Philanthropist Mary Catherine Bunting gives record $2 million gift to IND September 30, 2019By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Schools Mary Catherine Bunting, a Baltimore philanthropist, has given a record $2 million gift to the Institute of Notre Dame in Baltimore, according to a Sept. 30 news release from the school.
Parishioners make Harford Region’s Faithfest go September 27, 2019By Paul McMullen Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Positively Catholic “The generosity of the people who put this on is remarkable,” Father Foppiano said. “They all have lives to live. They’re doing this on the side, and for some, with the effort they put in, it could be a full-time job. So often we focus on our own territory, and it’s nice to come together.”
NDP well on its way in $10 million campaign for Innovation Wing, endowment September 27, 2019By Paul McMullen Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Schools Notre Dame Preparatory School broke ground on a new Innovation Wing in June 2018, when it had barely scratched the surface on a $10 million capital campaign that would pay for the latest transformation of the school.
Baltimore Archdiocese Filipino celebration brings another big crowd to cathedral September 25, 2019By Rus VanWestervelt Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News On the last full day of summer, nearly 2,000 people from across the Mid-Atlantic region turned out for the ninth annual Archdiocese of Baltimore Filipino Saints Fiesta Celebration at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland Sept. 22.
Archdiocese welcomes 17 new seminarians, largest group in at least 36 years September 24, 2019By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Vocations The addition of 17 new seminarians brings the total number studying for the archdiocese to 52.
Brunswick parishioner begins ministry in Cambodia September 19, 2019By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News Barbara Smith of St. Mary’s Parish in Brunswick departed for Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sept. 3 to begin teaching in one of the Salesian Sisters’ boarding high schools and live in community with the sisters for a year. She will have the option of extending for a second year.
St. Pius X in final stages of becoming ‘fully-integrated’ Montessori school September 14, 2019By Mary K. Tilghman Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Schools The only Catholic Montessori school in the state, St. Pius X in 2011 began transitioning to the individualized program, which is designed to allow students to learn at their own pace.
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?
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.
