Well-wishers, volunteers and active military personnel cheered, waved flags and held thank-you signs. Many in a crowd that numbered hundreds deep reached out to shake the hands of beaming military veterans as they came off the airplane from Ohio.
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Loyola Blakefield returns to top in cross country
After two years of taking a backseat to Mount St. Joseph at the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association championships, the cross country team from Loyola Blakefield resumed its customary position Nov. 1.
Bishop Madden to lead Baltimore prayer walk for peace Nov. 2
Bishop Denis J. Madden, urban vicar and auxiliary bishop emeritus of Baltimore, will lead a prayer walk for peace Nov. 2 at St. Veronica, 806 Cherry Hill Road in Cherry Hill.
All Saints Day is a holy day of the Catholic Church
All Saints Day, a solemnity set aside by the Catholic Church to honor saints known and unknown, will be celebrated Nov. 1.
Retired Father Bochenek still shares wit, bedside manner
The 72-year-old retired pastor of St. Brigid continues to share his gifts, which include bad puns, a self-deprecating wit and extremely sharp recall.
Beloved youth minister remembered at O’Dwyer Retreat House
As Beth Rausch joined other music ministers in singing “Welcome Home,” friends and family gathered Oct. 20 at the Monsignor O’Dwyer Retreat House in Sparks to honor Rausch’s father, Mark Pacione, in a special way.
New Mount president acknowledges its history, his own at West Point
Trainor pledged a campus where everyone will be treated with dignity and respect and an environment free of sexual assault and harassment.
Viral video of Cardinal Shehan School choir surpasses 20 million views
Students from this Catholic School in Baltimore became an international sensation with their performance of “Rise Up.”
Ss. James and John Catholic School celebrates its 170th anniversary
Family, friends and supporters of Ss. James and John Catholic School in East Baltimore celebrated the 170th anniversary of the institutions’s founding Oct. 8.
Rosary Congress opens with Mass at Baltimore Basilica
The Our Lady of Fatima Rosary Congress, a week-long devotion of prayer with the rosary, concludes Oct. 13. Seven parishes participate.
‘All God’s people’: Beans and Bread helps feed East Baltimore’s hungry
Feeding the hungry is work, but the approximately 14 volunteers (12 for lunch, two for breakfast) who keep Beans and Bread running into its fifth decade of service don’t see it that way.
Absent priest was man for others
When Anthony Zehyoue walks the halls of Loyola Blakefield or roams its football sidelines, he does so as an example of the universal church, mindful of the debt he owes to those who helped him get there.