Sister Bernadette Wilson, L.S.P., dies at 71 August 15, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Little Sister of the Poor Bernadette Wilson will be offered Aug. 17 at St. Martin’s Home for the Aged in Catonsville. Sister Bernadette died Aug. 12. She was 71.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Solemnity of the Assumption/World Youth Day August 13, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Baltimore Basilica, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, World Youth Day Portugal 2023 Joining us to talk about the significance of this feast is Monsignor Charles Mangan, a theology professor at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg. Angelus Virata, director of evangelization at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, talks about special Assumption events planned for the basilica. She also has information for young adults about local and international activities connected to World Youth Day.
Brother Floyd Warwick, F.S.C., former Calvert Hall teacher, dies August 12, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Brother Floyd, who held a bachelor’s degree from La Salle College, served as an educator at Calvert Hall College High School in Towson from 1965 to 1968 and from 1987 to 2015. He also ministered in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York.
Baltimore-area groups awarded $356,000 in CCHD grants, speak of togetherness August 11, 2022By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Social Justice A theme of togetherness resounded within the diverse groups receiving grants at the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s annual Catholic Campaign for Human Developmental awards luncheon Aug. 10 at St. Bernardine Church in West Baltimore.
Anna’s Gift Foundation helps hope bloom for hospitalized children August 11, 2022By Adam Zielonka Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News The parish community at St. Ignatius of Loyola in Ijamsville partnered Aug. 4 with Anna’s Gift, assembling more than 800 kits for sick children in need of some comfort and happy memories.
Young adults from Archdiocese of Baltimore invited to experience local and international World Youth Day events August 10, 2022By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, World Youth Day Portugal 2023, Young Adult Ministry Young adults from across the Archdiocese of Baltimore will have plenty of opportunities to experience next year’s World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal – both in person at the international gathering of young people and through a yearlong series of local pilgrimages that kicks off this month.
Archdiocese of Baltimore welcomes new school leaders August 10, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools Several elementary and high schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore are under new leadership.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Camp St. Vincent August 8, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, St. Vincent de Paul Baltimore Mary Helfrich, chief advancement officer for St. Vincent de Paul Baltimore and a parishioner of St. Louis in Clarksville, shares the amazing history and ministry of Camp St. Vincent.
Archbishop Lori decries Biden executive order, ‘continued promotion of abortion’ August 5, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life Decrying President Joe Biden’s new executive order on abortion, the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee said Aug. 5 that “continued promotion of abortion takes lives and irreparably harms vulnerable pregnant mothers, their families and society.”
Archbishop Lori urges Congress to ‘seize hopeful moment,’ vote to protect life, common good August 4, 2022By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, U.S. Congress The Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade “presents a historic opportunity to reshape society for the better,” said the chairmen of U.S. bishops’ committees on pro-life activities, religious liberty, marriage and family, and domestic policy.
Maryland Catholic Conference executive director witnesses devastation in Ukraine August 2, 2022By Nancy Menefee Jackson Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, War in Ukraine “It was extraordinarily jarring the first time the bombing sirens went off,” Kraska said. Equally jarring was traveling into downtown Lviv and seeing the paintings and statues of the cathedral and other buildings swathed in boards and metal in an attempt to protect them.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Extraterrestrial Intelligence and the Catholic Faith August 1, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Books, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview Is there intelligent extraterrestrial life elsewhere in the universe? And if there is, what do the Catholic Church, Scripture and theology have to say about it?
