Former East Baltimore Redemptorist pastor dies at 85 October 1, 2021By Matthew Liptak Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Bishop Lewandowski, Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Redemptorist Father Richard Poetzel, a former pastor of his home parish of Sacred Heart of Jesus in Highlandtown and Our Lady of Fatima in Baltimore, died Sept. 24 at the St. John Neumann community at Stella Maris in Timonium.
Bishop Lewandowski calls racism the enemy of synodality October 1, 2021By Priscila González de Doran Catholic Review Filed Under: Bishop Lewandowski, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Synodality Bishop Lewandowski’s workshop focused on pastoral answers to racism. Building on the theme of the conference, “Living the synodality in Hispanic ministry,” the bishop called racism the “enemy of synodality.”
Bishop Madden will step down as urban vicar, Bishop Lewandowski to succeed him September 1, 2021By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Bishop Lewandowski, Feature, Hispanic Ministry, Local News, News, Urban Vicariate Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Denis J. Madden will step down from his role as urban vicar for the Archdiocese of Baltimore effective Oct. 1. Auxiliary Bishop Bruce Lewandowski, C.Ss.R., will become the new urban vicar while continuing his work as episcopal vicar for Hispanic Catholics.
Taking a cue from immigrants’ home countries, messages about COVID-19 taken into hard-hit neighborhoods October 19, 2020By Patricia Zapor Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Bishop Lewandowski, Catholic Charities, Coronavirus, Feature, Hispanic Ministry, Immigration and Migration, Local News, News With infection rates rising around Maryland, as elsewhere in the country, the timing couldn’t be better for the sound truck’s launch. As of Oct. 19, the 21224 ZIP code had 2,117 reported cases of COVID-19, second only in the state to the Silver Spring/Langley Park ZIP code, another area densely populated by immigrants.
Health officials, archdiocese team up to reach Hispanic communities hard-hit by COVID October 16, 2020By Tim Swift Catholic Review Filed Under: Bishop Lewandowski, Coronavirus, Feature, Hispanic Ministry, Immigration and Migration, Local News, News Working with Catholic Charities of Baltimore and Auxiliary Bishop Bruce Lewandowski, C.Ss.R., the Maryland Department of Health announced Oct. 16 the creation of a mobile education unit and a health hotline to reach Hispanic communities that have been especially hard-hit by the coronavirus epidemic.
Actividades rurales daban vida a los años formativos del obispo Lewandowski September 2, 2020By Erik Zygmont Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Bishop Lewandowski, En Español, News Bishop Bruce Lewandowski and his siblings, Mary, Paula and Joseph, grew up on six acres of farmland in Lima, Ohio, with their parents, Robert and Frances.
Bishop Lewandowski’s formative years colored by rural pursuits September 2, 2020By Erik Zygmont Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Bishop Lewandowski, Feature, Local News, News Bishop Bruce Lewandowski and his siblings, Mary, Paula and Joseph, grew up on six acres of farmland in Lima, Ohio, with their parents, Robert and Frances.
Highlandtown cheers as ‘Padre Bruce’ becomes Bishop Lewandowski September 1, 2020By Daniel Zawodny Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Bishop Lewandowski, Feature, Local News, News Sagrado Corazón de Jesús parishioners laud Bishop Bruce Lewandowski as a unifying influence in one of the most diverse parishes within the archdiocese.
Highlandtown acoge a ‘Padre Bruce’ September 1, 2020By Daniel Zawodny Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Bishop Lewandowski, En Español, News Obispo Lewandowski fue nombrado pastor de la parrochia en Highlandtown, un campus que incluye la Escuela Borders, en diciembre de 2016.
Family, friends go the distance for Bishop Lewandowski August 19, 2020By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: Bishop Lewandowski, Feature, Local News, News The logistics for the Aug. 18 episcopal ordination of Bishop Bruce A. Lewandowski, C.Ss.R., involved multiple cars filled with members of the Ohio native’s family.
Ordination Mass for Bishop Lewandowski recalls Redemptorist saints August 18, 2020By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Bishop Lewandowski, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Video The lives and spirituality of the Redemptorists were woven into the ordination Mass for Bishop Bruce A. Lewandowski, C.Ss.R., a member of the international religious order whose founder told his confrères they should resist honors and any higher episcopal roles.
Bishop-designate Lewandowski’s insignia denote his office, commitment August 18, 2020By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Bishop Lewandowski, Feature, Local News, News Bishop-designate Bruce A. Lewandowski, C.Ss.R., doesn’t normally wear jewelry. He’s going to have to get used to wearing a ring and a pectoral cross.
