A call to serve leads Juliana D’Alessandro to teacher of the year honor August 30, 2026By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools After six years of teaching at St. Mark School in Catonsville, Juliana D’Alessandro has found her niche: upper elementary-age students – specifically fourth-grade students.
Award-winning teacher finds joy in students’ growth August 29, 2026By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools Jennifer Robertson always wanted to be a kindergarten teacher. An elementary education major with a concentration in mathematics from New York, Robertson soon discovered that wasn’t the path God wanted for her.
Faith, creativity and connection drive teacher of the year Catherine Kauffmann August 28, 2026By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools Some of Catherine Kauffmann’s favorite things to do are working with texts and writing. As a high school English teacher at Maryvale Preparatory School in Lutherville, Kauffmann is able to do both.
First-appointed delegate to Black Catholic community excited to begin ministry August 26, 2026By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News The month of May transformed Deacon Darron Woodus’ ministry. The 56-year-old was ordained May 10 as a permanent deacon for the Archdiocese of Baltimore and appointed by Archbishop William E. Lori as the archbishop’s first delegate for Black Catholics, a newly created role supporting Black Catholic communities throughout the archdiocese.
Upcoming racing events support good causes August 25, 2026By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Sports One of the first things Father H. Paul Kim did when he arrived at Holy Korean Martyrs in Woodlawn in January 2025 was to challenge his parishioners to join him at the Baltimore Running Festival in October 2025.
Nearly 1,500 guns collected since 2023 as Archdiocese of Baltimore’s buyback continues to grow August 9, 2026By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, Local News, News A total of 431 firearms – including 108 revolvers, 124 semi- and fully-automatic weapons and 199 rifles and shotguns were collected at the archdiocese’s fourth annual gun buyback. Since its start in 2023, a total of 1,487 firearms have been collected by the Baltimore Police Department.
Delores ‘Dee’ Silverman, co-founder of Pregnancy Center North, dies at 85 August 4, 2026By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries, Respect Life Silverman, co-founder of Pregnancy Center North (PCN) in Towson, died July 5 in Nevada. She was 85.
New gala to honor Charles Carroll and raise funds July 28, 2026By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: America's 250th anniversary, Feature, Local News, News It was during a casual conversation at a national prayer breakfast in Washington D.C. that the idea of a gala celebrating Charles Carroll, the only Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence, started to take shape.
Teens gather for AI conversation with Archbishop Lori July 28, 2026By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: AI, Feature, Local News, News After talking with Archbishop William E. Lori and 11 other teens about artificial intelligence, technology and faith, Benjamin Virgilio, 17, left even more convinced that while AI can process information and generate answers, it can never replicate what makes people human.
Father Blaine Burkey’s new book aims to get history right July 24, 2026By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Books, Feature, Local News, News, Western Vicariate Now 90, the Cumberland native has self-published “The Cumberland Mission,” a 316-page archival study of the Catholic Church’s efforts to minister to Catholics in Western Maryland during the region’s frontier period from 1778 to 1853. Father Burkey said he began writing the book about 20 years ago, drawing on archival research he had accumulated over decades.
Ann Teresa O’Neill, whose confirmed miracle led to the canonization of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, dies at 78 July 22, 2026By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries O’Neill, a 78-year-old Easton resident, died in the early hours of July 17 surrounded by her family. She had suffered a stroke a few days prior and was making progress before her health declined again.
New book fills in gaps of history of Mount St. Mary’s July 20, 2026By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Books, Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Western Vicariate For a university founded in 1808, Emmitsburg’s Mount St. Mary’s University has surprisingly few books telling its story. That bothered alumnus John Singleton, Class of 1986, enough that he wrote one himself.
