Father Simmons retiring as the oldest active priest in the archdiocese June 30, 2022By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Retirement, Vocations During his time at Holy Spirit, Father Joseph Simmons oversaw the building of a new church (dedicated in 1988) and the construction of a $1.9 million parish center after a fire destroyed the original one Dec. 16, 2009.
Real-life experience: Pastoral formation helps seminarians learn to live the ministry of a priest June 14, 2022By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations Pastoral formation is one of the four core disciplines of a seminarians’ education along with human, intellectual and spiritual formation.
Bleacher Brothers stand out in crowd at Camden Yards, evangelizing through baseball June 9, 2022By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Sports Father Casey Cole, 33, and Father Roberto Serrano, 35, are traveling 17,000 miles in less than three months this summer, visiting all 30 Major League Baseball parks on a mission to introduce fans to the Catholic Church. The trip included a stop at Oriole Park at Camden Yards June 7.
St. Patrick in Havre de Grace celebrates 175th anniversary June 2, 2022By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Parish Anniversary 2022 Sitting just a short walk from the confluence of the Susquehanna River and the Chesapeake Bay, St. Patrick’s campus in Havre de Grace is a picture of the past, present and future.
Deacon Maurice Sunde Afor keeps prayer an essential part of his faith June 2, 2022By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, New Priests 2022, News, Vocations Deacon Maurice Sunde Afor gets a kick out of combining his recreational passion with his ministry.
Close of Year of the Eucharist will be celebrated at Cathedral of Mary Our Queen May 26, 2022By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Eucharist, Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News The Archdiocese of Baltimore will conclude its Year of Eucharist with a fitting celebration on the Feast of Corpus Christi June 19 at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland. On the same day, the U.S. bishops will launch a three-year National Eucharistic Revival.
Finding solace in faith after shootings provide another reminder of horrific day May 25, 2022By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, Feature The latest tragedies in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, N.Y., arrive less than a month before my personal anniversary of gloom on June 28 – the date four years ago when five of my newspaper colleagues were shot to death in an Annapolis newsroom.
Emmitsburg grotto awaits return of statue of Blessed Virgin Mary May 5, 2022By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Colleges, Feature, Local News, News A 25-foot statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary is expected to be returned to its high perch at the National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes overlooking the campus and surrounding countryside this summer.
Baltimore area Catholic high schools add special touch to acceptance letters May 4, 2022By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Uncategorized Catholic high school admissions directors and administrators throughout the area take extra care to make their acceptance letters a little bit more of a special moment for the anxious applicants.
‘Rise Up!’ event rises above expectations for participants May 2, 2022By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Youth Ministry “Rise Up! Middle School Day” at Mount St. Joseph High School in Irvington May 1 featured a day of games, faith and fellowship. More than 175 middle school students and their parents from 27 parishes from across the Archdiocese of Baltimore participated in the day-long event.
Faithful companion: Bayley helps Archbishop Lori unwind May 1, 2022By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Archbishop Lori Milestones, Feature, Local News, News After a busy day leading the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Archbishop William E. Lori can count on his 6-year-old golden retriever Bayley to help him decompress.
Baltimore schools drive home pope’s message for sustainable environment April 22, 2022By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Environment, Feature, Local News, News Baltimore-area schools are doing their best, though, to transform the landscapes and practices on campuses to find ways to embrace Pope Francis’ leadership for a seven-year journey toward “Integral Ecology” that he announced in his encyclical letter “Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home.”
