Tie tying, homework and all that jazz, learning the Apostles’ Creed, a favorite board game, and more (7 Quick Takes) April 12, 2018By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window My parents sent our second-grader a new tie with a First Communion tie tack to wear, and he could not wait to put it on when it arrived.
Watch an archived livestream of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. prayer service April 12, 2018By Archdiocese of Baltimore Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News The Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Facebook page will livestream an ecumenical and interfaith prayer service at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore April 12 beginning at 7 p.m.
Catholic institutions shine at Light City festival April 12, 2018By Emily Rosenthal Alster Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News The annual Light City festival began April 6 with the lighting of Neighborhood Lights, including at St. Leo the Great in Little Italy, and a “luminous” celebration at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore.
Good Enough Is Good Enough: Q&A with Author Colleen Duggan April 11, 2018By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Books, Open Window “Writing is such a form of prayer,” Colleen told me. “When I get out of the way, the Holy Spirit can really work through me.”
Interfaith prayer service for MLK features Atlanta pastor April 11, 2018By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Local News, MLK Pastoral Letter, News The son of two Pentecostal pastors, Rev. Warnock responded to the call of ministry at a very early age, and at age 35, became the fifth and the youngest person ever called to the senior pastorate of Ebenezer Baptist Church, founded in 1886.
60 scholars honored at archdiocesan convocation April 11, 2018By Emily Rosenthal Alster Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools Top-performing seniors from each Catholic high school within the Archdiocese of Baltimore were honored for academic achievement at the 26th annual Distinctive Scholars Convocation April 10.
Sister Maria Voorneveld, I.H.M., dies at 95 April 11, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Sister Maria Voorneveld, I.H.M., died March 27 at 95. She taught at St. Bernadine Elementary School in Baltimore (1948-55) and was a member of the support staff at Mother Seton Academy in Baltimore (1995-2006).
Sister Elizabeth Doyle, O.S.F., dies at 98 April 11, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Sister Elizabeth Doyle, former principal and teacher at Immaculate Conception School in Towson and teacher at St. Anthony in Baltimore, died April 3. She was 98.
East Baltimore man dedicated to parish, food bank April 11, 2018By Emily Rosenthal Alster Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Faces of Faith, Feature, Local News, News, Urban Vicariate Dwayne Coleman uses his free time to volunteer at St. Wenceslaus in Baltimore and the parish’s Lucielle Fitzgerald Outreach Center, which will be re-dedicated April 21 at 10 a.m.
The first day of baseball season April 9, 2018By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window At that first practice, anything and everything is possible. The season lies ahead of us fresh and clean and exciting.
Mother Angelica for sainthood? April 9, 2018By Father Kenneth Doyle Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner, Saints Father Doyle answers a question about possible sainthood for the founder of EWTN.
Holy Rosary offers encounter with God’s love on Divine Mercy Sunday April 9, 2018By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Divine Worship, Feature, Local News, News, Video “It’s just so amazing and so beautiful seeing so many people taking advantage of the graces of this day,” said Elissa Voss.