Philip Berrigan praised as ‘prophet of peace’ at Baltimore funeral Mass December 14, 2002By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Hundreds of people marched through the troubled, poverty-stricken streets of west Baltimore Dec. 9 to celebrate the life of controversial Catholic peace activist Philip Francis Berrigan.
Catholic schools get tough on Internet plagiarism August 13, 2002By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Schools These days, it takes less than five minutes to log onto the Internet and download whole papers complete with footnotes and bibliographies. Several Web sites offer such a “service” for free or a small fee, posting hundreds of papers on topics ranging from American literature to Shakespeare to world history.
Catholic school student wins national handwriting contest June 10, 2002By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Schools More than a few doctors, notorious for their illegible scribble, would do well to take Michael Daniel Fairley’s advice about good handwriting.
Mutilated African war victims helped by Baltimore Catholic school November 30, 2001By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Schools Friends of Sierra Leone estimates that 75,000 unarmed civilians have been killed and 20,000 mutilated during Sierra Leone’s 11-year-old civil war.
Catholic astronaut from Essex to head for space station aboard shuttle January 18, 2001By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools “When you’re in space, and you look back at earth, it strikes you as an overwhelmingly beautiful vision,” Jones said. “It makes me think that God constructed us to appreciate this aspect of creation. He put something in our brains to appreciate the magnificence of creation.”
Maryland firm stops selling body parts from abortions February 1, 2000By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life A decision by a Maryland company to stop procuring and distributing body parts obtained from aborted fetuses is drawing praise from pro-life supporters who had protested the practice as abhorrent and inhumane.
Emmitsburg seminary boasts record number of new students October 8, 1999By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Vocations, Western Vicariate While many seminaries around the country have struggled to attract students in recent years, Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg is bursting at the seams.
Curley friar recalls visit with Maximilian Kolbe January 18, 1999By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News Not everyone gets to go bike riding with a saint. But that’s exactly what one newly ordained Franciscan priest from Baltimore did nearly 60 years ago when he visited St. Maximilian Kolbe at the Polish saint’s huge Franciscan compound outside Warsaw.
Family ties bring about housing complex for deaf seniors September 20, 1998By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Deaf Ministry, Disabilities Ministry, Local News, News Ground was broken this summer in Baltimore County for the nation’s first elderly housing complex dedicated exclusively to the needs of deaf and hearing-impaired seniors.
Confronting fear, faith and hope: Nigerian missionaries grapple with tough Baltimore realities July 9, 1998By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News As the priest sits in his solitary rectory office at St. Peter Claver in West Baltimore, a driving spring rain beats against the iron-barred windows. The storm pelts scattered debris on the streets and sidewalks of the troubled neighborhood – flushing foam cups and bits of broken concrete into the gutter along Fremont Avenue. Not so easily washed aside, however, are the young drug dealers
