Father Demek retires after nearly 50 years as a priest December 23, 2024By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Retirement, Vocations Father Demek was inspired to become a priest by a seminarian from his home parish, Holy Cross in South Baltimore. “My father ran the altar servers when I was a kid back in the ’50s and so I was an altar server from second grade on.” He was an altar server at the seminarian’s first Mass after ordination.
The Door of Hope December 23, 2024By Archbishop William E. Lori Catholic Review Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary, Feature, Jubilee 2025 In opening the Holy Door, Pope Francis opens the door of hope for the Church and for the whole human family.
Southwest Baltimore faith-based partners to reprise candlelight prayer walk Dec. 30 December 23, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Local News, News, Social Justice A coalition of public, private and faith-based partners plans to gather for a one-hour prayer vigil Dec. 30 at 5:30 p.m. to remember the lives lost to homicide this year and plead for an end to violence in Baltimore City.
Baltimore bishops’ Christmas schedule December 23, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Bishops, Christmas, Feature, Local News, News A list of where and when the bishops of the Archdiocese of Baltimore will celebrate Christmas Masses.
Unlock the way: Jubilee Year 2025 is chance for renewal of faith December 23, 2024By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, Local News, News Archbishop William E. Lori will mark the beginning of the Jubilee Year 2025 in the Archdiocese of Baltimore with a Mass at Cathedral of Mary of Our Queen in Homeland Dec. 29 at 11 a.m.
Meet Luce, the 2025 Jubilee mascot December 23, 2024By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, Local News, News She has blue hair, muddy boots and wears a yellow raincoat. Meet Luce, the official Vatican mascot for the upcoming Jubilee Year.
Papal preacher tells Curia to rediscover power of ‘littleness’ during Advent December 20, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Advent, Feature, News, Vatican, World News With Christmas just days away, Christians must embrace the human quality of “littleness” as a path toward living out God’s humility exhibited in Advent, the papal preacher said.
Pope will receive outgoing U.S. President Biden at Vatican Jan. 10 December 20, 2024By Carol Glatz Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis will meet with outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden at the Vatican Jan. 10 to discuss efforts to promote peace worldwide, the White House’s press secretary said.
Columbia parish’s Pastoral Migratoria Ministry receives national recognition December 20, 2024By Marietha Góngora V. Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Hispanic Ministry, Local News, News An outreach ministry based at St. John the Evangelist in Columbia does more than provide much-needed support to new arrivals to the United States. It also helps Anglo parishioners accompany their Spanish-speaking immigrants and their families.
Why we come a’caroling December 20, 2024By Eddie O'Neill OSV News Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, World News Though we may know the first verse and the refrain of a number of Christmas carols, do we know the origin of these songs we sing each December?
More than 1,500 venerate skull of St. Thomas Aquinas during Baltimore visit December 19, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints, Video More than 1,500 people venerated the skull of St. Thomas Aquinas at Ss. Philip and James in Homewood Dec. 17-18. The Dominican-led parish was the final stop of a tour sponsored by the Dominican Province of St. Joseph that included visits to 11 sites in seven states and the District of Columbia.
Catholic University faces $30M ‘structural deficit’ amid higher education headwinds December 19, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, World News The Catholic University of America is facing a “structural deficit of $30 million” that the school “must address through both budget cuts and revenue growth,” said president Peter Kilpatrick in a Dec. 6 email to alumni.
