Archdiocese of Baltimore well represented at pro-life events in nation’s capital January 23, 2026By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, Local News, News, Respect Life The Archdiocese of Baltimore was well represented at a two-day celebration of life Jan. 22-23 in the nation’s capital that concluded with the 53rd annual March for Life.
Pastors encouraged to schedule extra Saturday services with snow, ice forecast for Maryland January 22, 2026By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Worship & Sacraments A message sent to priests by the archdiocesan communications department noted that it is up to pastors to decide whether to hold Sunday Masses, based on their best judgment and knowledge of anticipated snowfall and local road conditions.
Loyola University receives $12 million gift to establish Bloomfield Hall, create scholarship opportunities January 22, 2026By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News Loyola University Maryland received its third multi-million-dollar gift in the past two months as it announced Jan. 21 that it received a $12 million commitment from Bill and Susan S. Bloomfield.
Like mother, like daughter at St. Mark School in Catonsville January 22, 2026By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools It isn’t a secret that the student body at St. Mark School in Catonsville is a family affair, with classrooms filled with siblings and cousins, as well as faculty members’ children, nieces and nephews. Having four teams of mothers and daughters working at the school, however, is a bit unusual.
In Baltimore, faithful walk for peace in Martin Luther King Jr.’s spirit January 20, 2026By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Social Justice Now in its 13th year, the annual walk is sponsored by St. Bernardine and Historic St. Peter Claver in memory of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Monsignor Edward Michael Miller, a former St. Bernardine pastor who died in December 2013 while preparing for Sunday Mass.
Radio Interview: Lent and Pope Leo January 19, 2026By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Books, CR Radio, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Vatican Deacon Greg Kandra is a writer, retreat leader, blogger and author. Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty chatted with Deacon Kandra about his most recent book, “Peace Be with All of You: The Mission and Message of Pope Leo XIV,” from Word Among Us.
Archdiocese of Baltimore’s discernment retreat supports vocations January 16, 2026By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations More than two dozen potential candidates for the seminary had a weekend-long opportunity Jan. 9-11 in a supportive group setting to consider their vocational calling at the archdiocese’s annual men’s discernment retreat.
St. Mary’s Seminary names Father Shawn Gould as next rector January 15, 2026By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Vocations Sulpician Father Shawn D. Gould has been named by his society’s provincial council as the next president-rector of St. Mary’s Seminary & University in Roland Park, effective July 1.
Catholic Review sponsoring pilgrimage to Marian sites in Europe January 15, 2026By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Marian Devotion, News Catholic Review Media will coordinate a pilgrimage to Fatima, Lourdes and Barcelona Oct. 25-Nov. 4 to see apparition sites in Portugal and France, as well as Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona.
Sister Christina Christie, former Anglican nun who led her community into the Catholic Church, dies at 94 January 15, 2026By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Sister Christina Christie, a former Anglican nun who played a pivotal role in guiding her Catonsville-based women’s religious community into full communion with the Catholic Church, died Dec. 5. She was 94 and had been a member of the Society of All Saints Sisters of the Poor for 59 years.
St. Carlo Acutis statues unveiled in Harford County parishes January 14, 2026By Jay Sorgi Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, Local News, News, Saints Pope Leo XIV canonized both St. Carlo and St. Pier Giorgio Frassati Sept. 7. St. Carlo died at 15 years old in 2006 after battling leukemia. He became known as the first saint of the digital age, using the internet to share stories of eucharistic miracles around the world.
At start of new pontificate, Weigel tells Maryland audience to ‘take a deep breath’ January 13, 2026By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vatican Speaking to a crowd of about 300 Jan. 9 at St. Louis in Clarksville, part of a pastorate with St. Francis of Assisi in Fulton, George Weigel urged Catholics to resist snap judgments about the new pope and instead understand the complex moment he has inherited.
