New children’s book breathes humanity into the stories of the saints January 12, 2021By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Books, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Saints Carey Wallace’s new children’s book, “Stories of the Saints: Bold and Inspiring Tales of Adventure, Grace, and Courage,” shows that holy men and women – whose miraculous deeds, charitable works and battles with armies, beasts and demons she chronicles with gusto – were also what Wallace calls “relentlessly human.”
Sister Mary Catherine Warehime, DC, served as educator, superior, dies at 65 January 5, 2021By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Sister Mary Catherine Warehime, a Baltimore native who served as a teacher and administrator in Catholic schools, died Dec. 17 at St. Agnes Sisters’ Residence in Baltimore. She was 65, and had been a Daughter of Charity for 46 years.
The gift of time January 4, 2021By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Amen, Amen Matysek Commentary, Christmas, Commentary, Feature As we watch our children grow up right before our eyes, we are reminded that time is limited and precious.
Great Christmas carols you may not have heard December 24, 2020By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Arts & Culture, Christmas, Commentary, Feature, The Narthex George Matysek picks some of his favorite Christmas carols you may never have heard.
Chalk Talk: Epiphany door blessing is symbol of hope in 2021 December 23, 2020By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Christmas, Feature, Local News, News The blessing involves taking simple chalk, usually blessed by a parish priest, and scrawling doorways with symbolic numbers and letters – this year, “20+C+M+B+21.”
A pesar de la pandemia, hay formas de celebrar a Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe December 11, 2020By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: En Espanol En un año normal, las celebraciones por Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe en su fiesta del 12 de diciembre están marcadas por grandes concentraciones de gente, que incluyen procesiones, recreaciones de la aparición de María a San Juan Diego, cantos, bailes y muchas flores.
Despite pandemic, there are ways to celebrate Our Lady of Guadalupe December 10, 2020By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Divine Worship, Feature, Hispanic Ministry, Local News, News Despite the coronavirus pandemic, there are ways of celebrating the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
‘Hope in a box’: Former IND students distribute Thanksgiving meals to those in need November 18, 2020By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Christmas, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Schools The Institute of Notre Dame may be closed, but its decades-long tradition of outreach to the community has not ended.
In divided America, Catholics in Baltimore Archdiocese head to church on Election Day November 3, 2020By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, 2020 Election, Feature, Local News, News At a time when Americans seem deeply divided and polarized, many Catholics in the Archdiocese of Baltimore are praying for peace and unity on Election Day.
Catholic Charities of Baltimore ends international adoption program October 20, 2020By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Local News, News After more than 75 years helping form families through international adoption, Catholic Charities of Baltimore closed its international adoption program Sept. 30, citing changing circumstances within other countries and a “negative stance” toward international adoption from the American federal government.
St. John Paul II’s historic visit to Baltimore 25 years ago put spotlight on Premier See October 7, 2020By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Our Back Pages The visit of St. John Paul II to Baltimore 25 years ago marked a watershed moment in the history of the first diocese in the United States.
Catonsville Trinitarian lifts up persecuted Catholics in China September 29, 2020By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Religious Freedom, World News Trinitarian Father Stan De Boe recalls meeting a relentless anti-Communist bishop in China who suffered four decades of political imprisonment.
