The running pastor: Monsignor Hilgartner evangelizes on the road, too January 5, 2016By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Local News, News Fit in around morning Mass, prayer is often woven into the solitude of Father Hilgartner’s four-mile runs.
Callum researched, shared story of Maryland black Catholics July 29, 2015By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Local News, News, Obituaries St. Francis Xavier Church in East Baltimore bade farewell July 28 to the scholar who made its rich history come alive.
Fugett’s remarkable path includes being prep pioneer November 24, 2014By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Local News, News Jean Fugett wasn’t ready to drive a car, let alone be a pioneer.
Gala celebrates education, $140 million in capital campaign September 29, 2014By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Giving, Local News, News, Schools Archbishop William E. Lori announced that the capital campaign, “Embracing Our Mission, Shaping Our Future,” raised $140 million.
Prison ministry: ‘Looking for something good to do’ April 4, 2013By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Local News, News, Prison Ministry Bishop Rozanski’s visit to the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women leaves the imprisoned women feeling renewed and encouraged.
Eric Greene’s Catholic education went as smoothly as his operatic voice January 19, 2012By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Local News, News Eric Greene knows three classmates from his Catholic elementary school who have died. Others he knows from his old neighborhood are strung out on drugs or in jail.
Absence of Bob Flynn lingers longer than Ravens’ loss to Colts January 13, 2012By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Baltimore Boomer, Blog The last time I saw Bob Flynn was in the summer of 2006, during Baltimore Ravens’ training camp at McDaniel College. Flynn was the men’s basketball coach there, literally had the keys to the gym, but he was like any other fan, excited to see professional athletes honing their craft.Jan. 13 marks the fifth anniversary […]
New CRS president gives back to faith that propelled her December 21, 2011By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Local News, News FOURTH IN A SERIES PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Carolyn Woo learned English from Maryknoll missioner sisters. In tears her first day at Purdue University because she couldn’t decipher a campus map, she found solace at its Newman Center. Woo met and married her husband at Purdue, and its church bell rang when she defended her doctoral dissertation there.
Serendipitous visit to Bon Secours in West Baltimore December 15, 2011By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Baltimore Boomer, Blog, Commentary On this job, every day is a religious experience. I’ve got an article in the Dec. 15 issue of The Catholic Review on Bon Secours Baltimore Health System. In late September, the health care provider in West Baltimore launched a new branding and mission with an ecumenical prayer service at 31 W. Fulton St., at the Cathedral […]
CRS partners include U of M Medical School leader who is Cathedral parishioner December 1, 2011By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Local News, News PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti –On a sweltering October day, a team of leaders from Catholic Relief Services stopped at St. Francois de Sales Hospital here to receive an update on plans to rebuild and transform it into a teaching hospital.
City block renamed in honor of Father Uncles June 16, 2011By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Local News, News Appreciation for the building’s namesake continues to grow at Charles R. Uncles Senior Plaza.
Pep Perrella got inclusion before it had a name February 16, 2011By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Baltimore Boomer, Blog Pep Perrella is buoyed by Catholic schoolkids he feeds. Was on the phone with my daughter Kate last weekend, and told her that Pep Perella was ailing. “Do you remember Pep?” I asked. “How could I forget his chicken parmigiana?” she said, 3,000 miles and 12 years from the last time she had one of […]
