Amen: Men of Letters March 22, 2018By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Amen, Amen McMullen Commentary, Commentary, Local News Reading Archbishop Lori’s pastoral letter on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s principles of nonviolence prompted Paul McMullen to consider his actions – and inaction – on issues of race and discrimination.
Schools, parishes focus on prevention, detection to keep safe March 22, 2018By Emily Rosenthal Alster Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools Schools and parishes in the Archdiocese of Baltimore are evaluating emergency plans and best practices.
Pro-life pregnancy center to open next to Planned Parenthood March 21, 2018By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life, Urban Vicariate “It’s definitely providential,” said Carol Clews, executive director of the CPC. “When we tell people in the pro-life community about this, their jaws drop. They are so excited.”
Coach, sixth man provide local Catholic connections to UMBC’s historic basketball team March 20, 2018By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Sports UMBC’s history-making appearance in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament included a sixth man from Archbishop Spalding High School and a coach who’s an Annapolis parishioner.
Gender identity workshop highlights church teaching, pastoral response March 19, 2018By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News Presenters at a workshop for parish and archdiocesan leaders regarding “The Catholic Church and Gender Identity” emphasized the need to take every case individually in order to provide pastoral care.
Day of Reconciliation is March 19 March 16, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Divine Worship, Feature, Local News, News, Worship & Sacraments Catholics throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore will have a special opportunity to go to confession on a Day of Reconcilation, scheduled for March 19.
Pope’s representative to U.S. addresses seminarians at Mount St. Mary’s March 16, 2018By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vatican, Vocations “(The future priest) must have the ability to see where mercy is needed and the healthy zeal to make himself readily available to apply the healing balm of God’s mercy with the love of a genuine father and pastor,” Archbishop Pierre said.
Baltimore’s Sister Mary Madonna Gies, R.S.M., dies at 89 March 16, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass was offered March 10 for Sister of Mercy Mary Madonna Gies at the Villa in Timonium. A Baltimore native who spent most of her ministry teaching in area schools, she died March 7 at age 89 after 72 years as a Sister of Mercy.
The Archdiocese of Baltimore, pro sports and the Sabbath March 16, 2018By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Commentary, Local News, News, Our Back Pages, Sports The era of “blue laws” restricted most business operations on Sunday. In the city, that meant Major League Baseball and National Football League games could not start before 2:05 p.m.
Catholics, Lutherans unite in prayer at St. Mary’s Seminary and University March 16, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Local News, News Catholic and Lutheran leaders came together for a service at St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore marking the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation.
Maryvale joins other Catholic schools in honoring victims of gun violence March 14, 2018By Emily Rosenthal Alster Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools Silently and reverently, students from Maryvale Preparatory School pressed red flags into the ground outside their school as the names of victims of last month’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fla., were read during a March 14 prayer service.
Former Yankee star and Mount St. Joseph graduate headlines Catholic Men’s Conference March 13, 2018By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Local News, Men, News, Video Father Charles Canterna shared the powerful story of the conversion of a a convicted murderer who was the last person to be executed in Maryland.