Monsignor Aiken accompanied by many on his ‘journey’ with cancer October 10, 2019By Paul McMullen Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Eastern Vicariate, Feature, Local News, News Nine months into his fight with stage 4 cancer, the 74-year-old priest of the Archdiocese of Baltimore can see he is not alone.
Campus ministry at Towson University among those planning parties to mark Cardinal Newman’s canonization October 9, 2019By Carol Zimmermann Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Young Adult Ministry The Catholic campus ministry at Towson University will celebrate the canonization with an Oct. 13 community festival outside the grounds of its Newman Center, 7909 York Road, Towson, MD 21204. The festival, which runs from noon to 7 p.m., is free and open to everyone. It will feature music, food, games and more.
Children reminded of their power at Rosary Congress October 8, 2019By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Baltimore Basilica, Feature, Local News, News, Schools “I think you all have more power, and that’s because of the power of prayer,” said Father Boric, speaking Oct. 8 during a special children’s event on the fourth day of the 2019 archdiocesan Rosary Congress.
Mount de Sales enjoying a stellar fall sports season October 7, 2019By Jeff Seidel Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Sports While volleyball has gotten the most attention, it is one of just four teams from Mount de Sales Academy in Catonsville enjoying strong fall seasons.
St. Agnes doctor carries healing legacy of religious sisters October 7, 2019By Anna Jones Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Faces of Faith, Feature, Local News, News “I think (my faith) is one of the things I fall back on,” he said. “I’ve spent more of my life being a Catholic than being a doctor.”
New director, home for seafarers October 5, 2019By Lisa Harlow Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Video With the retirement from active ministry of Monsignor John FitzGerald, the Apostleship of the Sea (AOS), a Catholic ministry for seafarers, has its first lay director. Andy Middleton is hardly new to the ministry, having served as its right hand man for more than a decade.
Mount St. Mary’s welcomes professor’s service dog October 4, 2019By Emily Rosenthal Alster Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Colleges, Disabilities Ministry, Feature, Local News, News To David Karn’s accounting students at Mount St. Mary’s University, everything seems perfectly normal. Duchess, his service dog, lays tucked behind his desk, unseen – just as she is supposed to be.
Sister Eugene Francis Keaveney, SP, served as principal of Lansdowne school October 3, 2019By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Sister Eugene Francis Keaveney, whose 74 years as a Sister of Providence included six at a former parish school in Baltimore County, died Sept. 23 at St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind. She was 93.
Sister Mary Elizabeth Burke, SSND, taught across Baltimore Archdiocese October 3, 2019By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Sister Mary Elizabeth Burke, who spent nearly half of her 67 years as a vowed member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame as an educator and administrator in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, died Sept. 11 at Villa Assumpta in Towson. She was 97.
Sister Patricia Huesman, SSND, served Baltimore Archdiocese as educator, administrator October 3, 2019By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Sister Patricia Huesman, a vowed member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame for 64 years, who ministered as an educator and administrator in Baltimore City and across Maryland for more than 40 years, died Sept. 4. She was 86.
Schools gala keeps creating Catholic scholarships in Baltimore Archdiocese September 30, 2019By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Giving, Local News, News, Schools The 11th annual gala for Archdiocese of Baltimore schools Sept. 28 saw more than $720,000 raised in scholarships funds, raising to approximately $8 million the effort has brought in since its inaugural in 2009, one that had already created more than 1,300 scholarships for students in need.
Philanthropist Mary Catherine Bunting gives record $2 million gift to IND September 30, 2019By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Schools Mary Catherine Bunting, a Baltimore philanthropist, has given a record $2 million gift to the Institute of Notre Dame in Baltimore, according to a Sept. 30 news release from the school.
