Deacon DeCapite, pro-life advocate, dies at 73 April 11, 2025By Kurt Jensen Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries, Respect Life Deacon James Robert DeCapite, a longtime deacon at St. Margaret in Bel Air and a visible figure in the local pro-life movement, died April 7 after a battle with cancer. He was 73.
Margaret ‘Margie’ Meyers remembered for skill at pastoral planning March 26, 2025By Kurt Jensen Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Margaret “Margie” Meyers, a longtime parishioner of St. Peter parish in Westernport and a force in Catholic faith formation and pastoral planning in Western Maryland, died March 10 at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pa., following a brief illness with a neuromuscular disorder. She was 65.
En medio de la incertidumbre sobre la inmigración, la iglesia ofrece apoyo March 3, 2025By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: En Español El futuro incierto de la política de inmigración ha suscitado preocupación en las parroquias con grandes poblaciones de inmigrantes, tanto indocumentados como con documentos.
In midst of uncertainty on immigration, Archdiocese of Baltimore provides support March 3, 2025By Kurt Jensen Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Hispanic Ministry, Immigration and Migration, Local News, News Parishes and Catholic agencies such as Catholic Charities hope to embody the Gospel parable of the Good Samaritan by providing care for those in the immigrant community.
Supreme Court declines to hear abortion clinic ‘bubble zone’ challenges February 26, 2025By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News The Supreme Court will not hear a pair of cases that may have allowed sidewalk counselors and protesters at abortion clinics to get as close as 8 feet away from people entering them.
Navigating world of dating can be a challenge for Catholics February 13, 2025By Kurt Jensen Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Young Adult Ministry Young adult dating (sometimes still referred to as courtship) is an ongoing concern for the church. At a panel discussion during last summer’s National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis, participants complained that the dating pool of committed Catholics is too small.
St. Paul parishioner delivers hope with grassroots outreach December 26, 2024By Kurt Jensen Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Social Justice The Towson University graduate, 62, found his calling when he established the St. Paul Grassroots and Cold Weather Shelter ministries.
Final polka Mass offered at Sacred Heart of Mary on 50th anniversary of Thanksgiving tradition November 29, 2024By Kurt Jensen Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Seek the City to Come The parish, once dubbed the “Polka Capital of Maryland,” used to host as many as 40 polka parties a year and was one of a handful of parishes in the region to offer polka dance classes.
Pro-life sidewalk counseling highlighted in potential high court cases, federal pardons November 27, 2024By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News The Supreme Court is expected to decide soon whether to hear a pair of First Amendment cases seeking to strike down so-called “bubble zones” for pro-life demonstrators outside abortion clinics.
Deacon Petrosino, known for gifts as educator, dies at 84 November 11, 2024By Kurt Jensen Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Deacon Victor Petrosino, who brought imaginative lessons and communications skills he learned as a public school educator to his diaconal ministry at St. Margaret in Bel-Air, died Nov. 5. He was 84.
Documentary profiles a possible future saint October 24, 2024By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, Saints Jessica Navin, spiritual formation coordinator for the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS), did not have a sainthood-cause documentary in mind when she began work as executive producer on what would become “Radiating Joy: The Michelle Duppong Story.”
Movie Review: ‘Megalopolis’ October 2, 2024By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews The insensate botch of “Megalopolis” (Lionsgate) is structured like a fable, pitting the self-doubt and moral descent of a tortured modern-day architect against the debauchery of ancient Rome.
