Welcoming spirit marks Our Lady of Grace’s 50-year history June 6, 2024By Kurt Jensen Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Parish Anniversary 2024 No one at Our Lady of Grace in Parkton, when asked about their parish’s special character, uses the phrase “radical hospitality.” But it’s what they aggressively practice through social activities. They’re designed as different ways to encourage visitors to join.
Families endure one year after Annapolis killings June 6, 2024By Marietha Góngora V. Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, Local News, News One year after his son was gunned down in what some consider a hate crime, Christian Segovia said it’s the sense of emptiness that hurts the most – seeing the spaces where his son is no longer present.
Loyola University Maryland closing its Timonium Graduate Center June 4, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News Loyola University Maryland is closing its Timonium Graduate Center at the end of the 2023-2024 academic year and moving all academic programs and administrative offices to other locations, the Baltimore university announced June 3.
Dr. Robert Redfield warns against ‘scientific arrogance,’ calls for increased biosecurity June 3, 2024By Lisa Harlow Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Health Care, Local News, News The coronavirus pandemic was just a dress rehearsal. Something bigger is coming, according to the former head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “It’s not a question of if; it’s a question of when,” said Dr. Robert Redfield, a parishioner of the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland who led the CDC from 2018 to 2021 and now is a disease and internal medicine physician at Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Towson.
Safe Streets opens new Cherry Hill office as leaders tout success against violence May 31, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Gun Violence, Local News, News, Social Justice William McCarthy Jr. insists it’s not a matter of opinion that a public health program known as “Safe Streets” helps reduce violence in Baltimore City. The longtime executive director of Catholic Charities of Baltimore called it a statistical fact.
Baltimore native Bishop Martin tells people of Charlotte Diocese: ‘I’m yours now’ at his ordination May 30, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Local News, News Conventual Franciscan Father Michael T. Martin was ordained during a three-hour liturgy that included hundreds of priests and deacons, more than a dozen bishops and one cardinal representing Pope Francis. The Baltimore native and graduate of Archbishop Curley High School succeeds the retiring Bishop Peter J. Jugis.
Deadline arrives for claims in Archdiocese of Baltimore’s bankruptcy case May 30, 2024By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: 2023 Attorney General's Report, Child & Youth Protection, Feature, Local News, News As of 11:59 p.m. May 31, the deadline closes for those who wish to make a claim against the Archdiocese of Baltimore for instances of sexual abuse prior to Sept. 29, 2023, by clergy or other personnel in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization.
5 Things to Know about the bar date in the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s bankruptcy case May 30, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, Local News, News In a court hearing Dec. 18, Judge Michelle M. Harner said she would make an order setting May 31 as the “bar date” in the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization case. The move sets the deadline by which anyone who has a claim against the archdiocese – including anyone who was abused before Sept. 29, 2023, by clergy, religious or employees in the archdiocese – must submit a claim to be included in the potential settlement.
5 Things to Know about the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s stop in Maryland May 29, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, Local News, News Five Things to Know about the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s stop in the Archdiocese of Baltimore:
Students bid fond farewell to Hagerstown school May 24, 2024By Katie V. Jones Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Western Vicariate The Archdiocese of Baltimore announced in September that St. Maria Goretti High School in Hagerstown would be closing. An independent committee organized by school supporters investigated keeping the school open as an independent Catholic school, but it concluded in November that it was not feasible, and the decision was made to close.
Catholic Charities Executive Director Bill McCarthy will retire in 2025 May 23, 2024By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Giving, Local News, News Catholic Charities of Maryland Executive Director, William J. “Bill” McCarthy Jr. announced May 23 he will retire in July 2025. By that time, he will have led the State of Maryland’s largest private provider of human services for 16 years.
Former Annapolis and Baltimore pastor Father Thomas Siconolfi dies at 80 May 23, 2024By Kurt Jensen Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Redemptorist Father Thomas Joseph Siconolfi, who died May 12 at age 80, was a former pastor of St. Mary’s Parish in Annapolis, one of the largest in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, where he served from 1993 to 1999.