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John O'Donnell

John B. O'Donnell is a resident of Catonsville and a parishioner of St. Agnes in Catonsville where he is a lector and extraordinary minister of holy Communion and serves as the parish liaison with a partner parish in Haiti.

John also serves patients at St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore as an extraordinary minister of holy Communion. He is a graduate of Mount St. Joseph High School in Irvington and worked at The Baltimore Sun as a reporter. editorial writer and editor for more than 40 years. He is a contributor to the Catholic Review.

St. Agnes, St. William of York team with CRS to feed hungry of Burkina Faso

March 30, 2018
By John O'Donnell
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Missionary Disciples, News

CATONSVILLE – In a first for two Archdiocese of Baltimore parishes that share a pastor, parishioners of St. Agnes in Catonsville and St. William of York in Ten Hills gathered March 17 in a Lenten project that packed 20,000 meals for the people of a small, poverty-stricken country of West Africa where hunger is widespread. […]

Pro-life community opens Howard County homes for unwed pregnant mothers

October 13, 2017
By John O'Donnell
Filed Under: Local News, Ministry, News, Respect Life

Archbishop William E. Lori blessed two upscale four-bedroom suburban houses in Howard County

9/11 in Rome: Baltimore pastor was seminarian at Pontifical North American College

September 8, 2011
By John O'Donnell
Filed Under: 9/11, Local News, News

On the second day of the new semester at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, Father Michael DeAscanis and fellow seminarians were taking a mid-afternoon walk in the courtyard.

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