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Sharon Crews Hare

Sharon Crews Hare, a former staff writer for the Catholic Review, is a freelance contributor to the Catholic Review. She is a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Sharon is a parishioner of Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in the Harrisburg Diocese, and resides in East Berlin, Pa.

Former Ellicott City and Odenton pastor Father Harrison dies at 84

April 7, 2025
By Sharon Crews Hare
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries

Redemptorist Father John Barron “Harry” Harrison, a former pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Ellicott City and St. Joseph in Odenton who was remembered for his pastoral care of parishioners, died March 31. He was 84. 

Archdiocesan Elementary School Teacher of the Year finds joy in the classroom 

August 23, 2024
By Sharon Crews Hare
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools

Emma Ward is filled with joy to share that she laughs every single day when she’s teaching her first-graders at St. Joseph School in Cockeysville.

Independent Catholic High School Teacher of the Year from Calvert Hall believes every student matters

August 23, 2024
By Sharon Crews Hare
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools

Philip Bressler, an economics teacher at Calvert Hall College High School in Towson, believes every student is entitled to an excellent education and is ready to be challenged.

Archdiocesan High School Teacher of the Year makes science relatable

August 23, 2024
By Sharon Crews Hare
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools

Kimberly Burton hasn’t just been teaching science facts at Archbishop Curley High School for the past four years. She has also been attempting to show her students how the sciences apply to everyday life.

Priests, sisters honored for decades of ministry

March 18, 2024
By Sharon Crews Hare
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations

The Archdiocese of Baltimore honored nearly 40 women and men religious serving in the archdiocese who are celebrating milestone jubilees in 2024. Together, they have contributed a combined 2,275 years of ministry to the Catholic Church.

Former Planned Parenthood leader shares conversion story at 40 Days for Life event

March 5, 2024
By Sharon Crews Hare
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life

Ramona Trevino shared her story during five recent prayer vigils in Maryland sponsored by 40 Days for Life.

Archdiocese of Baltimore priests celebrate 565 years of milestones

November 2, 2023
By Sharon Crews Hare
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations

The Archdiocese of Baltimore will honor archdiocesan priests celebrating milestone anniversaries with a Nov. 6 Mass at Sacred Heart in Glyndon. Together, the priests have served the local faith community 565 years. Among the honorees are Monsignor Joseph Lizor and Father Paul Thomas, two of the longest- serving priests of the archdiocese. Monsignor Lizor, ordained […]

Karen Montoya brings out best in Spalding students

September 12, 2023
By Sharon Crews Hare
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools

Montoya was named the Archdiocesan High School Teacher of the Year. She has been teaching chemistry at Archbishop Spalding High School in Severn for the past seven years, but her entire teaching career has been with the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

Mercy computer teacher wants to help students ‘change the world’

September 7, 2023
By Sharon Crews Hare
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools

MaryClare Cernik is teaching computer science to young women at Mercy High School in Baltimore, and she was recently named the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Independent Catholic High School Teacher of the Year.

First-grade teacher makes every student feel loved

September 5, 2023
By Sharon Crews Hare
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools

As a teacher for 35 years, Julie Guenther has shared her life and her faith with more than 900 6-year-olds. For her, it is like having two families, one that lives in her home, and another that grows larger each time a new school year begins.

Dulaney Valley monastery welcomes two Carmelites

June 14, 2023
By Sharon Crews Hare
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations

Following a year of postulancy, the 26-year-old woman became a novice, Sister Bridget of Holy Mystery, with the Carmelite Community of Baltimore.

Advice for planning a Catholic wedding

April 6, 2023
By Sharon Crews Hare
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Marriage & Family Life, News

He popped the question. She accepted his proposal. Now what? The first step, according to Stacy Golden, director of Family, Youth and Young Adult Ministry for the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Institute for Evangelization, is to meet with your parish priest. “It’s recommended that you don’t put the cart before the horse,” Golden said. “Always secure […]

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