Office of Black Catholic Ministries to host upcoming mental health retreat November 3, 2026By Jenna Mattern Catholic Review Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Health Care, Local News, News The Office of Black Catholic Ministries will host Hope, Unity and Relationships Mental Health Retreat Nov. 7 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at New All Saints in Liberty Heights.
Genealogist helps families uncover their past October 29, 2026By Jenna Mattern Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News Tammy Mellema is more than just the office administrator at New Cathedral Cemetery in Baltimore. She’s the “detective of the dead.” Her nickname, coined by a fellow colleague, comes from her longtime passion for genealogy, the study of family history, ancestry and lineages over generations.
Maryland priest recounts stories of ghosts and the unexplained October 27, 2026By Jenna Mattern Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News Such tales prove nothing, but as Catholics prepare to pray for the dead on All Souls’ Day, they point toward what the Church believes about death: the soul never ceases to exist, the bond between the living and the dead is not broken, and the living can still pray for those who have gone before.
St. Ignatius of Loyola Parish receives land donation from Natelli Communities October 7, 2026By Jenna Mattern Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Western Vicariate As St. Ignatius of Loyola Parish in Ijamsville celebrates its 150th anniversary, the Frederick County faith community has received a property donation from Tom Natelli, president and CEO of Natelli Communities, with an estimated value of $1 million.
5 things to know about Archbishop Fulton Sheen as his beatification approaches September 23, 2026By Jenna Mattern Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Archbishop Sheen was born on May 8, 1895 in El Paso, Ill. He grew up in Peoria, Ill., where he attended Spalding Institute high school and later attended St. Viator College in Bourbonnais, Ill. He was ordained as a priest in 1919 for the Diocese of Peoria, and eventually served as auxiliary bishop of New York 1951-66 and as bishop of Rochester 1966-69. Upon his retirement in 1969, he was given the honorary title of archbishop.
Second annual festival highlights stories of candidates of canonization September 14, 2026By Jenna Mattern Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints The path to sainthood has something in common with a trial: There is testimony, evidence, historical investigation and a formal tribunal. But in the Church’s process of canonization, the goal is not to find someone guilty or innocent. It is to uncover evidence of holiness.
Catholic school educators gather for the 2026 Convocation, celebrating faith, community, and year ahead August 28, 2026By Jenna Mattern Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Video Dressed in matching school T-shirts, custom spiritwear, and colorful merchandise, a mosaic of educators, faculty and administrators attended the 2026 Catholic School Convocation at the Church of Nativity in Timonium.
The drive that saved his life: Father J. Collin Poston returns to Carroll County parish after brush with death July 14, 2026By Jenna Mattern Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, Local News, News, Western Vicariate Father Poston spent two weeks in the hospital, receiving the anointing of the sick multiple times and welcoming visits from friends, family, parishioners, fellow priests and his Pomeranian, Otto. He described the experience as deeply spiritual.
Former Baltimore pathologist professes perpetual vows with Children of Mary May 22, 2026By Jenna Mattern Catholic Review Filed Under: Baltimore Basilica, Consecrated Life, Feature, Local News, News, Vocations Dr. Emily Wilding spent her career as an anatomic pathologist diagnosing disease through the close study of the body’s tissues. Through prayer and eucharistic devotion, she discerned a different calling – and left medicine for religious life as Sister Imelda Joy.
