Letters that made a difference April 26, 2011By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Blog, The Narthex Father Milton Hipsley holds his rosary at his Mercy Ridge residence in Timonium last year. (CR/Owen Sweeney III) Father Milton Hipsley’s letters started arriving on my desk in the summer of 2009. Very neatly written in all capital letters, the notes always seemed focused on the importance of kindness and of taking time for
Pope John Paul II’s visit to Baltimore touched many lives April 19, 2011By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News Jim and Pat McDonnell spent less than a minute in the presence of Pope John Paul II, but it was enough to change their lives.
Clergy shortage, shifting demographics bring need for change April 14, 2011By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News “Since I have been working in multiple-parish ministry, I have been struck by the importance of working with a team of people – most of whom, of course, are lay Catholics,” Monsignor Hannon said. “We work together for the good of our parishes and for the good of the archdiocese.”
First blood of the Civil War spilled in Baltimore 150 years ago April 14, 2011By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Days after Confederate forces in South Carolina captured Fort Sumter without any casualties, the first bloodshed in the Civil War happened in Baltimore on April 19, 1861.
Woodmont Academy to close due to enrollment issues April 14, 2011By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Officials at Woodmont Academy, a once-bustling independent Catholic institution in Western Howard County, have decided to close the school later this spring due to declining enrollment.
Cumberland-area parishes consider uniting into one faith community April 7, 2011By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Western Vicariate Cumberland-area parishes currently have two funerals for every baptism. One third of registered parishioners are age 60 or older. The city’s population has declined from 30,000 in 1979 to 20,859 today, while the number of priests serving the five parishes has plummeted from 13 to four – the result of a clergy shortage.
St. Philip Neri parishioner contributes ‘amazing’ skill April 7, 2011By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News With spring here, Kay Bowman’s fancy turns lightly to thoughts of love – not the romantic kind the poet Tennyson had in mind, but love for the children of her parish, St. Philip Neri in Linthicum Heights, and its school.
‘The greatest temptation of my life’ March 31, 2011By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, The Narthex Dominican Father Carleton Parker Jones calls it the “greatest temptation” of his life.
Father Corapi, a popular preacher, put on administrative leave March 22, 2011By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, World News Father John Corapi, a popular author and preacher who has had speaking engagements all over the world, has been placed on administrative leave from priestly ministry over an accusation of misconduct.
Ravens’ Matt Birk speaks up for life March 17, 2011By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life, Sports “It seems like our society and media want to push pro-lifers to the side and hope that we would shut our mouths and go away quietly,” said Birk, whose 6’4’’, 310-pound frame struck a distinct figure among the hundreds of marchers who filed through downtown streets. “Let’s not do that.”
Archdiocesan youths lock in to their calling at “Adore-a-thon” March 17, 2011By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News GLEN BURNIE – After a week of classroom stress and social angst, many high schoolers use Friday nights to blow off steam at parties.
Interfaith leaders pray for end to death penalty March 17, 2011By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News After her brother became Baltimore’s 21st murder victim of 2007, Erricka Bridgeford couldn’t wait for the police to find the person who did it. Bridgeford dreamed of spitting in the murderer’s face. Male relatives thought of even more violent ways of exacting vengeance, she said.
