MLB’s first woman coach a ‘go-getter’ at Jesuit university July 25, 2020By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Sports, World News Another barrier in the sports world was broken July 20 when Alyssa Nakken coached first base in the late innings of an exhibition game between the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics, thus becoming the first woman to appear in uniform on the field during a major league baseball game. The Giants won the game, 6-2.
Fauci calls COVID-19 a ‘pandemic of historic proportion,’ like 1918’s flu July 25, 2020By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News There is no denying the fact “this is a pandemic of historic proportion,” Dr. Anthony Fauci told students at Jesuit-run Georgetown University in a recent online webinar focused on young people’s risks and responsibilities in mitigating the spread of COVID-19.
Talking toast, nests, ice cream sandwiches, and peach season (7 Quick Takes) July 24, 2020By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window How do you like your toast? I like mine to be just barely toasted as if hardly touched by the heat.
Catholic schools will open Aug. 31 with safety protocols in place for 2020-21 July 24, 2020By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Schools The Department of Catholic Schools released guidance for the 2020-21 school year July 24 to help Catholic schools in the archdiocese provide safe instruction in a variety of formats.
Bishop-designate Lewandowski’s sister reflects his spirituality in coat of arms July 24, 2020By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Bishop Lewandowski, Feature, Local News, News When a priest is named a bishop, one of the things he has to do is create a personal coat of arms. Most turn to a handful of artists in the country who specialize in episcopal heraldry. Bishop-designate Bruce A. Lewandowski, C.Ss.R., looked no further than his sister. Felician Sister Mary Francis Lewandowski, 14 months […]
Catholic Review launches new user-friendly, news-focused website July 23, 2020By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News “We are proud that we break news about our Catholic community well before it is reported in the major daily newspaper or by other media outlets,” Matysek said.
Accountability in the Church: A message from Archbishop Lori July 23, 2020By Archbishop William E. Lori Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, Local News, News Archbishop William E. Lori sent the following message to the people of the Archdiocese of Baltimore July 23, 2020.
‘Our most tragic time’: Felician sisters bear loss of 13 sisters to COVID-19 July 23, 2020By Dan Stockman Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Seniors, World News And in one awful month — from Good Friday, April 10, to May 10 — 12 sisters died of COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus. Eighteen other Felician sisters at the convent in Livonia had the illness as well.
New accusation surfaces against former U.S. prelate McCarrick July 23, 2020By Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service Filed Under: McCarrick Report, News, World News A firm that has filed previous legal complaints against former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick and church entities added another complainant July 21 against the defrocked prelate, leveling a new accusation that he allegedly abused its new client as a boy at a beach house in Sea Girt, New Jersey, in the early 1980s.
When your life is an episode of “The Floor Is Lava” July 22, 2020By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window If you’ve seen “The Floor Is Lava” on Netflix, you know how it works. A team of friends or family members races to get across an obstacle course decorated like a household room, working together and trying not to fall into the red liquid floor. Fall into the lava, and you’re out of the game. […]
Still so much good July 22, 2020By Suzanna Molino Singleton Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Snippets of Faith As we are bombarded with the unwelcome news, let’s not inhale and hold in its negativity.
Vatican denies involvement in decision to exhume former Spanish dictator July 22, 2020By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, World News The Vatican distanced itself again from any involvement in the Spanish government’s decision to exhume the remains of the country’s late dictator, Gen. Francisco Franco.
