Concert celebrates three-century connection between Maryland and France April 17, 2019By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: Baltimore Basilica, Feature, Local News, News Opening with the national anthems of France and the United States, the Orchestre d’Harmonie de Saint-Omer (Saint-Omer Wind Orchestra) celebrated three centuries of shared history between the countries with a concert April 12 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Looking for love this Holy Week April 16, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window You can sit back and watch. You can join the screaming crowds. Or you can walk right beside Jesus, moment by moment, day after day, of this powerful, emotional journey.
Between a sock and a hard place April 16, 2019By Emily Rosenthal Alster Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News For every dollar donated, Cleary can supply those in need with a pair of new white crew socks. That covers the cost of the socks, which Cleary gets from a Christian vendor in Alabama, and operating expenses.
Faith is faith in English or Italian April 16, 2019By Suzanna Molino Singleton Filed Under: Blog, Snippets of Faith Faith is faith in any language. We don’t need to understand the words to feel it in our hearts.
‘Infinite sadness’ marks the loss of grand Cathedral of Notre Dame April 16, 2019By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: Behind the Headlines, Blog, Commentary I’ve visited the grand cathedral a few times since the late 1990s. It is an impressive place to visit and to pray.
Ave Maria: Seeking Jesus in tragedy April 16, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window Somehow, in the midst of all the updates that statues had been removed for cleaning and that much of the artwork had been carried out safely, I couldn’t find anything about the Blessed Sacrament.
Favorite flowers, a gift for a 3-year-old, cupcakes, squishy Easter gifts, and baseball (7 Quick Takes) April 13, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window What’s your favorite spring flower? I never can decide. I love the yellows that kick of spring, especially the forsythia and the daffodils.
Listening session will share experiences of racism in the Catholic Church April 12, 2019By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News Three months after Archbishop William E. Lori published his second pastoral reflection on racism, the Archdiocese of Baltimore will offer an April 29 listening session at Notre Dame of Maryland University in Baltimore to present the firsthand experiences of invited speakers who have faced racism in the Catholic Church.
Upon further review April 12, 2019By Father Joseph Breighner Filed Under: Commentary, Wit & Wisdom I just wanted to assure you that I am still living at the cathedral rectory. I’ve been able to keep my residence. Please pray that I’ll be able to keep my sanity!
Ministering at Laurel Park, priest wants to smell not like sheep, but a ‘horse’ April 12, 2019By Norma Montenegro Flynn Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Hispanic Ministry, Local News, News Father Mateus-Ariza, pastor of Resurrection of Our Lord in Laurel, has a parish community that is small, vibrant and culturally diverse. He utilizes every opportunity to bring people to his parish, and when someone at the racetrack invited him to visit the workers, the priest immediately grabbed the opportunity.
Spalding an apropos host for Distinctive Scholars Convocation April 11, 2019By Emily Rosenthal Alster Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Schools With Steven Shin, Jenna Snead and Kellen Zemanski, Archbishop Spalding High School was a fitting host April 9 for the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s annual Distinctive Scholars Convocation.
Kittens and babies April 11, 2019By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: Behind the Headlines, Blog, Commentary Some legislators – at the state and federal level – are so afraid of anything that acknowledges the humanity of an unborn child that they cannot imagine granting any kind of protection, even when it should be obvious.
