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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.

Monsignor Charles Frederick Meisel, founding pastor of Church of the Nativity, dies at 96

October 6, 2021
By Lisa Harlow
Catholic Review
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries

Monsignor Charles Frederick Meisel, founding pastor of Church of the Nativity in Timonium and a mentor to upcoming priests, died Oct. 2 at Stella Maris. He was 96, and at the time of his death was the oldest living archdiocesan priest.

Monsignor Thomas Donellan, founding pastor of the Catholic Community of St. Francis Xavier, dies at 91

September 29, 2021
By Lisa Harlow
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries

Monsignor Thomas J. Donellan Jr., founding pastor of the Catholic Community of St. Francis Xavier in Hunt Valley and a respected leader in pastoral planning in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, died Sept. 24 at St. Martin’s Home for the Aged in Catonsville, surrounded by the Little Sisters of the Poor. He was 91.

St. Pius X and Our Lady of Victory Schools leave a legacy in their communities

June 29, 2021
By Lisa Harlow
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools

The last day of the school year is typically a joyous occasion, but for the students, faculty and staff of St. Pius X Montessori Catholic School and Our Lady of Victory Catholic School, that day was bittersweet.

Apostleship of the Sea continues to aid impacted seafarers in Baltimore

May 6, 2021
By Lisa Harlow
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to affect daily life, the Apostleship of the Sea (AOS), a Catholic ministry for seafarers, has become a literal life preserver for the seafarers who are impacted by COVID-19.

Dundalk student creates winning logo

September 11, 2020
By Lisa Harlow
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Schools

When Avery Carter, now an eighth-grader at Our Lady of Hope/St. Luke School in Dundalk, won the contest to create a logo for the Archdiocese of Baltimore Department of Catholic Schools for the 2020-21 school year, it came as no surprise to Mary Holmes, his art teacher for six years.

Virus hits home for Apostleship of the Sea

June 17, 2020
By Lisa Harlow
Filed Under: Bridge Collapse, Coronavirus, Local News, News

“The pandemic has given me a better perspective on the life of seafarers,” Middleton said.

Turkey Bowl 100: Loyola Blakefield’s Cyber Science program has international reach

November 23, 2019
By Lisa Harlow
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Turkey Bowl

“Our Jesuit mission fits very well in cyber security,” Morrill said. “We take into account our moral compass. It makes you think. Even if I can do something, should I?”

New director, home for seafarers

October 5, 2019
By Lisa Harlow
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Video

With the retirement from active ministry of Monsignor John FitzGerald, the Apostleship of the Sea (AOS), a Catholic ministry for seafarers, has its first lay director. Andy Middleton is hardly new to the ministry, having served as its right hand man for more than a decade.

On a Mission: Young parishioners, students opt for summer service

August 6, 2019
By Lisa Harlow
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News

For many youths and young adults in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, summer travel meant mission work. Whether it was to the other side of the world or remaining in Maryland, giving back has definitely been trending.

Dragon Boat races ‘brings out the best’ for Catholic Charities of Baltimore

September 10, 2018
By Lisa Harlow
Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Local News, News

A little rain – at some moments, actually, a lot of rain – didn’t keep paddlers or spectators away from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor Sept. 8, for Catholic Charities of Baltimore’s’ 11th Biennial Dragon Boat Races.

Knights of Columbus land in Baltimore, bearing $1 million gift

August 6, 2018
By Lisa Harlow
Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Knights of Columbus, Local News, News, Schools, Urban Vicariate

Supreme Knight Carl Anderson presented the Archdiocese of Baltimore with a $1 million gift from the Knights for a new K-8 school to be built on Baltimore’s west side.

Mercy Medical Center is Edna Jacurak’s ‘second family’

October 6, 2017
By Lisa Harlow
Filed Under: Local News, News

While longtime Mercy Medical Center staffer Edna Jacurak’s official title is Collections Manager, she spends her spare time working on completely different types of collections.

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