The running pastor: Monsignor Hilgartner evangelizes on the road, too January 5, 2016By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Local News, News Fit in around morning Mass, prayer is often woven into the solitude of Father Hilgartner’s four-mile runs.
Spiritual shapeup: Kickstart your relationship with God in the new year December 30, 2015By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News “Nothing is more harmful to the spiritual life than holding back forgiveness to others or not receiving forgiveness for yourself,” Father Buening explained. “Trust God with your weaknesses and difficulties.”
On the pope’s birthday, Archbishop Lori presents him with Maryland gift December 17, 2015By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Archbishop William E. Lori presented Pope Francis with a special gift Dec. 17, and it couldn’t have been at a more opportune time.
Baltimore Archdiocese completes 20-year solar energy deal with Constellation December 10, 2015By Catholic Review Filed Under: Environment, Local News, News The agreement is expected to generate “approximately 20 percent of the archdiocese’s energy needs.”
The legacy of Archbishop John Carroll: The Baltimore Basilica homily on the 200th anniversary of the death of America’s first bishop December 10, 2015By Catholic Review Filed Under: Baltimore Basilica, Local News, News Archbishop John Carroll is reposed in the crypt of the Baltimore Basilica (Photos by Patti Murphy Dohn)This past Sunday—December 6, 2015—the Archdiocese of Baltimore honored the legacy of Archbishop John Carroll, America’s first bishop, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, on
Product of synod may be a deepening of mercy November 30, 2015By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News In emphasizing mercy as the central duty of the church, the pope is affecting the way church leaders and people in the pews are thinking about family life.
Changes to annulment process explained November 30, 2015By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Pope Francis chose Dec. 8 as the beginning not only of the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy, but as the date for the inauguration of changes in the church’s annulment process.
Gov. Hogan and Comptroller Franchot volunteer at Our Daily Bread November 24, 2015By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Local News, News Gov. Lawrence Hogan Jr. and Comptroller Peter Franchot volunteered at Our Daily Bread in Baltimore Nov. 24.
Amen: On the trail with Father Beshoner October 29, 2015By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Amen, Amen Matysek Commentary, Commentary After a long hiatus, Father Beshoner recently relaunched Catholic Under the Hood with a seemingly monumental mission: telling the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church from apostolic times to the present.
Anti-Catholic bigotry fails to dampen call to love in Philadelphia September 27, 2015By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, The Narthex Faith opens a window to the presence and working of the Spirit. It shows us that, like happiness, holiness is always tied to little gestures.
For Feet for Francis pilgrims, angels around every bend September 23, 2015By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Halfway to Pope Francis and the Mass he will celebrate in Philadelphia Sept. 27, in a pilgrimage sponsored by the Archdiocese of Baltimore and Catholic Review Media, we have encountered one blessing after another.
Catholic Review Column: Art in Heaven September 17, 2015By Archbishop William E. Lori Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary By now, you likely know that a much-beloved priest of this Archdiocese and rector of our Basilica in Baltimore, Monsignor Arthur Valenzano, went home to the Lord earlier this month (see page A9). I was privileged to celebrate his funeral Mass and to hear the beautiful and stirring homily given by his best friend, Monsignor […]
