Christmas past resonates for oldest pastor December 23, 2019By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Advent, Feature, Local News, News, Our Back Pages This year will mark Monsignor Burke’s 40th Christmas at St. Francis of Assisi in Baltimore. He’ll celebrate the 5 p.m. Mass on Christmas Eve, and the 11:30 a.m. Mass on Christmas Day.
Advent: It’s not over ’til it’s over December 23, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Advent, Blog, Open Window We’ve made it this far. Ready or not, Christmas is coming. But this last little stretch offers a sliver of time.
Camping out at the dollar store December 21, 2019By Suzanna Molino Singleton Filed Under: Advent, Blog, Snippets of Faith Little gifts. Tiny blessings. This Christmas season, give away a compliment and your smile.
First snow day of the season, candy cane caprese, paper-towel penguins, school concerts, and more (7 Quick Takes) December 20, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window, Recipes Unexpected snow days are always a hit.
NDP joins School Sisters of Notre Dame in nudging shoppers to help environment December 19, 2019By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Environment, Feature, Local News, News, Schools Amid the hustle and bustle of Christmas shopping outside a Giant food store in North Baltimore Dec. 7, a small group of School Sisters of Notre Dame joined teachers and students from Notre Dame Preparatory School in gently nudging shoppers to protect the environment.
’Tis the season to make a photo calendar December 18, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window Every Christmas our family presents my parents with a beautiful calendar full of grandchildren pictures. Everyone loves the calendar. Everyone except, well, maybe the person who knows the calendar is going to be her responsibility the next year.
The well-fought fight December 18, 2019By George Weigel Filed Under: Commentary, The Catholic Difference Alas, like many other hymns, “For All the Saints” is an endangered species today, gutted by parish music directors and pastors who commit the grave sin of not singing a hymn in its entirety — or worse, who bowdlerize the lyrics to coddle the sensibilities of the Church of Nice.
Bon Secours Hospital receives new name December 17, 2019By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News LifeBridge Health announced Dec. 17 a new name for Bon Secours Baltimore Hospital: Grace Medical Center.
Letter to a failing heroin addict December 16, 2019By Timothy A. McCarthy Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary In 40 years of working with the addicted, I have learned that these negative behaviors block the positive power of grace.
‘A love with no borders’ seen at Guadalupe Mass in Glen Burnie December 16, 2019By Matthew Liptak Filed Under: Advent, Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Hispanic Ministry, Local News, News Each year the archdiocese attempts to celebrate Mass at a new location near the actual Dec. 12 feast day to recognize the long tradition of devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe, particularly with Catholics of Central and South American heritage.
A live nativity offers a lesson in joy December 15, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Advent, Blog, Open Window, Uncategorized Our fourth grader may have only had one brief job to do, but he embraced it wholeheartedly. He held the Star proudly and peered through the center of it with an enormous smile. His eyes, his smile, and his whole face were full of joy.
$1 million gift will help build Hanway Academic Loft in Loyola’s new Fernandez Center December 15, 2019By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News Loyola University Maryland has received a $1 million gift from Ellen and Ed Hanway to support the construction of the Miguel B. Fernandez Family Center for Innovation and Collaborative Learning, according to a Dec. 12 news release.
