Feature

St. Agnes doctor carries healing legacy of religious sisters

October 7, 2019
By Anna Jones
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Faces of Faith, Feature, Local News, News

“I think (my faith) is one of the things I fall back on,” he said. “I’ve spent more of my life being a Catholic than being a doctor.”

New director, home for seafarers

October 5, 2019
By Lisa Harlow
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Video

With the retirement from active ministry of Monsignor John FitzGerald, the Apostleship of the Sea (AOS), a Catholic ministry for seafarers, has its first lay director. Andy Middleton is hardly new to the ministry, having served as its right hand man for more than a decade.

Mount St. Mary’s welcomes professor’s service dog

October 4, 2019
By Emily Rosenthal Alster
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Colleges, Disabilities Ministry, Feature, Local News, News

To David Karn’s accounting students at Mount St. Mary’s University, everything seems perfectly normal. Duchess, his service dog, lays tucked behind his desk, unseen – just as she is supposed to be.

Schools gala keeps creating Catholic scholarships in Baltimore Archdiocese

September 30, 2019
By Catholic Review Staff
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Giving, Local News, News, Schools

The 11th annual gala for Archdiocese of Baltimore schools Sept. 28 saw more than $720,000 raised in scholarships funds, raising to approximately $8 million the effort has brought in since its inaugural in 2009, one that had already created more than 1,300 scholarships for students in need.

Philanthropist Mary Catherine Bunting gives record $2 million gift to IND

September 30, 2019
By Catholic Review Staff
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Schools

Mary Catherine Bunting, a Baltimore philanthropist, has given a record $2 million gift to the Institute of Notre Dame in Baltimore, according to a Sept. 30 news release from the school.

Parishioners make Harford Region’s Faithfest go

September 27, 2019
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Positively Catholic

“The generosity of the people who put this on is remarkable,” Father Foppiano said. “They all have lives to live. They’re doing this on the side, and for some, with the effort they put in, it could be a full-time job. So often we focus on our own territory, and it’s nice to come together.”

NDP well on its way in $10 million campaign for Innovation Wing, endowment

September 27, 2019
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Schools

Notre Dame Preparatory School broke ground on a new Innovation Wing in June 2018, when it had barely scratched the surface on a $10 million capital campaign that would pay for the latest transformation of the school.

Archbishop Flynn, former rector of Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, dies at 86

September 26, 2019
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries

Monsignor Farmer recalled that Archbishop Flynn often told Mount seminarians that the greatest work they would do as priests would involve the unexpected. That might involve hearing the confession of a stranger on a plane or answering a call in the middle of the night.