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Nancy Menefee Jackson

Nancy Menefee Jackson is a former staff writer for the Catholic Review who now serves as a freelance contributor.

Father Gregory Rapisarda to continue healthcare ministry in retirement

June 28, 2023
By Nancy Menefee Jackson
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Retirement, Vocations

Father Rapisarda, who prefers to be called “Father Greg,” is retiring at 75, but he plans to be plenty present.

Mother of murder victim speaks at Loyola University Maryland on intimate partner violence

November 16, 2022
By Nancy Menefee Jackson
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News

Sharon Donnelly Love, has made it her mission to educate young people about the difference between healthy and unhealthy relationships and intimate partner violence through the One Love Foundation, named for Yeardley Love’s jersey number and her last name.

St. Bernardine music director nominated for Grammy

September 7, 2022
By Nancy Menefee Jackson
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, Local News, News, Schools

Troy Smith, the recently hired director of music at St. Bernardine Parish in West Baltimore, needs to update his résumé; he’s been nominated as a quarterfinalist for a 2023 Grammy music educator award.

New triptych icon has origins in Archdiocese of Baltimore

August 16, 2022
By Nancy Menefee Jackson
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News

Protected from light but available to visitors in Ann Arbor, Mich., a triptych icon graces the chapel of the motherhouse of the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist. What the casual visitor might not know is that the icon was commissioned by a now-deceased parishioner from Church of the Resurrection in Ellicott City.

Maryland Catholic Conference executive director witnesses devastation in Ukraine

August 2, 2022
By Nancy Menefee Jackson
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, War in Ukraine

“It was extraordinarily jarring the first time the bombing sirens went off,” Kraska said. Equally jarring was traveling into downtown Lviv and seeing the paintings and statues of the cathedral and other buildings swathed in boards and metal in an attempt to protect them.

Loyola University produces Baltimore Catholic League pioneer

January 30, 2020
By Nancy Menefee Jackson
Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Sports

Last season, Kara Hunter became the first woman to officiate in the BCL tournament.

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