Students bid fond farewell to Hagerstown school May 24, 2024By Katie V. Jones Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Western Vicariate The Archdiocese of Baltimore announced in September that St. Maria Goretti High School in Hagerstown would be closing. An independent committee organized by school supporters investigated keeping the school open as an independent Catholic school, but it concluded in November that it was not feasible, and the decision was made to close.
Catholic Charities Executive Director Bill McCarthy will retire in 2025 May 23, 2024By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Giving, Local News, News Catholic Charities of Maryland Executive Director, William J. “Bill” McCarthy Jr. announced May 23 he will retire in July 2025. By that time, he will have led the State of Maryland’s largest private provider of human services for 16 years.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Humility is the ‘gateway to all virtues,’ pope says May 22, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Though not found on the classical list of cardinal or theological virtues, humility lies “at the base of Christian life,” Pope Francis said.
Catholic women, citing church teaching, push back at Butker graduation speech May 21, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, Sports, World News Several Catholic professional women, as well as an order of women religious, have challenged a controversial graduation speech by NFL player Harrison Butker, during which the Kansas City Chiefs placekicker and devout Catholic opined on (among other topics) the role of women in society, and the church’s teaching on natural family planning.
Pope Francis’ CBS interview addresses women deacons, war, migrants, climate change and hope May 21, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The pope shared his thoughts during a wide-ranging interview with CBS news anchor Norah O’Donnell, his first sit-down interview with a U.S. broadcast network.
Gaza parish community example of ‘steadfast faith,’ cardinal says May 21, 2024By Judith Sudilovsky OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, World News Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, described the small resilient community of the Holy Family Parish compound in Gaza City as one with “steadfast faith,” amid horrific destruction and constant bombardment following his return from a four-day pastoral visit during Pentecost.
