Sister Caroleen Baummer, S.S.N.D., dies after 71 years as a professed religious January 18, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries School Sister of Notre Dame Sister Caroleen Baummer, who spent most of her 43 years in education teaching music at Notre Dame Preparatory Lower School in Towson, the former St. Ann School in Baltimore and the Institute of Notre Dame in Baltimore, died Dec. 4 at 94.
Sister Mary Teresa Carmichael dies at 93 January 18, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Sister Mary Teresa Carmichael was offered Jan. 2 at Assisi House in Aston, Pa. A professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 71 years, Sister Mary Teresa died Dec. 28 at Assisi House, at age 93.
Shopping with kids: When you have your own purse-onal shopper January 16, 2018By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window, Uncategorized I’ve reached a whole new place in parenting. Today if I get to choose, I do not want to shop alone. I want to bring a child along.
The surprising message of ‘Downsizing’ January 16, 2018By Bishop Robert Barron Filed Under: Blog, Word on Fire It is precisely religious faith that will awaken courage and compassion, and it is precisely the lack of faith that conduces, by a short road, to spiritual and psychological exhaustion—both in the individual and in a culture.
Mass celebrates the beauty of life, remembers those lost January 16, 2018By Emily Rosenthal Alster Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life More than 1.5 million hands have held the pro-life brochures created by Linda Brenegan, former director of the Respect Life Office of the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Laity in Baltimore and beyond taking their rightful place in pro-life work, ministry January 15, 2018By Mark Pattison Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life Building a culture of life is not solely the work of bishops and ordained clergy. Laypeople take the lead in diocesan and parish settings, and in independent organizations, to make the case for life.
Hearing Dr. King’s voice today: 6 favorite quotes from Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. January 15, 2018By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window Words can hurt, and words can heal. Words can divide people or build bridges.
Treating all with respect and dignity is foundational principle of civilized society January 13, 2018By Archbishop William E. Lori Filed Under: Blog, Feature, From the Archbishop When we begin to see and treat human life as disposable or we lose sight of that dignity possessed by all of God’s children, whether they are immigrants, the unborn, the elderly, the homeless, the addicted, or minorities, then we’ve lost our way as a human family and as a nation.
Trusting in Divine Providence January 12, 2018By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Faces of Faith, Local News, News, Schools, Urban Vicariate “Whenever you feel down or if you feel like you don’t have anyone, you always have God,” said Melanie Cabo, a student at St. Frances Academy in Baltimore. “He’s there for you.”
Baltimore’s Salvadoran community worries over end to TPS January 12, 2018By Rico De Silva Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News “Many of these individuals have lived in the state of Maryland for 15 years or more,” said William J. McCarthy, executive director of Catholic Charities of Baltimore, in response to the DHS announcement affecting Salvadorians.
Let it snow (but not too much), a baptism photo, a final batch of Christmas cookies, and avocado toast (7 Quick Takes) January 11, 2018By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window If I can put in my snow request for the season, I would like one good snowstorm—maybe six inches or so—and then we can head into spring.
Conversion to the Gospel of life January 11, 2018By Archbishop William E. Lori Filed Under: Blog, Charity in Truth, From the Archbishop, Respect Life Intellectual conversion begins when we start asking questions and challenging assumptions.
