At St. Mary’s School in Hagerstown, vision takes shape to save a school May 12, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Western Vicariate St. Mary, a 2017 National Blue Ribbon School, has also set high academic goals alongside its faith-centered mission.
Catholic school students ‘elect’ pope in their own ‘conclave’ May 11, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, Feature, Local News, News, Schools Before the College of Cardinals elected U.S.-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as the next supreme pontiff May 8, students across Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore were holding their own mock conclaves – complete with rituals, research and reverence.
Archbishop Lori ordains five transitional deacons May 5, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations During the ordination, each new deacon promised to respect and obey the archbishop as well as his successors. Archbishop Lori laid his hands on each of them to give them the gift of the Holy Spirit and the five were vested.
Bishop Adam Parker celebrates 25 years of priesthood April 29, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations, Western Vicariate Here in Western Maryland near the Appalachian Mountains, Bishop Parker began his priesthood as an associate pastor at St. Peter 25 years ago. Bishop Parker returned to what he called “his number one assignment” to celebrate his silver jubilee with an April 27 Mass.
Baltimore bunting for late pope has personal touch April 24, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Remembering Pope Francis, Uncategorized Catholic churches around the world have draped black bunting around their doors as a symbol of mourning the April 21 death of Pope Francis.
Hundreds gather at Cathedral of Mary Our Queen to remember late pope April 21, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Remembering Pope Francis Black bunting draped the front of the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland April 21 as hundreds gathered for an evening Mass of Remembrance in honor of Pope Francis, who died earlier that morning.
Passion Project: Icons and holy relic inspire devotion at Western Maryland parish April 16, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Easter, Feature, Local News, News The amateur artists labored on a Thursday evening in March inside the parish hall at St. Peter the Apostle in Oakland, in Garrett County.
Hundreds gather in Emmitsburg for first-ever Deaf Eucharistic Congress April 8, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Deaf Ministry, Eucharist, Feature, Local News, News Deaf Catholics from across the country stood side by side, hands raised in prayer, signing in unison – worshiping in their own language at the first-ever Deaf Eucharistic Congress.
International members tour St. Vincent de Paul programs in Baltimore April 4, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, St. Vincent de Paul Baltimore For the first time in its history, the International Council General Society of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul (CGI), met in the United States the week of March 31.
Finding answers in faith: Surge of young adults entering Catholic Church April 2, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News Shawn Pourifarsi joined UMBC’s Catholic Retrievers as a freshman and began Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA) sessions his sophomore year. Now, he and eight others are preparing to enter the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil.
Building beds, building faith: Youths participate in day of service and mercy March 26, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Youth Ministry Groups from Hagerstown and Frederick were participating in Just Mercy, a daylong retreat for middle schoolers held in conjunction with the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s “Rise Up, Have Mercy” middle school day in Randallstown.
Patrick Brice to be retried for first-degree assault charges outside Planned Parenthood March 26, 2025By Katie V. Jones OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life Patrick Brice, of Baltimore, will be retried for a first-degree assault charge on Mark Crosby, the then-73-year-old abortion protestor Brice pushed, punched and kicked in the face in front of a Planned Parenthood facility in Baltimore May 26, 2023.
