Faith keeps young parishioner strong in battle with brain cancer and Lyme disease February 19, 2018By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Eastern Vicariate, Faces of Faith, Feature, Local News, News Despite brutal twin diagnoses of Lyme disease and brain cancer, 26-year-old Corey Dregier maintains a positive attitude and zest for life.
Trusting in Divine Providence January 12, 2018By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Faces of Faith, Local News, News, Schools, Urban Vicariate “Whenever you feel down or if you feel like you don’t have anyone, you always have God,” said Melanie Cabo, a student at St. Frances Academy in Baltimore. “He’s there for you.”
U.S. Court of Appeals upholds free speech rights of Baltimore’s pro-life pregnancy centers January 8, 2018By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life In a 3-0 ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit struck down a Baltimore ordinance that would have forced pro-life pregnancy centers in the city to post signs stating they do not provide or refer for abortions or contraceptives
‘Saintly man’ of Cumberland dies after life of service January 5, 2018By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries, Western Vicariate “He had a very deep faith, but it wasn’t a showy kind of faith,” said Capuchin Franciscan Father Gregory Chervenak, pastor of Our Lady of the Mountains. “He was very unassuming and never, ever drew attention to himself.
Brother Kevin Strong, ‘one of the giants’ of the Christian Brothers, dies at 85 January 4, 2018By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries, Schools Brother Kevin Strong, a groundbreaking leader at Calvert Hall College High School in Towson and Cardinal Gibbons School in Baltimore who served as the first president of both all-boys institutions, died Jan. 3 in New Jersey after years of declining health.
Outreach fueled by faith December 13, 2017By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Faces of Faith, Feature, Giving, Local News, News, Urban Vicariate Several years after Brian Gracie began raising funds to support the Franciscan Center’s emergency assistance programs for impoverished people in Baltimore, a member of his own family found himself in need of those very services.
‘Face of the Basilica’ provides welcoming presence November 30, 2017By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Baltimore Basilica, Faces of Faith, Local News, Urban Vicariate When visitors arrive at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore, Mark Marozza is the man they are most likely to encounter.
Goodbye to one of the good guys November 17, 2017By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Blog, Journalism, The Narthex After decades of producing stories that go into a depth not found in some other outlets, and after many years managing newsrooms, editing pages and mentoring others, Joe Ryan is hanging up his red pen.
Legacy of caring: Sisters of the Good Shepherd leaving Baltimore November 16, 2017By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Eastern Vicariate, Feature, Local News, News Sister Mary Carol called it a privilege to serve some of the most vulnerable people in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. As much as the sisters extended mercy to them, Sister Mary Carol said, the girls showed mercy back.
Catholic Campaign for Human Development to be taken up in parishes Nov. 18-19 November 14, 2017By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Social Justice, Video The archbishop noted that last year, parishes in the Archdiocese of Baltimore contributed $205,800 to the collection. Nine self-help, poverty-level income groups within the archdiocese received $405,000 in national and local CCHD grants.
As Baltimore City marks 300 murders, prayers for peace continue November 3, 2017By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Urban Vicariate “People should not have to live that way,” Bishop Madden insisted. “It’s not normal that people shoot each other.”
St. Alphonsus Shrine entrusted to Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter September 25, 2017By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Parishes, Urban Vicariate, Worship & Sacraments “It’s a real pleasure and a real joy to be able to offer Mass in such a historic, beautiful church,” said Father Kiefer, a former Army captain who was deployed to Mogadishu in Somalia and Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
