Local News

Mount St. Mary’s product: PIE scholarship ‘changed my life’

September 7, 2018
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools

Alexis Watson is employed by the Mount as a program coordinator in alumni engagement, and already knows her way around development and marketing, having served as the face of its “Live Significantly” campaign during the previous school year, which put her on radio, TV and billboards. None of that would have happened, according to Watson, without the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Partners in Excellence (PIE) scholarship program.

Deacon Wise ministered to sick in Baltimore, Carroll County

September 6, 2018
By Catholic Review Staff
Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries

Deacon Stanley L. Wise, a Dundalk native who served with the U.S. Navy in World War II and ministered to the sick in Baltimore City and Carroll County, was remembered for his service to his country and his God.

Inside and out, lake vacationers revel in Deep Creek Mass

September 6, 2018
By Emily Rosenthal Alster
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News

McHENRY – Massgoers happily overflow St. Peter at the Lake Center. Both sides of the nine-year-old building, a mile east of Deep Creek Lake, are lined with sliding glass doors followed by a row of benches. Beyond that is a pasture where people can unfold lawn chairs, and parents roam with antsy children.

Calvert Hall’s champions include marching band

September 5, 2018
By Emily Rosenthal Alster
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools

TOWSON – While many of their peers enjoyed an extended summer, members of the Calvert Hall College High School marching band honed their craft in the heat.

First day for three Catholic schools includes Archbishop Lori, other visitors

September 4, 2018
By Emily Rosenthal Alster
Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Schools

On the first day of school Sept. 4, Archbishop William E. Lori – accompanied by Jim Sellinger, chancellor of education, and Donna Hargens, superintendent – visited schools in Harford and Baltimore counties.

New Baltimore Catholic school to be named in honor of Mother Lange

September 4, 2018
By Catholic Review Staff
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Home Page, Local News, News

The proposed new Catholic school in Baltimore will honor the name of Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange, the foundress of the Oblate Sisters of Providence and the first Catholic school in the United States for black children.

Spirit of service begins early at Holy Angels

September 4, 2018
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools

“Created for Good Works” is the theme for 2018-19, the year of service in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. That is an ethos that students at Catholic schools embrace long before they enter high school.

Archbishop Lori announces clergy appointments

September 3, 2018
By Archdiocese of Baltimore
Filed Under: Appointments, Local News, News

Archbishop William E. Lori announces the following appointments.

Archbishop Lori meets with priests to hear concerns, offer support

August 31, 2018
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Child & Youth Protection, Feature, Local News, News

Archbishop William E. Lori met with more than 100 priests Aug. 28 at St. Margaret in Bel Air to offer his support and to listen to their concerns approximately two weeks after the release of the Pennsylvania grand jury report on clergy sexual abuse.

New superintendent excited about ‘Year of Service’

August 31, 2018
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools

Encouraging students to reach out to others through community service has always been a critical part of Catholic education. This year, however, helping others is getting even more attention as the Archdiocese of Baltimore has declared the 2018-19 school year a “Year of Service.”

Educators gather for Catholic schools convocation in Timonium

August 30, 2018
By Emily Rosenthal Alster
Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Child & Youth Protection, Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Uncategorized

Educators gathered at the Church of the Nativity in Timonium for the eighth-annual convocation to kick off the 2018-19 year.

No limits for No Boundaries, recognized by Pax Christi International, CCHD

August 30, 2018
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Urban Vicariate

Kelly serves on the executive committee of St. Peter Claver/St. Pius V Parish, and is chief executive officer of No Boundaries, an 8-year-old nonprofit that has grown from an organizer of block parties into an advocate for education, health, recovery and safety, as well as accountability among police and public officials.