Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Sports
Archbishop William E. Lori in December received a photograph of Ruth in his prime taken during a visit with his New York Yankees teammates to St. Mary’s Industrial School in Southwest Baltimore. Ginny Black of Mount Pleasant, S.C., who discovered it among her late mother’s possessions, mailed the photo to Archbishop Lori.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools
St. Frances Academy in East Baltimore will welcome its first middle schoolers at the start of the 2025-26 school year after receiving approval in May from the Maryland State Department of Education and accreditation by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
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Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Local News, News, St. Vincent de Paul Baltimore
To show support for the work done by Catholic Charities, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Catholic Relief Services, the Archdiocese of Baltimore will hold a Mass for the Preservation of Peace and Justice at 7:30 p.m., June 11, at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland.
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Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Vocations
For a priest who never expected to focus his ministry on vocations, Father Michael Romano has become a leading figure in shaping the next generation of Catholic clergy – and now he’ll do it from the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, as rector of Mount St. Mary’s Seminary.
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Filed Under: CR Radio, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Sports
Jim Hunter, the former longtime play-by-play announcer for the Baltimore Orioles and a fixture in Baltimore sports broadcasting, is a devoted Catholic and an active parishioner of St. Mark in Fallston. Mark Viviano talks with Hunter about his years in broadcasting and his journey of faith.
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Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, Local News, News
The Archdiocese of Baltimore launched its Mental Health Ministry plan in 2021. During its first phase, nearly 1,000 people were trained in mental health first aid, according to Melissa Freymann, a mental wellness consultant for the archdiocese and a therapist with St. Lucia Counseling.
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Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Youth Ministry
Nativity’s current campaign to raise $15 million to build a 17,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art ministry center is a measure of the success of the parish’s approach to ministry to children and teens.
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Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, Local News, News
With the words “Put the Guns Down – Let Peace Begin with Us” emblazoned across its side, a Baltimore City bus proclaimed a message of peace May 22, as Catholic sisters from eight religious congregations gathered alongside it on Monroe Street.
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Filed Under: CR Radio, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Vatican
Pope Leo XIV was formally inaugurated as the successor of Peter in a Mass May 18 in St. Peter’s Square. Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori was among the concelebrants of the Mass, and he shares his reflections about being there for the historic event, and his hopes for the future of the church with Pope Leo.
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Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News
The mission of American Gold Star Mothers Inc., an organization of mothers such as Deborah Potocki who have lost loved ones in military service, is to find strength in the fellowship of other Gold Star Mothers who strive to keep the memories of their fallen sons and daughters alive.
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Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Vatican
The election of a Chicago-born pope with Louisiana Creole ancestry is drawing attention from Black Catholics, especially after genealogist Jari Honora traced Pope Leo XIV’s maternal grandparents to New Orleans’ Black Catholic community.
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Filed Under: Bishop Lewandowski, Feature, Local News, News
Bishop Bruce A. Lewandowski, C.Ss.R., announced his arrival at the doors of the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Providence, R.I., May 20. The main entranceway to the cathedral then opened, welcoming Bishop Lewandowski to be formally installed as the 10th bishop of the Diocese of Providence.
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