South Carroll County parish celebrates 150 years April 18, 2018By Emily Rosenthal Alster Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Parishes, Western Vicariate St. Joseph in Sykesville is celebrating 150 years. The parish has seen many changes since its cornerstone was laid in 1868.
For Earth Day 2018 and beyond, say no to plastic bags April 17, 2018By Effie Caldarola Filed Under: Commentary, For the Journey Earth Day 2018 urges us to reduce, refuse, reuse, recycle and remove plastic. Not just bags, but the single use plastics that are so ubiquitous in our society.
Names & Numbers: Catholics help build church, serve pregnant women and more April 17, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Names and Numbers, News, Schools Among the highlights of this month’s edition of Names & Numbers is a fundraising drive by Ellicott City parishioners who are helping to build a church in Vietnam.
MCC tracks wins, losses in Annapolis session April 17, 2018By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News The Maryland Catholic Conference saw some successes on issues it tracked during the 438th Session of the Maryland General Assembly that concluded April 9.
Big fat juicy ones, long slim slimy ones… April 16, 2018By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window On our morning drive to school it was gray and rainy. It looked like a long, wet, gray day without outdoor recess.As our car inched along in the drop-off line, I spotted a little girl—maybe 6 or 7 years old—bounding along the sidewalk. She was stopping every few feet to bend down to the concrete, […]
Successor to Martin Luther King Jr. urges unity in cathedral sermon April 13, 2018By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, MLK Pastoral Letter, News, Video The Rev. Dr. Raphael G. Warnock, senior pastor of Atlanta’s historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, gave a rousing sermon at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland at an April 12 interfaith/ecumenical prayer service to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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.
