 2012
By 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.

Destroyed by fire, Grantsville parish to rebuild

January 19, 2012
By Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News

The fire that devastated St. Ann in Grantsville two days before Christmas may have taken the tiny faith community’s church building but it failed to claim the parish’s spirit. Parishioners now worship in the chapel at Newman Funeral Home in Grantsville and the religious education program has adopted a home-based approach under the direction of Camilla Rawe.

Beans and Bread awaits upgrades

January 19, 2012
By 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.

Monsignor Tinder’s death is ‘devastating blow’

January 19, 2012
By 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.

Blakefield alumnus runs coast to coast for cancer survivors

January 19, 2012
By Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News

One may think running 3,400 miles from California to Rhode Island would form a blister or two on a runner’s feet. Not so for one Loyola Blakefield, Towson, alumnus who changed running shoes every 100 miles to ensure his feet were as comfortable and fresh as possible during a five and a half month run to raise money for cancer survivors. “Blisters and foot soreness were not an issue,” said the slender Christian McEvoy, 24, who spoke to students at his alma mater, the School of the Cathedral in Homeland, Feb. 28. “I had some slight body aches and injuries, but nothing really stopped me.”

Parish uses ground water to stop sky-high energy bills

January 19, 2012
By Catholic Review
Filed Under: Environment, Local News, News

Green means two things at St. Vincent de Paul, Baltimore: air conditioning at virtually no cost, and heat in a way that spares the environment.

Philanthropist supports Mercy Medical Center

January 19, 2012
By Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News

Mary Catherine Bunting, the granddaughter of the founder of the Noxzema Chemical Co., never had to work.

Two writers duke it out on the subject of school sports

January 19, 2012
By 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.

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