Sister Mary Reginald Gerdes, champion of St. Frances Academy, Johnston Square, dies at 88 September 15, 2020By Tim Swift Catholic Review Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries, Racial Justice, Schools Oblate Sister of Providence Mary Reginald Gerdes, a tireless and fearless advocate of St. Frances Academy and the surrounding Baltimore neighborhood of Johnston Square, died Sept. 7 at her religious community’s motherhouse in Arbutus
Paycheck Protection Program ‘helped bridge the gap’ allowing parishes to adapt, employees say September 3, 2020By Tim Swift Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News Many employees of the archdiocese credited the federal Paycheck Protection Program with helping parishes – many of which were already struggling financially – weather the first weeks of the coronavirus pandemic.
Archbishop Lori calls on teachers to meet challenge of schooling amid pandemic August 27, 2020By Tim Swift Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Schools In a sparsely attended convocation Mass because of the coronavirus pandemic, Baltimore Archbishop William Lori officially opened a new school year amid “extraordinary circumstances” at the Church of the Nativity in Timonium Aug. 27.
Maryland bishops mark 100 years of women’s suffrage with a call to action August 26, 2020By Tim Swift Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News To mark the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in the U.S., the Maryland-serving bishops of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, the Archdiocese of Washington and the Diocese of Wilmington are celebrating the pioneering women who fought for the right to vote, but they also acknowledge even a century later more work needs to be done to ensure equality for women.
Monsignor Paul Byrnes, ‘super pastor’ to Western Maryland, dies at 84 August 21, 2020By Tim Swift Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries, Western Vicariate Monsignor Paul Byrnes, who was known for years as the “super pastor” of Western Maryland, died Aug. 19 at his home along Deep Creek Lake. He was 84.
Sister Marie Cecilia Irwin, longtime head of St. Joseph Hospital, dies at 89 August 19, 2020By Tim Swift Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Franciscan Sister Marie Cecilia Irwin, who for nearly two decades led what is now the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, died Aug. 17 at Assisi House in Aston, Pa., the Motherhouse of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia. She was 89. Known for her warm bedside manner and dedication to […]
Baltimore parish spearheads ongoing racial justice rallies August 8, 2020By Tim Swift Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Urban Vicariate “People say, ‘Well, you know, all lives matter.’ All lives do matter, but all lives will really matter when Black lives matter,” Father Muth said. “We need to be able to keep this up because it’s been such a long time of Black lives not mattering in a lot of different ways.”
Baltimore’s toppled Columbus statue may return, but at more secure location July 20, 2020By Tim Swift Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, Local News, News, Urban Vicariate Weeks after protesters toppled a statue of Christopher Columbus and threw it into the Inner Harbor, members of Baltimore’s Italian-American community are developing a plan to reproduce the marble monument so it can be displayed in a more secure location.
A Baltimore landmark, Women’s Industrial Exchange, will live on with Marian House June 25, 2020By Tim Swift Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Local News, News, Urban Vicariate Marian House will hold virtual meetings with its new Mount Vernon neighbors to generate ideas on how to use the historic building.
Baltimore parishioners overjoyed as they keep a pastor and gain a bishop June 13, 2020By Tim Swift Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Hispanic Ministry, Local News, News Come August, he’ll have gained the title “His Excellency,” but for the parishioners of Sacred Heart of Jesus-Sagrado Corazón de Jesús in Highalndtown and its mission church of St. Patrick in Fells Point, he’ll remain and always be “Padre Bruce.”
Highlandtown pastor urges more COVID-19 testing sites in hard-hit Latino and African American communities June 10, 2020By Tim Swift Filed Under: Bishop Lewandowski, Coronavirus, Feature, Hispanic Ministry, Local News, News Bishop-designate Bruce Lewandowski, C.Ss.R., appealed to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan Jr. June 10 to increase free COVID-19 testing in Baltimore to expand beyond his parish of Sacred Heart of Jesus/Sagrado Corazón de Jesús in Highlandtown.
Baltimore faith leaders call for peace and unity June 4, 2020By Tim Swift Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Video Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori joined faith leaders from across the city June 3 to pray for peace and healing after more than a week of nationwide protests and unrest in response to the death of George Floyd at the hands of four Minneapolis police officers.
