Former St. Elizabeth of Hungary pastor was humble adventurer July 6, 2017By Erik Zygmont Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries, Urban Vicariate Third Order Regular Franciscan Father Robert T. Sisk, who died June 23 at the St. Francis Friary at Mount Assisi in Loretto, Pa., was remembered as a kind-hearted parish priest whose humble personality contrasted with an adventurous past serving in foreign missions.
Nationally recognized youth minister from Baltimore dies at 52 June 28, 2017By Erik Zygmont Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries, Urban Vicariate, Young Adult Ministry, Youth Ministry “He was a preacher, but he was also a strategic thinker. He was always asking, ‘What does it take to do youth ministry well?’ and ‘What’s the vision here?’ ”
Father Kevin Ewing ordained to priesthood in joyful ceremony June 26, 2017By Erik Zygmont Filed Under: Campus Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Vocations Father Ewing exhibited a demeanor of peace and joy as he processed down the center aisle of the cathedral toward what promises to be his greatest adventure, a lifetime as a priest of the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Tempered by faith, St. John’s Catholic Prep grad pursues greatness June 26, 2017By Erik Zygmont Filed Under: Local News, News, Schools, Western Vicariate “My favorite classes,” said Michael Wohlfarth, salutatorian at St. John’s Catholic Prep, “were the ones that gave me a taste of what I might want to do with my life.”
The Least of These: Welcoming the stranger June 26, 2017By Erik Zygmont Filed Under: Eastern Vicariate, Feature, Hispanic Ministry, Local News, Ministry, News, Urban Vicariate, Western Vicariate Fleeing El Salvador and a threat to her life, a young woman found refuge and new life in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. She is among the many immigrants welcomed by the Catholic Church.
Fortnight for Freedom: Archbishop Lori urges faithful to work for ‘holiness of freedom and freedom for holiness’ June 22, 2017By Erik Zygmont Filed Under: Feature, Fortnight for Freedom, Local News, News, Religious Freedom Archbishop Lori urged Catholics to develop in their hearts “the holiness of freedom and freedom for holiness – an irrepressible spirit of freedom, courage and mission that no earthly power can take away from us.”
Amen: Graduates introduced to greatness at Seton Keough June 22, 2017By Erik Zygmont Filed Under: Amen, Commentary While Seton Keough has closed, Benton, Graves and Dambita – as well as their classmates and underclassmen – will keep the school’s spirit alive.
K-8 schools that closed left a mark on students June 19, 2017By Erik Zygmont Filed Under: Eastern Vicariate, Local News, News, Schools, Urban Vicariate When St. Thomas Aquinas Elementary School in Hampden and John Paul Regional Catholic School in Woodlawn closed their doors for the final time at the conclusion of the 2016-17 school year, students weren’t the only ones to experience grief.
Ewing’s June 24 ordination to the priesthood will be bittersweet June 16, 2017By Erik Zygmont Filed Under: Eastern Vicariate, Local News, News, Vocations Deacon Kevin Ewing’s June 24 ordination to the priesthood promises to be bittersweet.
More than 2,200 graduate from 20 Catholic high schools in Archdiocese of Baltimore June 15, 2017By Erik Zygmont Filed Under: Local News, News, Schools Twenty Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore graduated a combined 2,210 seniors this spring.
After nearly 66 years in ministry, Monsignor Bastress retires June 8, 2017By Erik Zygmont Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Pastor of the National Shrine of St. Alphonsus Liguori in Baltimore since 1998, Monsignor Bastress has ministered throughout the archdiocese since his May 19, 1951, ordination at the Baltimore Basilica.
Amen: On a humble man, and famous last words June 8, 2017By Erik Zygmont Filed Under: Amen, Commentary, Urban Vicariate, Vocations As a priest, Monsignor Bastress was in fact enlisted to act “in persona Christi” – in the person of Christ – throughout various aspects of his ministry.
