Libertytown parish prepares for Christmas without a church December 23, 2004By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Western Vicariate As Ms. Mason stood in the former sanctuary not far from where the Nativity window once served as a Christmas beacon of hope, an icy wind whipped through what remains of the church. There is no roof. It was lost in the fire, along with the steeple.
Gietka might produce a prolife ad for a Super Bowl December 9, 2004By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Ms. Gietka is also mulling over the idea of buying commercial time during the Super Bowl to air a prolife message into millions of homes. She does have the money required for such an ad, $76 million in lottery winnings after taxes.
Funnyman with a cause May 27, 2004By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News A well-known comic who is frequently heard on WIYY 98 Rock in Baltimore, the 1988 graduate of Archbishop Curley High School, Baltimore, appears at the Comedy Factory Outlet and local pubs.
Launching a dream: Maryland’s youngest hot air balloon pilot sees beauty from above December 4, 2003By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Schools Ever since Matt passed his flight test and became Maryland’s youngest hot air balloon pilot on August 24, the nascent aviator has been on cloud nine. Floating on the winds is all he’s wanted to do since he took his first ride at age 6 when his father put him in a hot air balloon at the annual Preakness celebration.
Returning the favor: A statue of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton fulfills Arbutus mother’s promise November 6, 2003By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Saints When a doctor told Judy Giangrandi that her 6-year-old son Steven had a 50 percent chance of surviving Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Mrs. Giangrandi wasn’t at all satisfied.
$112.8 million Mega Miracle July 15, 2003By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News A single woman who graduated from Holy Rosary Elementary School and who had once considered becoming a School Sister of Notre Dame while she attended high school at the Villa Regina Academy in Baltimore, Ms. Gietka said one of her top priorities now is to get to work on her musical.
Chaplain recounts horrors of Iraqi war June 19, 2003By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations “Bullets are so terrible now,” said Father Erestain, a lieutenant commander and the only Catholic priest aboard the Comfort as it cruised the Persian Gulf throughout the war. “They come in and they rip the body right through,” he explained, slowly trailing a finger along the length of his abdomen to show the power of the weapons.
Travolta movie films scenes at St. Michael, Fells Point May 14, 2003By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Local News, Movie & Television Reviews, News Disney film crews were on site at St. Michael from April 27 to May 2 filming the baptism and funeral scenes and a Christmas Midnight Mass scene.
Emmitsburg a healing place for moms in jail May 8, 2003By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life Phyllis Matthews found out she was pregnant only one day before she was scheduled to enter the Women’s Detention Center in Baltimore to serve time for heroin possission. Having a baby in prison was the last thing the 34-year old single mother of five wanted to endure, especially since she knew that her infant would be taken from her immediately after birth.
Reporter’s notebook: Martin Sheen says Gospel values needed now more than ever December 15, 2002By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Blog, The Narthex The congregation that packed St. Peter Claver Church for Philip Berrigan’s funeral Dec. 9 was slowly making its way onto ice-covered streets of West Baltimore when I spotted the president of the United States standing outside the 114-year-old brick building.
Philip Berrigan praised as ‘prophet of peace’ at Baltimore funeral Mass December 14, 2002By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Hundreds of people marched through the troubled, poverty-stricken streets of west Baltimore Dec. 9 to celebrate the life of controversial Catholic peace activist Philip Francis Berrigan.
Catholic schools get tough on Internet plagiarism August 13, 2002By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Schools These days, it takes less than five minutes to log onto the Internet and download whole papers complete with footnotes and bibliographies. Several Web sites offer such a “service” for free or a small fee, posting hundreds of papers on topics ranging from American literature to Shakespeare to world history.
