Sister Elizabeth Ann Tonroe, D.C., former principal of several schools, dies at 94 October 7, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass was offered Oct. 1 for Daughter of Charity Sister Elizabeth Ann Tonroe at the Basilica of St. Elizabeth Seton in Emmitsburg. Sister Elizabeth Ann, a former teacher and principal of several schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, died Sept. 27. She was 94.
Aberdeen STEM maven who died suddenly at 52 inspired family, peers, students October 7, 2021By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools Tokarski loved butterflies, and was the force of nature behind the Monarch Butterfly Garden at St. Joan of Arc School in Aberdeen, where kids learn about botany, entomology and geography.
Former Harford County priest pleads guilty to coercion and enticement of a minor October 6, 2021By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, Local News, News Fernando Cristancho, a former priest assigned to St. Ignatius, Hickory, in Forest Hill, pleaded guilty Oct. 4 to coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity, according to an Oct. 5 news release from the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office. Cristancho met the victim through the parish. He also admitted that he produced nude images of four other minor victims.
Monsignor Charles Frederick Meisel, founding pastor of Church of the Nativity, dies at 96 October 6, 2021By Lisa Harlow Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Monsignor Charles Frederick Meisel, founding pastor of Church of the Nativity in Timonium and a mentor to upcoming priests, died Oct. 2 at Stella Maris. He was 96, and at the time of his death was the oldest living archdiocesan priest.
Group burial of urns provides opportunity for closure for loved ones October 5, 2021By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News If you have an urn or vessel containing the remains of a loved one sitting on a shelf in your home, Father Patrick Carrion would like to help you put that to rest.
Pilgrimage for the Sea Services Mass celebrated at Mother Seton’s shrine October 5, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Western Vicariate The special Mass brings together members of the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Merchant Marines and Public Health Services with family and friends to join in prayer to thank St. Elizabeth Ann Seton for her protection and ask for her continued intercession for the country, the safety of all those at sea and for those who have fallen while serving their country.
Long game: Father Watters grows Jesuit ‘ecosystem’ to encompass pre-K to high school October 4, 2021By Paul McMullen Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Schools “Father Bill has an amazing quality,” said Earl Linehan, a parishioner of St. Ignatius who helped launch St. Ignatius Loyola Academy and is on the Board of Trustees at Cristo Rey Jesuit. “People want to help him, because there’s never anything about him in it. There’s no ego. His people have a tough time saying no because they know he’s doing good.”
RADIO INTERVIEW: The inspiring life of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos October 4, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Saints George Matysek talks about the inspiring life of Blessed Seelos with Redemptorist Father Richard Boever, executive director of the National Shrine of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos in New Orleans and the author of a newly released book about Blessed Seelos.
Cut off from travel to Haiti, parishes from Baltimore archdiocese continue to help October 4, 2021By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News In the Archdiocese of Baltimore, frustration mounts among churches physically shut off from sister parishes on the western half of the island of Hispaniola, where misery is compounded by gang violence, the COVID-19 pandemic, the assasination of President Jovenel Moïse, an earthquake, tropical storms and immigration roadblocks.
Praying with their feet: Rosary Congress kicks off with walking pilgrimage October 4, 2021By Matthew Liptak Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Baltimore Basilica, Feature, Local News, News Praying the rosary while walking up Charles Street from the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland to the Baltimore Basilica downtown, a group of 30 pilgrims set a brisk pace on their more than 4.5-mile journey between the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s co-cathedrals.
Former East Baltimore Redemptorist pastor dies at 85 October 1, 2021By Matthew Liptak Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Bishop Lewandowski, Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Redemptorist Father Richard Poetzel, a former pastor of his home parish of Sacred Heart of Jesus in Highlandtown and Our Lady of Fatima in Baltimore, died Sept. 24 at the St. John Neumann community at Stella Maris in Timonium.
Group sues Baltimore for canceling rally it planned for bishops’ assembly October 1, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, U.S. Bishops Meeting - Fall 2021 A Catholic advocacy group known for its critical comments about Catholic leaders said Baltimore city officials violated their religious rights in denying approval for a rally it planned near the hotel where the U.S. bishops’ will meet in November.
