Mourners gather at Highlandtown church to remember fallen construction worker April 14, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Bridge Collapse, Feature, Local News, News In his homily at the Cabrera funeral Mass, Father Walker reflected on the fact that the construction workers lost their lives during Holy Week, a time when Christians recall Christ’s triumph over death.
Knights of Columbus donates $100,000 to Key Bridge Relief Fund, donations continue to be received April 12, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Bridge Collapse, Feature, Local News, News The Knights of Columbus has pledged to donate $100,000 to the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge Relief Fund that is dedicated to helping those affected by the Baltimore bridge’s collapse.
Baltimore community honors the memory of six Hispanic workers who perished in bridge collapse April 9, 2024By Marietha Góngora V. Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Bridge Collapse, Feature, Local News, News A large congregation attended a prayer service and vigil April 8 at Sacred Heart of Jesus-Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Parish in Highlandtown to accompany those who lost their loved ones in the March 26 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, in which six Hispanic workers perished.
Family of lost construction worker honors his memory April 2, 2024By Marietha Góngora V. Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Bridge Collapse, Feature, Local News, News The tragedy literally changed the Suazo Sandoval family’s life overnight, as well as that of his wife, his 18-year-old son, and his 6-year-old daughter.
Catholics donate nearly $50,000 in emergency bridge relief appeal March 30, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Bridge Collapse, Feature, Giving, Local News, News Within 24 hours after Archbishop William E. Lori asked Catholics throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore to support twin emergency relief funds for those affected by the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, nearly $50,000 has been raised in online donations.
Families of construction workers who perished in bridge collapse experience ‘inexplicable sadness’ March 27, 2024By Marietha Góngora V. Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Bridge Collapse, Feature, Local News, News Ever since the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed in the early hours of March 26, Redemptorist Father Ako Walker has been acting as a spiritual support to the families of six Hispanic construction workers who are believed to have perished in the tragedy.
All That We Can Do March 27, 2024By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Bridge Collapse, Commentary, Open Window Prayer is so powerful. Telling someone you are praying for them—and following through—can be an extraordinary gift.
Catholic community gathers in prayer, offers support to those affected by bridge collapse March 26, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Bridge Collapse, Feature, Local News, News Several hours after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed into the Patapsco River March 26, more than 200 people, many of them still in a state of shock, gathered in prayer at a 5:30 p.m. Mass at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland.
Baltimore archdiocese ministers to crew aboard ship involved with Key Bridge collapse March 26, 2024By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Bridge Collapse, Feature, Local News, News The Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Apostleship of the Sea is normally a “friendly face” for international seafarers visiting the port. That role is about to expand, according to its director, Andy Middleton, after a containership was involved in the catastrophic collapse of one of Baltimore’s major thoroughfares.
Monsignor FitzGerald, noted for ministry to seafarers, dies at 82 December 20, 2023By Kurt Jensen Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Bridge Collapse, Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Monsignor John Louis FitzGerald, a Baltimore native and former military chaplain who in 2003 established Apostleship of the Sea, a worldwide ministry for seafarers, for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, died Dec. 16. He was 82.
Virus hits home for Apostleship of the Sea June 17, 2020By Lisa Harlow Filed Under: Bridge Collapse, Coronavirus, Local News, News “The pandemic has given me a better perspective on the life of seafarers,” Middleton said.