Coming home: First-year seminarians returning to historic Paca Street location June 11, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations A $10 million project to open the Blessed Father Michael J. McGivney Propaedeutic House of Formation is nearing completion along Paca Street in Baltimore, with the first seminarians expected to arrive in August.
‘He’s truly there:’ Hundreds of pilgrims process with Eucharist through Baltimore streets June 7, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, Local News, News “Even as beautiful as this place is, even as beautiful as any church or altar or tabernacle or sacred vessel, you were created to hold God and to be the vessel that carries him into the world,” Bishop Lewandowski said, “so that the world might know his loving presence, his grace, his goodness, his mercy and his salvation.”
Safe Streets opens new Cherry Hill office as leaders tout success against violence May 31, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Gun Violence, Local News, News, Social Justice William McCarthy Jr. insists it’s not a matter of opinion that a public health program known as “Safe Streets” helps reduce violence in Baltimore City. The longtime executive director of Catholic Charities of Baltimore called it a statistical fact.
La evangelización en el corazón del plan ‘Busquemos la Ciudad Venidera’ May 28, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: En Español A medida que surgen nuevas parroquias en el marco de ‘Busquemos la Ciudad Venidera’, el plan de revitalización de la iglesia católica en el área metropolitana de Baltimore, recientemente presentado, los líderes de la arquidiócesis animan a las nuevas comunidades religiosas a adoptar un enfoque de la evangelización que emule el espíritu de la era apostólica.
Evangelization at heart of Seek the City to Come plan May 22, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Seek the City to Come As new parishes emerge from the recently unveiled Seek the City to Come plan for revitalizing the Catholic Church in the Baltimore metropolitan area, archdiocesan leaders are encouraging the newly forming faith communities to embrace an approach to evangelization that emulates the spirit of the apostolic age.
More than a ‘cracker’ May 8, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Amen, Amen Matysek Commentary, Commentary, Eucharist, Feature As one of my own daughters prepares to receive her first Communion this spring, my wife and I try to explain that in the Eucharist we encounter the God of the universe. Just as food feeds and nourishes our bodies, the Eucharist feeds and nourishes our souls. It gives us the strength to resist sin and to be Christ’s presence in the world.
Little Sisters of the Poor honored with “Fishers of Men” award May 7, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Journalism, Local News, News “They revere the sacredness of human life,” Archbishop Lori told more than 200 people who gathered April 27 at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., for Guadalupe Radio Network’s benefit dinner that honored the Little Sisters of the Poor with its “Fishers of Men” award.
Nearly 1,000 parishioners weigh in on Baltimore parish reconfiguration proposal at final listening session May 1, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Seek the City to Come “This is difficult,” the bishop said. “It’s heart-wrenching. But we’re at a pivotal moment in the city church. We need to do this. We need to do this because our church membership is getting older and we’re not replacing ourselves.”
Impassioned voices heard at Seek the City listening session April 26, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Seek the City to Come A steady stream of people was still flowing into Archbishop Curley High School more than 20 minutes after an April 25 listening session on the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Seek the City to Come parish reconfiguration proposal officially started.
New café at Baltimore Basilica designed to encounter the poor April 17, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Baltimore Basilica, Feature, Local News, News, Social Justice Father Brendan Fitzgerald is convinced it’s just as important to evangelize people experiencing homelessness as it is any other person.
Dolientes se reúnen en iglesia de Highlandtown para recordar a trabajador de la construcción fallecido April 14, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: En Español En su homilía en la misa funeraria de Cabrera el padre Walker reflexionó sobre el hecho de que los obreros de la construcción perdieran la vida durante la Semana Santa, un tiempo en el que los cristianos recuerdan el triunfo de Cristo sobre la muerte.
Mourners gather at Highlandtown church to remember fallen construction worker April 14, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Bridge Collapse, Feature, Local News, News In his homily at the Cabrera funeral Mass, Father Walker reflected on the fact that the construction workers lost their lives during Holy Week, a time when Christians recall Christ’s triumph over death.
