As Melissa Brent crept closer to the 7-foot, 850-pound bronze statue, not even a steady late-November rain could dampen her joy.
Pioneering Josephite priest dies
Father Robert “Rocky” Kearns, a pioneering Josephite priest, pastor and superior general who was active in the social justice movement, died in an Alabama hospital Dec. 6 from complications of cancer. He was 72.
Love makes room: Catonsville family adopts children from China with special needs
Family life has changed in remarkable ways in the four and a half years since Ann and her husband, Edward, welcomed Mary into their home.
In Ellicott City, children gather for adoration
“It looks like bread, but it really is Jesus,” explained Father Erik Arnold, pastor of the Ellicott City parish, reminding the young onlookers that Christ is truly present in body, blood, soul and divinity through the Blessed Sacrament.
Father Peach to become Carmelite hermit
Father Patrick Peach is turning in his black clerics and white collar for a brown tunic.
Ravens Head Coach John Harbaugh finds winning combination
John Harbaugh of the Baltimore Ravens says his Catholic faith is central to who he is.
Archbishop dedicates Pope John Paul II prayer garden
Seeing himself cast in bronze alongside Pope John Paul II in a new downtown statue brought back a flood of memories for Justin Farinelli.
Baltimore woman professes final vows
Sister Maria del Fiat Miola was studying abroad in Italy during her junior year at Columbia University when she encountered a group of women at St. Peter’s Square who would change her life.
Marianist brother works to change attitudes on the death penalty
A passionate death penalty abolitionist who corresponds with a former death row inmate and who regularly carries signs protesting the death penalty in front of Baltimore’s Supermax prison, Brother Frank believes attitudes can only be changed if people recognize the dignity of every human life.
Mega Millions winner sponsors Villa Regina Academy reunion
The Sept. 19-21 reunion, sponsored by Mega Millions winner Bernadette Gietka, was the first time many of the graduates had seen each other in decades, and brought back memories of their long-closed school.
Bishop Malooly installed as 9th bishop of Wilmington
In his 38 years of priestly ministry in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Bishop W. Francis Malooly earned a reputation as a man of good humor, deep commitment to his faith, genuine humility and a pastoral sensitivity to others.
All those qualities were on display at St. Elizabeth Church in Wilmington, Del., Sept. 8, when Baltimore’s former western vicar was installed as the 9th bishop of Wilmington.
Archbishop O’Brien dedicates new church in Libertytown
When Monsignor John Dietzenbach pushed open the doors of the new St. Peter the Apostle Church in Libertytown during a Sept. 7 dedication liturgy, more than 900 parishioners looked on in stunned silence.