Aberdeen church opens new parish life center and chapel March 21, 2024By Kyle J. Andrews Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News St. Joan of Arc celebrated its new parish life center March 10, when it was blessed by Archbishop William E. Lori.
Parishioners gather in Hagerstown for Synod of Bishops’ Interim Stage Consultations March 21, 2024By Kyle J. Andrews Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Synodality, Western Vicariate Carrie Stumpf meticulously wrote notes as a group of parishioners from parishes across Western Maryland and bordering Frederick County spoke at a circular table in St. Joseph Catholic Church’s auditorium March 12. She was among a group of people who met at the Hagerstown parish for the Interim Stage Diocesan Consultations, as a part of the XVI General Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops. The goal of the synod is to bring dialogue from clergy, religious and laity to pray, ascertain, communicate and hear each other out.