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Lisa Harlow

Lisa Harlow is a freelance writer for the Catholic Review. A Baltimore native, Lisa has more than 20 years of experience in journalism and public relations and has been honored by the Maryland Delaware D.C. Press Association and the Public Relations Society of America.

Lisa is graduate of The Catholic High School of Baltimore. She holds a master's degree in professional writing from Towson University, and she is a parishioner of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Essex, where her son attends school.

‘You should care’: Cathedral parishioner is prominent advocate for environmental justice

April 22, 2024
By Lisa Harlow
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Environment, Local News, News

Megan Weil Latshaw is an expert in environmental justice, working to improve health through changes in the environment. She serves as associate professor and director of the master’s degree programs in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Ss. Philip and James Parish supports marriage and family ministry

March 22, 2024
By Lisa Harlow
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, Marriage & Family Life, News

The married couples and family ministry at Ss. Philip and James aims to help couples mirror that communion and to grow in holiness in marriage and family.

Deacon William Fallon, active in parish and prison ministry, dies at 82

March 18, 2024
By Lisa Harlow
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries

Deacon William “Bill” Fallon, a deacon in the Archdiocese of Baltimore for nearly 40 years, died March 7 at St. Elizabeth’s Nursing Center in Baltimore. He was 82.

Maryvale Prep graduate stretches ministry across continents

March 7, 2024
By Lisa Harlow
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News

Colette Zyambo credits a theological studies program offered at St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Roland Park with helping open her mind to new ways of thinking.

Deacon Hugh H. Mills Jr., who served at St. Clement I and St. Alphonsus shrine, dies at 84

February 15, 2024
By Lisa Harlow
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries

Deacon Hugh H. Mills Jr., a deacon in the Archdiocese of Baltimore for more than 30 years, died Feb. 8 at the Loch Raven VA Medical Center. He was 84.

St. Martin’s resident celebrates 109th birthday

February 8, 2024
By Lisa Harlow
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Seniors

Jennie Libertini, the oldest resident of St. Martin’s Home for the Aged in Catonsville and one of the oldest people in the country, celebrated her 109th birthday Feb. 5, complete with cake, a performance by a choral group from The Catholic High School of Baltimore, a television crew and, of course, bingo.

Senior fights Parkinson’s with boxing training

November 9, 2023
By Lisa Harlow
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Seniors, Sports

Boxing might not be the first exercise that comes to mind for seniors, but for John Thaler, 76, it’s just what the doctor ordered.

Gift of All Truth, a missionary outreach, will focus on youths

September 18, 2023
By Lisa Harlow
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Baltimore Basilica, Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News

Along with the successful Source of All Hope ministry in place since 2019 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Baltimore City will soon have another new urban ministry: Gift of All Truth.

Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Grief Ministry responds to mass shooting in Brooklyn

July 6, 2023
By Lisa Harlow
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, Local News, News

The Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Grief Ministry is working to help the families affected by the July 2 mass shooting in the South Baltimore community of Brooklyn that claimed the lives of 20-year-old Kylis Fagbemi and 18-year-old Aaliyah Gonzalez. Twenty-eight others were injured in the shooting, which happened during a block party.

Father Jack Ward, passionate about canon law, plans for retirement

June 26, 2023
By Lisa Harlow
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Retirement, Vocations

Father John “Jack” Ward, a priest in the Archdiocese of Baltimore for nearly four decades known for his sense of humor and concern for parishioners, will retire on Sept. 30. Currently pastor of Our Lady of the Fields in Millersville, Father Ward has enjoyed a long ministry that includes serving in the Archdiocese of Baltimore […]

Oblate Sisters celebrate 10th anniversary of transfer of Mother Lange’s remains

June 5, 2023
By Lisa Harlow
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Saints

It’s been 10 years since the remains of Mother Mary Lange were transferred from New Cathedral Cemetery in Baltimore to the Our Lady of Mount Providence Convent Chapel of the Oblate Sisters of Providence in Arbutus.

Bishop Victor Galeone, former Archdiocese of Baltimore priest and bishop of St. Augustine, dies at 87

June 1, 2023
By Lisa Harlow
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries

Bishop Emeritus Victor Galeone, a former Archdiocese of Baltimore priest who served as the ninth bishop of the Diocese of St. Augustine, Fla., died May 29 at St. Martin’s Home for the Aged in Catonsville. He was 87.

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