Basilica missionaries bringing Jesus to city streets August 20, 2019By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Baltimore Basilica, Feature, Local News, News, Urban Vicariate Colin Miller and Nathan Belk are spending their days walking through the streets of downtown Baltimore. They have a backpack in which they might carry some clean pairs of socks for a homeless person or a bottle of water. But they are also carrying with them the word of God and the presence of Christ.
Names & Numbers: Summer milestones August 19, 2019By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, Names and Numbers, News Included in this month’s Names and Numbers are some major milestones and anniversaries.
Another round with the Woodstock Nun August 14, 2019By Erik Zygmont Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Our Back Pages The fleeting image of the demure and habited nun furtively flashing the two-finger peace sign in the 1970 documentary “Woodstock” has floated softly through five decades now, a lasting if elusory symbol that touches on the historic music festival but ultimately alights someplace else.
Baltimore bids farewell to Bishop Brennan August 12, 2019By Norma Montenegro Flynn Filed Under: Eastern Vicariate, Feature, Hispanic Ministry, Local News, News Approximately 300 people, mostly Hispanic immigrants, expressed their love and gratitude for the ministry of Baltimore Auxiliary Bishop Mark E. Brennan during an Aug. 11 farewell Mass at Sacred Heart of Jesus-Sagrado Corazón de Jesús in Highlandtown.
Archbishop Lori promotes civility in political, church discourse August 11, 2019By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Knights of Columbus, Local News, News, World News In a divided country where discussions of politics and religion seem to grow more coarse and discordant by the day, Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori challenged his fellow members of the Knights of Columbus to model civility.
On a Mission: Young parishioners, students opt for summer service August 6, 2019By Lisa Harlow Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News For many youths and young adults in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, summer travel meant mission work. Whether it was to the other side of the world or remaining in Maryland, giving back has definitely been trending.
Camp St. Vincent continues to enrich summers of children experiencing homelessness August 5, 2019By Kevin J. Parks Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Urban Vicariate Since June 24, St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore has brightened the summer of more than 250 children experiencing homelessness.
Archbishop Gregory: Offensive speech, actions a ‘growing plague’ that ‘must end’ August 1, 2019By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News The archbishop of Washington said recent public comments by President Trump and others about Baltimore and the responses those remarks have generated “have deepened divisions and diminished our national life.”
At Quo Vadis retreat, it’s easy to meet ‘new seminarian every day’ July 31, 2019By Kevin J. Parks Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Uncategorized, Vocations, Western Vicariate EMMITSBURG – Quo Vadis, an annual summer retreat for high-school aged males considering a religious vocation, took a different tack July 25. The retreat is hosted by seminarians of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. On the third of its four days, however, 62 participants heard not from a seminarian studying Theology or in his pastoral year, […]
Franciscan Center, FCA team on soccer camp to benefit those experiencing homelessness July 30, 2019By Todd Karpovich Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Catholic Social Teaching, Feature, Local News, News, Sports, Urban Vicariate The Franciscan Center partnered with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Calvert Hall College High School on a soccer clinic that benefited those experiencing homelessness July 27.
DC choir’s message to Baltimore County parish: ‘We’re all family’ July 29, 2019By Mary K. Tilghman Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Eastern Vicariate, Feature, Local News, MLK Pastoral Letter, News, Parishes Inspired by Archbishop Lori’s pastoral reflections on racism, the pastor of St. Joseph, Fullerton invited a Gospel choir from Washington, D.C., to the parish.
Vacation Bible school: No lions, tigers and bears, but horses, games, snacks – and Scripture July 25, 2019By Kevin J. Parks Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Parishes, Youth Programs As Cherry Hill, Hydes and Linthicum Heights show, the concept of Vacation Bible School encompasses many approaches and activities.
