A funeral Mass for School Sister of Notre Dame Joan Marie Minella was offered May 30 at Villa Assumpta in Towson. Sister Joan died May 9, just a few days shy of turning 90.
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How faith-based higher education can best serve society is focus of symposium
The second convening of the Commission on Faith-Based Colleges and Universities of the American Council on Education was the first for Holy Cross Father Robert A. Dowd, who became the 18th president of the University of Notre Dame last September.
House Republicans advance bill to repeal FACE Act
The House Judiciary Committee voted June 10 to repeal a federal law crafted to protect access to reproductive health facilities by prohibiting actions such as obstructing the entrance to an abortion clinic.
Archbishop Lori offers encouragement to charitable agencies affected by federal cuts
At a time when federal funding cuts are straining the services of charitable organizations across the region, Archbishop William E. Lori offered a message of hope and solidarity during a special “Mass for the Preservation of Peace and Justice” celebrated June 11 at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland.
Incoming superior general of Oblate Sisters of Providence outlines priorities
When Sister Marcia Hall was elected in April as the next superior general of the Baltimore-based Oblate Sisters of Providence, the nation’s oldest functioning Black Catholic religious order, she would have to wait for her new administration to meet to prioritize goals for their four-year tenure.
Archbishop Lori announces appointments, including pastor and associate pastor assignments
Archbishop Lori announces appointments, including pastor and associate pastor assignments
Pope ‘deeply saddened’ by tragic Air India plane crash
Pope Leo XIV expressed his closeness to victims’ families after an Air India flight headed to London Gatwick airport crashed shortly after takeoff in the western city of Ahmedabad.
Television Review: ‘Patience,’ June 15, and streaming, PBS
The British-Belgian crime drama “Patience” premieres on PBS Sunday, June 15, 8-9 p.m. EDT. The six-part series will continue in the same timeslot through July 20 while also streaming on station-based PBS platforms.
While the U.S. bishops go on retreat this June, business follows them
Since the bishops last met in Baltimore last November, the United States has sworn in a new president and the College of Cardinals has elected a new pope.
Diversity is cause for strength, not division, pope tells Rome clergy
The cultural and pastoral diversity among clergy is not a burden but a gift that should enrich communion within the church rather than fragment it, Pope Leo XIV told the priests and deacons of the Diocese of Rome.
Oblate Sister Trinita Baeza, teacher and pastoral associate in Baltimore, dies at 98
A funeral Mass will be offered June 17 for Oblate Sister of Providence Trinita Baeza, who served her order for 81 years. The graduate of St. Frances Academy in Baltimore died June 8. She was 98.
Pope Leo to return to practice of ‘imposing’ pallium on new archbishops
Pope Leo XIV will revive a tradition begun by St. John Paul II in 1983 by personally placing a pallium around the shoulders of recently named archbishops.