Archbishop William E. Lori marked the first anniversary of radio station WVTO 92.7 LP-FM by celebrating Mass at St. Benedict Parish, and blessing the radio studio on the second floor of the parish center July 29.
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St. Bernardine parishioner offers comfort with meals
As a child, Jo Ann Thomas watched her grandmother cook for the retired Josephite priests and brothers in residence at St. Joseph’s Manor in Roland Park. Those memories of growing up around the Josephites (her mother served them as a nurse) surround Thomas when she cooks with commercial-sized pots and pans in the kitchen of […]
Maryland Catholic Conference opposes Maryland Constitutional Amendment on abortion
Jennifer Briemann, executive director of the Maryland Catholic Conference, said lawmakers and voters should be greatly concerned about House of Delegates Speaker Michael Busch’s plan to introduce legislation establishing a woman’s “right” to abortion via a Maryland Constitutional Amendment on the 2020 ballot.
Bishop Brennan discusses “Humanae Vitae” with young adults
“When you override nature itself,” Bishop Brennan added, “you don’t respect it.”
Baltimore Basilica launches plan to be ‘radically open’
Leaders of the Baltimore Basilica are launching a plan to increase the hours the church is open, while simultaneously commissioning “urban missionaries” whose ministry will focus on developing relationships with people on the city’s streets.
Bringing it all back home to Baltimore, Father Whitt still teaching
Father Reginald Whitt, who converted to Catholicism as a student at what was then Loyola College, finally has an assignment in his hometown, in the “healing ministry” of the archdiocesan Tribunal.
‘This is a kid, not a cause’: Millersville parishioners host Colombian orphan
Matt and Melanie Brady and their three children opened their home for five weeks to Esteban, a 13-year-old orphan from Colombia.
Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Hispanic community celebrates Blessed Romero’s upcoming canonization
“Monsignor Romero is and will always be the conscience of Latin America,” said St. Timothy’s pastor, Father Juan Vazquez-Rubio.
Loyola graduate students engage children in summer reading program
More than 50 children registered – free of charge – for daily one-on-one or small group sessions from June 27 to July 27. The weekday hour-long sessions, under the umbrella of Loyola Clinical Centers
Baltimore and the Knights of Columbus
The Knights of Columbus will acknowledge an important part of their roots Aug. 7-9, when the world’s largest Catholic fraternal organization holds its 136th annual Supreme Convention in Baltimore.
Havre de Grace parish reaches out to family of fallen firefighter
Flynn was the father of four-year-old twins, Connor and Teagan, who were baptized at St. Patrick in March 2014. The youngest of the Flynn children, Breccan, 3, was baptized by Father Picarella in June 2016.
Baltimore priest’s Netflix cancellation goes viral
Ten days after the pastor of Our Lady of Victory in Arbutus shared the letter July 13, the original post has been shared 615 times, and has garnered nearly 450 reactions.