Archbishop Lori will assist at Father McGivney’s beatification Oct. 31 October 26, 2020By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, Local News, News, Radio Interview With Venerable Father Michael McGivney, the parish priest who founded the Knights of Columbus in 1882, to be beatified Oct. 31 at St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Hartford, Conn., Archbishop William E. Lori was looking forward to witnessing history and honoring the man he referred to as “the parish priest of my soul.”
Pope announces new cardinals, including U.S. Archbishop Gregory October 25, 2020By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2020 Consistory, Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis announced he will create 13 new cardinals Nov. 28, including Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of Washington.
Archbishop Lori to take part in virtual town hall on police reform October 23, 2020By Tim Swift Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori will join Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison and local elected officials for a virtual town hall Oct. 26 at 7:30 p.m. about police reform.
Sister Margaret St. John Brocato, OSF, taught 32 years in Baltimore Archdiocese October 22, 2020By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass will be offered Oct. 22 at Assisi House in Aston, Pa., for Sister Margaret St. John Brocato, who died there Oct. 14 at age 92.
Pro-life center opens next to Planned Parenthood in downtown Baltimore October 22, 2020By Tim Swift Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life After years of preparation, the Center for Pregnancy Concerns is opening its newest Baltimore City location with a “virtual ribbon cutting.”
Turkey Bowl football rivalry will continue Thanksgiving Day for Calvert Hall, Loyola Blakefield October 21, 2020By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Sports The Turkey Bowl will begin its second century without interruption.
‘An enduring symbol of God’ returns to the Baltimore skyline October 20, 2020By Tim Swift Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Urban Vicariate After months of repairs and thousands of dollars in donations from parishioners, Baltimore’s St. Mary, Star of the Sea will shine again.
Catholic Charities of Baltimore ends international adoption program October 20, 2020By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Local News, News After more than 75 years helping form families through international adoption, Catholic Charities of Baltimore closed its international adoption program Sept. 30, citing changing circumstances within other countries and a “negative stance” toward international adoption from the American federal government.
RADIO INTERVIEW: How to feel good and how not to – the ethics of recreational drug use October 19, 2020By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview John-Mark Miravalle speaks about his new book, “How to Feel Good and How Not To: The Ethics of Using Marijuana, Alcohol, Anti-depressant and Other Mood Altering Drugs” by Sophia Press.
Taking a cue from immigrants’ home countries, messages about COVID-19 taken into hard-hit neighborhoods October 19, 2020By Patricia Zapor Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Bishop Lewandowski, Catholic Charities, Coronavirus, Feature, Hispanic Ministry, Immigration and Migration, Local News, News With infection rates rising around Maryland, as elsewhere in the country, the timing couldn’t be better for the sound truck’s launch. As of Oct. 19, the 21224 ZIP code had 2,117 reported cases of COVID-19, second only in the state to the Silver Spring/Langley Park ZIP code, another area densely populated by immigrants.
Messages of White Mass amplified in Baltimore Archdiocese during pandemic October 19, 2020By Mary K. Tilghman Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News Clad in their white coats, health professionals gathered at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary for the annual White Mass Oct. 18, to pray together for their colleagues and patients with Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore.
Health officials, archdiocese team up to reach Hispanic communities hard-hit by COVID October 16, 2020By Tim Swift Catholic Review Filed Under: Bishop Lewandowski, Coronavirus, Feature, Hispanic Ministry, Immigration and Migration, Local News, News Working with Catholic Charities of Baltimore and Auxiliary Bishop Bruce Lewandowski, C.Ss.R., the Maryland Department of Health announced Oct. 16 the creation of a mobile education unit and a health hotline to reach Hispanic communities that have been especially hard-hit by the coronavirus epidemic.