St. Frances principal fulfills dream to become Oblate Sister of Providence August 14, 2006By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Local News, News, Vocations It took more than four decades, but Sister Marcia fulfilled her childhood dream, professing her final vows as an Oblate during a jubilant Aug. 14 liturgy at Our Lady of Mount Providence Convent in Baltimore.
Manchester parishioners’ generosity builds new church October 13, 2005By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News About 90 percent of the grading work has already been finished at the muddy site, with construction of the all- brick church to follow.
Funnyman with a cause May 27, 2004By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News A well-known comic who is frequently heard on WIYY 98 Rock in Baltimore, the 1988 graduate of Archbishop Curley High School, Baltimore, appears at the Comedy Factory Outlet and local pubs.
Chaplain recounts horrors of Iraqi war June 19, 2003By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations “Bullets are so terrible now,” said Father Erestain, a lieutenant commander and the only Catholic priest aboard the Comfort as it cruised the Persian Gulf throughout the war. “They come in and they rip the body right through,” he explained, slowly trailing a finger along the length of his abdomen to show the power of the weapons.
Catholic astronaut from Essex to head for space station aboard shuttle January 18, 2001By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools “When you’re in space, and you look back at earth, it strikes you as an overwhelmingly beautiful vision,” Jones said. “It makes me think that God constructed us to appreciate this aspect of creation. He put something in our brains to appreciate the magnificence of creation.”
