Father Gregory Rapisarda to continue healthcare ministry in retirement June 28, 2023By 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, 2022By 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, 2022By 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, 2022By 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, 2022By Nancy Menefee Jackson Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Crisis in Ukraine, Feature, Local News, News “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, 2020By 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.
