Baltimore Archdiocese spelling bee has middle-schoolers abuzz May 9, 2019By Mary K. Tilghman Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools The competition brought 38 middle school-age students from across the archdiocese – all winners of separate spelling bees at their respective schools – to Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Ellicott City.
Four taking penultimate step to priesthood for Baltimore Archdiocese May 9, 2019By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations Archbishop William E. Lori will ordain four men to the transitional diaconate May 11 during a 10 a.m. Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore.
AmeriCorps partnership expands sisters’ service and transforms members May 8, 2019By Gail DeGeorge Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News Notre Dame Mission Volunteers-AmeriCorps is a partnership between Notre Dame Mission Volunteers, a program of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, and AmeriCorps, a network of U.S. service programs.
Luke mill closure sends prayers, former pastors to Allegany County May 7, 2019By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Western Vicariate Bishop Adam J. Parker and Monsignor James W. Hannon added their presence to prayers for the Tri-Towns community affected by the impending closure of one of Western Maryland’s largest employers.
All in the OLPH family May 7, 2019By Paul McMullen Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Schools The seventh Hildreth sibling is set to graduate from Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Ellicott City.
Faith formation class focuses on children with special needs May 6, 2019By Emily Rosenthal Alster Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Disabilities Ministry, Faith Formation, Feature, Local News, News, Positively Catholic “I just feel like they deserve to have sacraments and a relationship with Jesus like everyone else,” said Michele Poligardo, the CCASTA administrator for religious education. “These students with special needs are encountering Jesus through their teens (mentors) and through the acceptance and love they find in this program, and that’s what religious education should be – a way for our students to encounter a loving, forgiving God.”
Mercy High School alumna lives her Catholic faith by teaching others May 3, 2019By Elizabeth Lowe Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Faces of Faith, Faith Formation, Feature, Local News, News, Schools One of the most important lessons of Christianity that Becky Egan Hogg tries to convey to her religion students at Mercy High School in Baltimore is God’s unconditional love.
#IAmCatholic: Archdiocesan movement helps people share faith experiences May 2, 2019By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Faith Formation, Feature, Local News, News The Archdiocese of Baltimore has launched a new website to help people share their experience of the Catholic faith.
John Carroll baseball says ‘a little prayer’ for absent teammate May 2, 2019By Jeff Seidel Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Sports, Video “He’s the 10th player on the field at all times,” John Carroll coach Darrion Siler said. “This is all player-driven. (It’s) totally them, finding ways they want to keep remembering.”
Goodbye, Mr. Miceli May 1, 2019By Paul McMullen Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Sports Miceli, 86, first came to the school in 1958 as an assistant football coach.
Bishops hear pain, hope at racism listening session in Baltimore April 30, 2019By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News Participants in a racism listening session sponsored by the Archdiocese of Baltimore April 29 brought a variety of experiences to the attention of Baltimore’s bishops and an audience of more than 250.
Spring cleaning with the ‘Trash Bashers’ April 30, 2019By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Amen, Amen Matysek Commentary, Commentary, Feature The Trash Bashers of St. Mary of the Assumption in Govans take pride in their attempts to beautify York Road.
