Toys R Us: Where a kid got to be a kid March 19, 2018By Robyn Barberry Filed Under: Blog, Unconditional Robyn Barberry laments the loss of a venerable toy store chain.
Gender identity workshop highlights church teaching, pastoral response March 19, 2018By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News Presenters at a workshop for parish and archdiocesan leaders regarding “The Catholic Church and Gender Identity” emphasized the need to take every case individually in order to provide pastoral care.
Rock, paper, scissors…champion! March 18, 2018By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window It all started Saturday morning as Daniel and I were driving to his First Communion Workshop.
A little slice of Ireland: Irish soda bread recipe March 16, 2018By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Open Window, Recipes It’s not St. Patrick’s Day until I’ve filled the house with the smell of freshly baked Irish soda bread, full of that distinctive caraway seed flavor and the soft raisins. Yum.
Day of Reconciliation is March 19 March 16, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Divine Worship, Feature, Local News, News, Worship & Sacraments Catholics throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore will have a special opportunity to go to confession on a Day of Reconcilation, scheduled for March 19.
Pope’s representative to U.S. addresses seminarians at Mount St. Mary’s March 16, 2018By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vatican, Vocations “(The future priest) must have the ability to see where mercy is needed and the healthy zeal to make himself readily available to apply the healing balm of God’s mercy with the love of a genuine father and pastor,” Archbishop Pierre said.
Baltimore’s Sister Mary Madonna Gies, R.S.M., dies at 89 March 16, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass was offered March 10 for Sister of Mercy Mary Madonna Gies at the Villa in Timonium. A Baltimore native who spent most of her ministry teaching in area schools, she died March 7 at age 89 after 72 years as a Sister of Mercy.
The Archdiocese of Baltimore, pro sports and the Sabbath March 16, 2018By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Commentary, Local News, News, Our Back Pages, Sports The era of “blue laws” restricted most business operations on Sunday. In the city, that meant Major League Baseball and National Football League games could not start before 2:05 p.m.
Catholics, Lutherans unite in prayer at St. Mary’s Seminary and University March 16, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Local News, News Catholic and Lutheran leaders came together for a service at St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore marking the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation.
Professional photos, 17 for dinner, a spontaneous date night, and a photobombing selfie (7 Quick Takes) March 15, 2018By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window We haven’t had professional photos taken of the boys in almost four years, so I scheduled a shoot last week, got them all dressed up, went to the mall, and they posed for the camera.
The day I thought a shooter was on campus March 14, 2018By Emily Rosenthal Alster Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary In a split second, the place that we called home could have become one in a list of many: Sandy Hook, Oklahoma City, Columbine, the World Trade Center, the Boston Marathon and now Parkland. It only takes one person with malicious intent to uproot and destroy lives.
Maryvale joins other Catholic schools in honoring victims of gun violence March 14, 2018By Emily Rosenthal Alster Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools Silently and reverently, students from Maryvale Preparatory School pressed red flags into the ground outside their school as the names of victims of last month’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fla., were read during a March 14 prayer service.
