Former Annapolis and Baltimore pastor Father Thomas Siconolfi dies at 80 May 23, 2024By Kurt Jensen Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Redemptorist Father Thomas Joseph Siconolfi, who died May 12 at age 80, was a former pastor of St. Mary’s Parish in Annapolis, one of the largest in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, where he served from 1993 to 1999.
Pope recognizes miracle needed for church’s first ‘millennial’ saint May 23, 2024By Carol Glatz OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, Vatican, World News Pope Francis formally recognized a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old Italian teenager whose birth in 1991 will make him the first “millennial” to become a saint.
Seek the City final plan draws mix of emotions from Baltimore Catholics May 23, 2024By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Seek the City to Come Baltimore-area Catholics reacted with a mix of disappointment, relief and resignation after the archdiocese announced the final plan for the Seek the City to Come initiative May 22.
Texas school’s unexpected candlelit Mass is stark contrast to Gulf Coast’s deadly storms May 23, 2024By James Ramos OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, News, World News Just minutes before St. Cecilia Catholic School’s eighth-grade graduation Mass and ceremony began, the power to the west Houston parochial school cut out, plunging the large sanctuary into disturbing darkness.
U.S. bishops to decide whether to affirm opening the cause for Marian visionary Adele Brise May 23, 2024By Sam Lucero OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, World News The U.S. bishops will soon hold a consultation on a petition to open the cause for canonization of Adele Brise, to whom the Blessed Virgin Mary is believed to have appeared in northeast Wisconsin in 1859.
Knights’ success built on founder’s desire for charity May 23, 2024By Russell Shaw OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Knights of Columbus Father Michael J. McGivney was just one more of that band of hardworking Irish-American priests who spent themselves building up the church in America in the latter years of the 19th century. But in one truly extraordinary respect, he was unique:
Final Seek the City plan released; archdiocese will reduce parishes in Baltimore area by half May 22, 2024By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Seek the City to Come The Archdiocese of Baltimore revealed the final plan May 22 for parish planning in Baltimore City, with 23 parishes at 30 worship sites, about half the current number of churches available for Sunday Mass.
List of final parish alignment for Seek the City to Come May 22, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Seek the City to Come The Seek the City to Come plan announced May 22 realigns Catholic parishes throughout Baltimore City and some nearby communities in Baltimore County. Pastoral leadership for each location will be determined in the future. For now, the new parishes will take on the name of the church where it is sited, but the parishioners of the newly formed entity can eventually petition to change that name.
What happens to real estate, items after church closures? May 22, 2024By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Seek the City to Come An archdiocesan leadership committee is in the process of interviewing companies to catalog and photograph items and property in the 61 parishes involved in the Seek the City initiative. Those items include everything from chalices to altars, pews, statues, paintings and Stations of the Cross images.
Evangelization at heart of Seek the City to Come plan May 22, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Seek the City to Come As new parishes emerge from the recently unveiled Seek the City to Come plan for revitalizing the Catholic Church in the Baltimore metropolitan area, archdiocesan leaders are encouraging the newly forming faith communities to embrace an approach to evangelization that emulates the spirit of the apostolic age.
‘Even in bad times, God is good,’ says pastor after devastating Iowa tornado May 22, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, Feature, News, World News An Iowa parish is working overtime to help its storm-battered community, providing food and aid to both body and soul, while assuring residents of God’s presence even amid life’s darkest moments.
Louisiana House approves bill to reclassify abortion-related drugs as controlled dangerous substances May 22, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News The Louisiana House approved legislation May 21 that would classify drugs used for both early abortion and miscarriage as controlled dangerous substances, and would criminalize improperly possessing the pills, such as lacking a valid prescription or their use outside the context of a professional medical practice.
