Annunciation pastor calls first parish Mass after church shooting a ‘humble beginning’ September 2, 2025By Joe Ruff OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News Recalling the fear and the cries from students, parents and school staff to “get low, stay down, stay down, don’t get up” as bullets tore through Annunciation church at an all-school Mass in Minneapolis, Father Dennis Zehren, the pastor, said it marked a new beginning.
Sister of Mercy Ruth Handren, former administrator at Mercy Medical Center, dies at 104 September 2, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass will be held Sept. 4 for Sister of Mercy Ruth Handren. Sister Ruth, formerly known as Sister Mary Scholastica, had been a Sister of Mercy for 81 years. She died Aug. 27 at Mercy Springwell retirement home. She was 104.
Pope prays for Minneapolis victims, denounces ‘pandemic’ of gun violence September 2, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV, praying publicly for the victims of the school shooting in Minneapolis, also prayed for an end to the “pandemic” of gun violence.
St. Francis of Assisi teacher Lori Hicks is ‘little pencil in the hand of God’ September 2, 2025By Sharon Crews Hare Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools Lori Hicks, who was recently named Elementary School Teacher of the Year by the Archdiocese of Baltimore, quoted St. Teresa of Kolkata in explaining her first-grade teaching position at St. Francis of Assisi School in Baltimore.
Friar behind ‘Rosary in a Year’ explores Jesus Christ’s ‘blueprint’ in the beatitudes September 1, 2025By Lauretta Brown OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News After climbing the podcast charts with “Rosary in a Year,” Father Mark-Mary Ames of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal recently released “Eight Promises of God: Discovering Hope Through the Beatitudes,” a book that he hopes will encourage people to see “the beauty and the gift that the Lord offers us in the beatitudes.” Father […]
Dragon Boat races coming to Baltimore’s Inner Harbor for Catholic Charities September 1, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Local News, News, Sports Since 1998, the Dragon Boat races have been a biennial tradition, except for a pandemic pause. The event was born from a visit to China by Hal Smith, a former executive director of Catholic Charities of Baltimore.
Making saints: How does the canonization process work? August 31, 2025By Father Richard Gribble OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Catholicism’s 2,000-year history has seen the process for the proclamation of saints develop significantly.
Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati shows how to ‘be holy in the normalcy of our lives’ August 31, 2025By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Pope Leo XIV plans to canonize Turin native Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati , who died in 1925, alongside fellow Italian Blessed Carlo Acutis Sept. 7.
Fletcher loved his family, Harper was a ‘joyful’ big sister: Annunciation shooting victims mourned August 29, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News The parents of both children confirmed as victims of the Aug. 27 shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church issued their first statements in the aftermath, mourning the loss of their children.
‘Hold onto Jesus’s hand’: Parents, clergy process Minneapolis Catholic school shooting’s aftermath August 29, 2025By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News As the sun set the evening of Aug. 28, mourners lingered in front of Annunciation Catholic Church before a robust memorial of flowers, stuffed animals, toys and candles.
Experts share 6 ways to help prevent suicide ahead of Suicide Prevention Month August 29, 2025By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, World News Ahead of National Suicide Prevention Month in September, ministry leaders and crisis experts are listing practical steps that individuals, families and churches can take to help prevent suicide.
Hurricane Katrina 20th anniversary a call to racial equity, justice, say bishops August 29, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Disaster Relief, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News The 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina marks a call to “renew our commitment to racial equity and justice in every sector of public life,” said two U.S. Catholic bishops.
