Interfaith leaders pledge to defend traditional marriage in Maryland December 1, 2011By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News Leaders of a newly-formed pro-marriage coalition came out swinging against efforts to legalize same-sex marriage in Maryland – pledging in a Nov. 30 press conference to rally citizens across the state to defeat legislation that would alter the traditional definition of marriage.
Vatican will not consider Annapolis healing case November 30, 2011By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News Vatican experts have declined to consider the case of the apparent healing of an Annapolis woman as the miracle needed for the canonization of Blessed Francis X. Seelos, a 19th century Redemptorist priest who was pastor of St. Alphonsus in Baltimore, St. Mary in Annapolis and Ss. Peter and Paul in Cumberland.
Parishes welcome new English translation of Roman Missal November 29, 2011By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News Father Matthew T. Buening looked out on his congregation Nov. 27 as he was concluding Mass at St. Paul in Ellicott City and spoke words he has offered throughout his priesthood.
Community life inspires ‘miracle man’ November 22, 2011By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Blog, The Narthex Redemptorist Father John Murray is convinced he’s a walking miracle. After suffering a fall that left him paralyzed from the chest down, the former pastor of St. Mary in Annapolis and St. Wenceslaus in Baltimore began praying for Blessed Francis X. Seelos – a former St. Mary’s pastor – to intercede on his behalf. As noted in this […]
Miracle man? Paralyzed priest, former Annapolis pastor, begins walking November 22, 2011By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News EPHRATA, Pa. – When Redemptorist Father John Murray bashed his head against a railing after tripping along a New Jersey boardwalk 15 months ago, the consequences were devastating.
A rare birthday present for St. Joan of Arc November 16, 2011By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Blog, The Narthex Pope Benedict XVI minces no words when he describes the medieval judges who interrogated and sentenced St. Joan of Arc to death 580 years ago. The French clergymen were aligned with St. Joan’s political opponents, the pope said in a Jan. 26 general audience, and they “lacked charity and the humility to see God’s action in […]
Bishop Spencer honors veterans on Veterans Day November 11, 2011By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: 9/11, Local News, News ELLICOTT CITY – In a Veterans Day homily at St. Paul in Ellicott City, Auxiliary Bishop F. Richard Spencer of the Archdiocese for U.S. Military Services challenged Catholics to never forget the needs of the nation’s veterans.
Men in Black games get a ‘W’ in promoting vocations October 27, 2011By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Sports, Vocations Designed as a way of promoting religious vocations, the Men in Black basketball game was all about fun and awareness.
Priests overjoyed and humbled by monsignor honors from pope October 27, 2011By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News Pope Benedict XVI has recognized the stellar ministry of three priests of the Archdiocese of Baltimore by conferring the title “monsignor” on two of them and raising a previously named monsignor to the highest rank of monsignor.
Baltimore sculptor honors Brooksie October 26, 2011By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, The Narthex Before the new statue of Baltimore’s beloved Brooks Robinson was unveiled last weekend beneath a blast of black, orange and white confetti outside Oriole Park, the bronze behemoth rested in a foundry in Pietrasanta, Italy. Standing right next to the likeness of the Hall of Fame third baseman was a replica of Michelangelo’s David. Joseph Sheppard, the Baltimore sculptor who crafted the Robinson statue, […]
Deacon James Mann honored as ‘Man for All Seasons’ at Red Mass October 20, 2011By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien helped usher in the start of a new judicial year Oct. 13 by celebrating a “Red Mass” at St. Thomas More in Baltimore.
Little Flower fosters unity October 6, 2011By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News “There’s always been a closeness here,” said Father Orchik, who has led the parish for nearly two decades, “but that’s even more so today. Though it has grown smaller, it has become even more closely united.”
