Road from Damascus: From Syria to Baltimore, physicians find, share compassion September 12, 2019By Paul McMullen Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Positively Catholic What do School Sisters of Notre Dame, a poverty-stricken West Baltimorean and a Towson resident with heart disease have in common?
Madonnari Arts Festival revives chalk work with Renaissance roots September 9, 2019By Mary K. Tilghman Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, Local News, News With subjects as varied as saints and Madonnas, Martin Luther King Jr. and Harry Potter, madonnari came from Italy and Belgium, Germany and Mexico, along with about 10 local artists and local students.
Outreach honors Josephite’s commitment to Sandtown-Winchester September 9, 2019By Paul McMullen Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Urban Vicariate On the second Saturday of the month, the people of St. Peter Claver Parish, under the direction of Greer Dorsey, provide a meal and fellowship for between 150 and 200 people in need, under the banner of Harper’s Helpers.
Mercy High opens $4.3 million artificial turf athletic complex September 7, 2019By Todd Karpovich Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Sports “This opens up new opportunities and new beginnings for faculty and student-athletes,” Burnett said.
St. Philip Neri parishioners continue to support outreach begun in their basement September 4, 2019By Karen Sampson Hoffman Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Eastern Vicariate, Feature, Local News, News, Video Under the guidance of Leo Zerhusen, HOPE (He Opens Paths to Everyone) For All has turned empty houses into furnished homes and outfitted children for school.
St. Maria Goretti dedicates new, higher and drier academic campus September 3, 2019By Paul McMullen Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Western Vicariate The dedication of a new academic campus for St. Maria Goretti Catholic High School Sept. 3 included a stroll down memory lane, albeit a sometimes soggy one.
Archdiocese of Baltimore recognizes teachers of the year September 3, 2019By Mary K. Tilghman Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Schools The Archdiocese of Baltimore honored three teachers of the year: Jennifer Karn, Becky Egan Hogg and Kaitlyn Marsh.
Bishop Madden to lead Baltimore prayer walk for peace Sept. 4 September 1, 2019By Archdiocese of Baltimore Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Uncategorized, Urban Vicariate Bishop Denis J. Madden, urban vicar and auxiliary bishop emeritus of Baltimore, will lead a prayer walk for peace Sept. 4 at St. Edward in Baltimore.
Baltimore Archdiocese educators encouraged to make ‘spiritual truths evident’ August 30, 2019By Mary K. Tilghman Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Faith Formation, Feature, Local News, News, Schools More than 1,300 Catholic school teachers and administrators assembled Aug. 29 at the Church of the Nativity with Archdiocese of Baltimore leaders to open the new academic year with a call to leadership.
Fifty years after first making mark at Curley, Hoffman eyes finish line August 29, 2019By Paul McMullen Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Sports Gene Hoffman will make his 46th full school year at Archbishop Curley High School in Baltimore his last.
Former Ascension pastor and area high school principal dies at 93 August 28, 2019By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Father Manuel R. Roman, a native of the U.S. Virgin Islands who was a few weeks shy of his 94th birthday when he died, was pastor of Church of the Ascension in Halethorpe from 1986 to his retirement in June 2005.
West Virginians meet their new bishop as humble, holy man August 23, 2019By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, World News People from around the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston already have a good feeling about their new shepherd, Bishop Mark E. Brennan, who was installed Aug. 22 as the ninth bishop of the diocese.
