Generous help of Knights counters culture of indifference, pope says February 10, 2020By Carol Glatz Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, News, World News Pope Francis praised the Knights of Columbus for their charitable efforts and thanked them especially for helping Christians in the Middle East.
Monsignor Aiken, who oversaw transformation of Glyndon parish, dies at 75 February 7, 2020By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Monsignor Lloyd E. Aiken, who spent most of his priesthood at Sacred Heart in Glyndon, the parish of his youth, died at Stella Maris Hospice Feb. 5, a year to the day after informing the people he served that he had been diagnosed with stomach cancer.
New head of pro-life outreach takes helm as wall separates two sides of moral divide February 6, 2020By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life One of America’s biggest cultural and moral divides is about to be embodied in a shared wall of two Baltimore buildings with very different missions.
‘He was a great,’ Pope Francis says of St. John Paul II February 5, 2020By Cindy Wooden Filed Under: Feature, News, World News St. John Paul II taught the world that truly great faith and holiness dwell in “the normality of a person who lives in profound communion with Christ,” Pope Francis said in a new book.
Catholic high schools continue to be more affordable than most private schools February 3, 2020By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools The 19 Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore continue to be more affordable than all but a handful of their private peers, as evidenced by the Catholic Review’s annual survey of cost of attendance among other nonpublic high schools in the archdiocese.
Laypeople lead the way at the 2020 MidAtlantic Congress for Pastoral Leadership February 3, 2020By Tim Swift Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, Mid-Atlantic Congress, News Dudley takes a glass half-full approach to the challenges. What others call a “crisis of vocation” has the potential to be an “explosion of vocation” – with lay people leading the way, he said.
IND maintains its winning touch against Mercy in ‘The Game’ February 1, 2020By Jeff Seidel Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Sports While the Penguins, who play in the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference, came in with a 2-18 record and six straight losses, their winning streak in “The Game” continued. IND has now beaten Mercy (10-8 overall ) seven straight years.
Financial literacy, life skills routine at Mount St. Joseph January 31, 2020By Edward O'N. Hoyt Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools “I began it about six years ago,” Prezelski said. “The principal and business department and alumni met and agreed the course was necessary. It’s life skills.”
Father Holthaus, who served eight Baltimore Archdiocese parishes, dies at 76 January 31, 2020By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Father Paul Holthaus, a native of South Baltimore who served eight parishes in the Archdiocese of Baltimore during his nearly five decades as a priest, died Jan. 26.
Names & Numbers highlights notable scholastic achievements January 31, 2020By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Schools This installment of Names & Numbers, timed for Catholic Schools Week, highlights notable scholastic achievements in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Mosaic of Blessed Frederic Ozanam unveiled at basilica in Washington January 31, 2020By Mark Pattison Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A mosaic of Blessed Frederic Ozanam, founder of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, was unveiled in Washington Jan. 26, in time for the 175th anniversary of the society’s establishment in the United States.
Catholic leaders disappointed by ruling limiting immigrant aid January 30, 2020By Carol Zimmermann Filed Under: Feature, Hispanic Ministry, News, World News The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic Charities USA and the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, known as CLINIC, expressed disappointment with the Supreme Court’s Jan. 27 order allowing the Trump administration to go forward with a new rule meant to limit immigrants’ use of government benefit programs.
