‘The Ark and The Dove’ podcast explores racism and Black experience in Catholic Church July 6, 2023By Kyle Taylor Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice Taking its name from the two companion ships that brought English Catholic settlers to Maryland in 1634, the four-episode podcast features interviews with clergy and subject-matter experts as it examines the roles and experiences of Black Catholics in the church, and America as a whole.
Archbishop Curley students build functional electric vehicle as classwork July 5, 2023By Kyle Taylor Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools A group of seniors at Archbishop Curley High School in Baltimore has completed a project that just might make Elon Musk jealous.
A time for reckoning: Archdiocese of Baltimore forms commission to investigate church connection to slavery May 9, 2023By Kyle Taylor Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice The Archdiocese of Baltimore is continuing to undergo its own self-assessment of the issue, and has formed a 17-member commission to research its ties to slavery going back hundreds of years.
Baltimore’s Jesuit parish helps revitalize gravesite where enslaved people are buried March 3, 2023By Kyle Taylor Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice Numerous unmarked gravesites were discovered in the wooded area surrounding the Sacred Heart Chapel in Bowie, likely the final resting place of enslaved people who toiled on the property hundreds of years ago.
Archbishop Lori makes fight against racism a priority May 1, 2022By Kyle Taylor Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Archbishop Lori Milestones, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice In his 10 years leading the Archdiocese in Baltimore, Archbishop William E. Lori has made the fight against racism one of his central themes.
Archdiocesan grief ministry helps families of those lost to acts of violence January 31, 2022By Kyle Taylor Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News In partnership with the Baltimore City Police Department and other nonprofits and businesses in the city, the Archdiocese of Baltimore started a grief ministry program that assists families who have lost loved ones to violence.
GEDCO celebrates 30 years serving the community October 15, 2021By Kyle Taylor Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, Local News, News, Social Justice GEDCO is still going strong, encompassing more than 50 participating churches, faith-based institutions, community organizations, universities and healthcare facilities, including several Catholic ones.
Young Mother Lange honoree keeps busy helping others February 22, 2021By Kyle Taylor Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice Whether it’s at school, church or in his spare time, Kyle Alexander wears a number of metaphorical hats. A parishioner of St. Bernardine in West Baltimore and a senior at Mount St. Joseph High School, Alexander volunteers on various projects, groups and committees.
Glory Restored: Local Knights of Columbus refurbish historic African American cemetery February 9, 2021By Kyle Taylor Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, Local News, News, Racial Justice Seeing the Ellsworth Cemetery – a place of historic racial significance in Carroll County – in such a state of disarray did not sit well with Thomas Greul. He saw a wrong that needed to be righted, and got to work.
Sturdy foundation via Baltimore, Tanzania September 11, 2020By Kyle Taylor Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, It's about love, Local News, News I have a nice young man I’d like you to meet.
Absent priest was man for others October 3, 2017By Kyle Taylor Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Sports When Anthony Zehyoue walks the halls of Loyola Blakefield or roams its football sidelines, he does so as an example of the universal church, mindful of the debt he owes to those who helped him get there.
Study finds that black students benefit from black teachers September 8, 2017By Kyle Taylor Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Local News, News, Schools, Urban Vicariate “I do think that African-American students need teachers and instructors with a deep understanding and respect of their culture,” said Dr. La Uanah King-Cassell, principal of Ss. James and John Catholic School in East Baltimore.
