Celebrating diversity: Couples incorporate cultural traditions in wedding ceremonies April 18, 2024By Yvonne Wenger Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Marriage & Family Life, News In celebrating their wedding liturgies, many couples getting married in the Catholic Church incorporate cultural traditions that hold special meaning for their families.
Paws for prayer at Cathedral of Mary Our Queen October 3, 2023By Yvonne Wenger Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints Following an Oct. 1 Mass at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland, Father Justin Gough held a blessing of the animals in honor of the upcoming feast of St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals.
For love of Grace: Mother of daughter lost to suicide battles online bullying October 3, 2023By Yvonne Wenger Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Maryland General Assembly, News, Respect Life Christine McComas has devoted herself to keeping other children safe online as a tireless advocate for legislative solutions on the state and national level and an ambassador for compassion, civility and decency on social media, inspired by Grace, whose mother described
Gwynn Oak Unity Festival a reminder of the work done to dismantle racism – and the work that’s left to do August 28, 2023By Yvonne Wenger Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice In the spot where his brother priests were arrested 60 years earlier for helping to desegregate a Baltimore County amusement park, Auxiliary Bishop Bruce A. Lewandowski, C.Ss.R., offered a prayer to heal racial divisions Aug. 27.
Deacon Paul Kongnyuy embraces ‘priestly heart’ June 18, 2023By Yvonne Wenger Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, New Priests 2023, News, Vocations As a priest, Deacon Kongnyuy says his primary role will be as a teacher and evangelizer who shares the word of God at every opportunity.
Setting the trajectory: Knott Scholarship Funds drive impact over a generation May 16, 2023By Yvonne Wenger Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools Henry and Marion Knott, who founded the Knott Scholarship Funds more than 40 years ago as a way to empower and engage academically talented Catholic students to become leaders in service to their schools, parishes and communities.
‘Will you marry me?’: Catholic couples share proposal stories April 12, 2023By Yvonne Wenger Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Marriage & Family Life, News, Worship & Sacraments Three couples in the Archdiocese of Baltimore shared with the Catholic Review a little about their engagement story, the beliefs that shape their lives together – and some of the signs they spotted along the way.
God and country: Catholic midshipman among growing ranks of women in military service March 14, 2023By Yvonne Wenger Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News A summer camp when she was 17 awakened in Maria E. Weimer the values that would come to define her life: She is a protector, a defender and a believer – and her future would be with the U.S. Navy.
Light in the city October 31, 2022By Yvonne Wenger Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Amen, Commentary On this year’s All Soul’s Day, as we hold the names of Baltimore’s murder victims in our prayers and our hearts, I humbly ask: What more can we do together?
Matthew, Mark, Luke or John? Who’s your quarterback? Inventive faith-sharing ‘Bible Draft’ comes to parishes October 27, 2022By Yvonne Wenger Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Bible, Feature, Local News, News The “Bible Draft,” an inventive and interactive faith-sharing experience, is catching on in parish communities in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Bishop Lewandowski offers invocation at police department’s summer awards program July 29, 2022By Yvonne Wenger Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News Standing before more than 100 Baltimore police officers gathered with their families, Bishop Bruce A. Lewandowski called for God to protect them and grant them courage and wisdom in their actions to keep the city safe.
Bishop Lewandowski blesses Preakness festivities, offering invocation at Alibi Breakfest May 19, 2022By Yvonne Wenger Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Sports Imploring God to shine over Baltimore and the Preakness with the “brightness of a Black-eyed Susan,” Bishop Bruce Lewandowski toured Pimlico May 19 and offered prayerful reflection to hundreds gathered for an almost 100-year-old racetrack tradition.
