Monsignor Adam Parker, Cardinal O’Brien’s priest-secretary, learns from his mentor February 23, 2012By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Few people know Cardinal Edwin F. O’Brien as well as Monsignor Adam J. Parker.
Clarity in Rome confessional February 23, 2012By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Amen, Amen Matysek Commentary, Blog, Commentary The Scala Sancta, “Holy Stairs,” are believed to be the passageway Jesus walked on his way to face Pontius Pilate before the crucifixion. St. Helena, mother of Constantine, brought the staircase to the Eternal City from the Holy Land in the middle of the 4th century.
Don’t knock the ‘Net until you try it January 26, 2012By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: Amen, Amen McMullen Commentary Romanticizing the past fogs its hardship. For all the appeal of bygone days, does anyone really want to go back to 1932, when our grandparents in Appalachia had to haul wood and water, and stoke the stove to cook and clean?
Former Episcopalian Mount Calvary parishioners received into Catholic Church January 26, 2012By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News The parishioners were the first group of Americans to be received into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church through the newly established Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, an ecclesiastical structure created by Pope Benedict XVI to make it easier to welcome former Episcopalians into the Catholic Church.
Westminster parish marks 40 years of basketball, thanks to veteran volunteers January 26, 2012By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News, Sports WESTMINSTER – Sitting in the bleachers as the repeated booming echoes of bouncing basketballs filled St. John’s gymnasium, Larry Baker and Donald “Bo” Yingling seemed like proud fathers.
Father Stewart Bullock arrested, removed from ministry January 25, 2012By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News “I realize that this information may be shocking and painful for you to hear, which I sincerely regret,” Father Barr wrote in his letter to parishioners. “However, in the interest of transparency and out of an abundance of care for this parish and our community, I wanted to share this news with you directly and ask for your prayers for Father Bullock and for our parish.”
Archbishop O’Brien among Catholic voices credited for major role in passage of nuclear arms pact January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News WASHINGTON – As Democratic and Republican senators pressed their divergent views on the New START agreement with Russia outlining the next phase of nuclear disarmament during final debate in December, a wide array of Catholics played a major role in getting the pact ratified.
St. Louis School in Clarksville wins Blue Ribbon honor January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News CLARKSVILLE – St. Louis School principal Terry Weiss sat in her Clarksville office on the evening of Sept. 8 reading e-mails.
Mount Carmel steps into great unknown with football January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Patrick Williams always wanted to play football, but his parents thought he would get hurt.
IND alum’s work in Haiti inspires family, friends January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News K.C. Bersch first visited Haiti in 1997, when she was a student at the Institute of Notre Dame in Baltimore. She accompanied her mother on a mission of mercy rooted in their family’s long-distance support of a child there.
Priest-doctor with Baltimore background travels from bedside of dying mother to 18 funerals in Haiti January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News WASHINGTON – Passionist Father Rick Frechette, the Haiti-based director of medical services for Nuestros Pequenos Hermanos International who served at St. Joseph Passionist Monastery Parish in Irvington in the 1970s, was at home in New Jersey with his dying mother when the magnitude 7 earthquake hit Port-au-Prince Jan. 12.
Baltimore City pastors draw attention to immigration reform January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Saying the U.S. immigration system is broken, Baltimore City pastors called for its reform during a news conference Jan. 12 at St. Vincent de Paul parish in Baltimore.
