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Katie V. Jones

Katie V. Jones is a staff writer for the Catholic Review. A graduate of the College of Wooster, she is a parishioner of Patronage of the Mother of God Byzantine Catholic Church in Arbutus.

Baltimore doctor leads international effort on easing pain

March 13, 2025
By Katie V. Jones
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, Local News, News

As the director of the Placebo Beyond Opinions Center at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Dr. Luana Colloca explores ways to reduce pain through methods that don’t rely solely on drugs.

Hundreds prepare to be received into the Catholic Church

March 10, 2025
By Katie V. Jones
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News, Worship & Sacraments

The archdiocese reported that 320 catechumens – those like Jay St. John who have not been baptized – and 458 candidates – those who are baptized but have not received one or more of the sacraments of initiation – participated in the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Rite of Election and the Call to Continuing Conversion liturgy at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland on March 9.

Pro-life supporter Mark Crosby’s faith deepens after attack

March 5, 2025
By Katie V. Jones
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life

Mark Crosby looks back on the attack as “the most glorious day of my life.” He believes Jesus allowed the assault as part of his spiritual journey.

Former longtime pastor of Holy Spirit in Joppa dies

February 27, 2025
By Katie V. Jones
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries

Father Joseph C. Simmons, the former longtime pastor of Holy Spirit in Joppa, who led major construction projects and was remembered for his presence to parishioners, died Feb. 25 after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. He had just turned 89 Feb. 19.

A special engagement at Sacred Heart of Mary for Graceland Park couple

February 14, 2025
By Katie V. Jones
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Marriage & Family Life, News, Young Adult Ministry

Brandon Holthaus and Veronica Meusel are still making plans on where they will get married. They are grateful that the proposal took place at Sacred Heart of Mary.

Parish records transfer to seated parish for merging faith communities

February 13, 2025
By Katie V. Jones
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Seek the City to Come

With the closing and merging of many churches in the Archdiocese of Baltimore before the beginning of this year as part of the Seek the City to Come pastoral planning initiative, more than just parishioners were moved to a new location.

Attacker of Baltimore pro-life advocates found guilty of assault

February 7, 2025
By Katie V. Jones
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life

A jury in Baltimore Circuit Court found Patrick Brice guilty Feb. 6 on two counts of second-degree assault and two counts of reckless endangerment for attacking two pro-life supporters May 23, 2023, outside a Planned Parenthood facility on North Howard Street in Baltimore. 

St. John the Evangelist in Severna Park undergoing dramatic renovation

February 3, 2025
By Katie V. Jones
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News

After years of planning, St. John the Evangelist Church in Severna Park is undergoing extensive renovations that will give the house of worship a completely new look and an opportunity to highlight its patron saint.

Child Nutrition Program at Archdiocese of Baltimore schools fuels mind and body

January 31, 2025
By Katie V. Jones
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools

Love them or hate them, school lunches need to be balanced, nutritious and desirable to students.

Father Riccardo to speak on core mysteries of faith in Ellicott City Feb. 11

January 30, 2025
By Katie V. Jones
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News

Father John Riccardo and the Acts XXIX Team will be the featured speakers during a Feb. 11 “evening of renewal and worship” beginning at 7 p.m. at Church of the Resurrection in Ellicott City.

Faith, fun resound as Archbishop Lori, school leaders open Catholic Schools Week in Archdiocese of Baltimore

January 28, 2025
By Katie V. Jones
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools

For the first school day of Catholic School Week, Archbishop William E. Lori, Superintendent Donna Hargens and Chancellor Gregory A. Farno found themselves back in school Jan. 27, joining children at three elementary schools for a day filled with faith and fun.

Archbishop Lori dedicates McGivney House of Formation

January 28, 2025
By Katie V. Jones
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, Local News, News, Vocations

The new Blessed Michael J. McGivney Propaedeutic House of Formation in Baltimore was formally dedicated and blessed by Archbishop William E. Lori at a ceremony Jan. 23 after extensive renovations to a former visitor center and the completion of an additional building. 

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