Five retiring school principals in Baltimore Archdiocese depart with cherished memories June 22, 2020By Karen Sampson Hoffman Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Schools Smith retired after 15 years as principal and 40 years in education. Other principals retiring included Deborah Glinowiecki of St. Ursula School in Parkville, Patricia McDermott of St. Mary Catholic School in Hagerstown, Terry Weiss of St. Louis School in Clarksville and Raymond Kiddy of Bishop Walsh School in Cumberland.
St. Joan of Arc in Aberdeen celebrates 100th anniversary June 22, 2020By Peter Schlehr Filed Under: Coronavirus, Eastern Vicariate, Feature, Local News, News From a humble start when several Catholics gathered for prayer to a community of 400 families, St. Joan of Arc Church persevered through its share of trials to grow into a vibrant parish that, despite the halting effects of the coronavirus pandemic, is proudly celebrating its milestone 100-year anniversary.
Archbishop Lori announces clergy appointments June 15, 2020By Archdiocese of Baltimore Filed Under: Appointments, Feature, Local News, News Archbishop William E. Lori has announced the latest clergy appointments in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Maryland bishops call for action against racism June 15, 2020By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice The bishops who make up the governing board of the Maryland Catholic Conference released a statement June 15 that recalls “our own Church’s past sins and failings and admit to them freely.”
Counselors find new ways to connect June 14, 2020By Mary K. Tilghman Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News Zoom sessions have become the norm, along with email blasts, virtual office hours and old-fashioned phone calls.
Baltimore parishioners overjoyed as they keep a pastor and gain a bishop June 13, 2020By Tim Swift Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Hispanic Ministry, Local News, News Come August, he’ll have gained the title “His Excellency,” but for the parishioners of Sacred Heart of Jesus-Sagrado Corazón de Jesús in Highalndtown and its mission church of St. Patrick in Fells Point, he’ll remain and always be “Padre Bruce.”
In challenging time, priests lean on their own loss as they bury the dead June 12, 2020By Paul McMullen Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Works of Mercy Sensitive pastoral care from priests in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, coupled with the support of funeral homes and cemeteries, has comforted many families during the coronavirus pandemic
Adapting to coronavirus pandemic as teacher, wife, mom June 12, 2020By Brooke Mosca Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Schools Andrea Sommers will never forget her 10th year as a teacher at St. John Regional Catholic School in Frederick. She teaches social studies, English language arts and religion to 82 fifthand sixth-graders. Since mid-March, the coronavirus pandemic has forced her to do all that from home, which she shares with her husband, Dwight, a captain […]
Newly named St. Louis archbishop shares mom’s advice to him: ‘Don’t get a big head’ June 11, 2020By Rebecca Drake Catholic News Service Filed Under: Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski, Feature, Local News, News, World News Bishop Mitchell T. Rozanski traveled from Springfield to the St. Louis Archdiocese as its newly named archbishop with this advice from his mother, Jean: “Don’t get a big head.”
Center for Pregnancy Concerns’ Howard St. location expected to open on schedule June 11, 2020By Erik Zygmont Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life The pro-life Center for Pregnancy Concerns (CPC) will open as planned at 328 N. Howard St. in Baltimore, next door to the city’s Planned Parenthood location, late this summer, according to Gina Ruppert, executive director of CPC.
Highlandtown pastor urges more COVID-19 testing sites in hard-hit Latino and African American communities June 10, 2020By Tim Swift Filed Under: Bishop Lewandowski, Coronavirus, Feature, Hispanic Ministry, Local News, News Bishop-designate Bruce Lewandowski, C.Ss.R., appealed to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan Jr. June 10 to increase free COVID-19 testing in Baltimore to expand beyond his parish of Sacred Heart of Jesus/Sagrado Corazón de Jesús in Highlandtown.
Pope names Bishop Rozanski, Baltimore native, as Archbishop of St. Louis June 10, 2020By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski, Feature, Local News, News Pope Francis has named Baltimore native Bishop Mitchell T. Rozanski of the Diocese of Springfield, Mass., as the 10th archbishop of St. Louis.