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Tim Swift

Tim Swift is a former social media coordinator for the Catholic Review and the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Covering everything from pop culture to politics to religion to errant alligators, Tim has worked as a reporter and editor for The Baltimore Sun, BBC News and Local 10 News in South Florida. A native of Philadelphia, Tim grew up attending Catholic schools and got his start in journalism as the editor of The Prelate, Cardinal Dougherty High School's student newspaper. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Penn State. After a few years away, Tim is glad to be back in his adopted hometown of Baltimore.

Johns Hopkins, archdiocese schools partner on COVID-19 prevention

April 13, 2021
By Tim Swift
Catholic Review
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Schools

“Those who can promote health and prevent disease are right there from the 5-year-old in kindergarten to the 18-year-old in their senior year of high school,” said Galiatsatos, a pulmonary and critical-care-medicine physician.

Hard hit by pandemic, St. Pius X Montessori Catholic School will close after current school year

March 26, 2021
By Tim Swift
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Schools

Facing declining enrollment and financial difficulties, St. Pius X Montessori Catholic School in Rodgers Forge will close at the end of the 2020-21 school year, parish and school officials announced March 26.

Deacon Chesnavage, World War II veteran who comforted the sick, dies at 100

March 23, 2021
By Tim Swift
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries

Deacon Albert Chesnavage, a World War II veteran who became one of the first members of the revived permanent diaconate in the 1970s, died March 19 at his home in Dundalk. He was 100.

Catholic Men’s Fellowship to offer message of hope amid pandemic struggles

March 16, 2021
By Tim Swift
Catholic Review
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News

While the virtual format consisting of pre-recorded videos will require some sacrifices, Roberts said, the change provides men who may not have normally attended the conference in person an opportunity to experience it from the comfort of their own homes.

Father Snouffer, information technology trailblazer for archdiocese, dies at 83

February 23, 2021
By Tim Swift
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries

Father Philip Snouffer, who pioneered the use of information technology at the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s central office in the late 1980s and early 1990s, died Feb. 18 at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson.

‘Giving Tuesday’ to put focus on digital donations for Annual Appeal for Catholic Ministries

February 22, 2021
By Tim Swift
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Appeal, Feature, Giving, Local News, News

Amid the challenges brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, the Archdiocese of Baltimore is launching an ambitious virtual campaign Feb. 23 to bolster its Annual Appeal for Catholic Ministries.

Alfred Rozanski, father of St. Louis archbishop and former Baltimore bishop, dies at 86

December 30, 2020
By Tim Swift
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski, Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries

Alfred Rozanski, a dedicated parishioner of Sacred Heart of Mary Church in Graceland Park whose son rose to become the archbishop of St. Louis, died Dec. 27 of complications from COVID-19. He was 86.

Ravens, Bisciotti Foundation give $5 million to Catholic Charities amid pandemic

December 30, 2020
By Tim Swift
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News

The Baltimore Ravens and the Stephen and Renee Bisciotti Foundation have donated $5 million to Catholic Charities of Baltimore as the organization works to meet the increased demand for its services amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Father Restrepo, SJ, who long served at Shrine of the Little Flower, dies at 87

December 29, 2020
By Tim Swift
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries

Jesuit Father George Restrepo, who served more than three decades at the Shrine of the Little Flower in Northeast Baltimore and later at St. Thomas Aquinas in Hampden, died the day after his 87th birthday Dec. 20 at the Murray-Weigel Jesuit Community in the Bronx.

Stella Maris is one of the first Maryland nursing homes to receive COVID-19 vaccine

December 23, 2020
By Tim Swift
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Seniors

Stella Maris – Maryland’s largest long-term care facility – has become one of the first nursing homes in the state to receive doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for residents and staff.

Region’s bishops urge Trump to stop planned federal execution of Maryland man

December 22, 2020
By Tim Swift
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life

The prelates of the Maryland Catholic Conference have written to President Donald Trump, urging him to not move forward with the planned federal execution of a Maryland man next month.

UM St. Joseph Medical Center’s staff among the first in nation to receive COVID-19 vaccine

December 16, 2020
By Tim Swift
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News

Working in the Emergency Department at University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, Smialkowski was among the first people in the country this week to receive the new vaccine for COVID-19.

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