Archbishop O’Brien sues to overturn pregnancy center law April 1, 2010By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life The Archdiocese of Baltimore is suing Baltimore City to overturn a controversial new law that requires the city’s pro-life pregnancy centers to post signs saying they do not provide abortion or birth-control.
‘Jesus loves chili dogs’: Stoops family reaches out to city’s homeless March 25, 2010By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, St. Vincent de Paul Baltimore The palpable love for the Stoopses runs deep among the guests – many of whom have turned to the weekly meal for years, and, in some cases, a decade or more. It goes beyond just having a meal. The Stoopses have sparked hope and, for many, a profound new life.
Dr. Valenti surprised with high honor March 19, 2010By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Schools School Sister of Notre Dame Irene Pryle faked out Dr. Ronald J. Valenti in the best way possible at the 19th annual Teachers’ Awards Banquet, held March 18 at Martin’s West in Woodlawn.
Boylan will continue to influence Loyola athletics March 4, 2010By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Sports “As all good leaders do, Joe led by example,” said Jesuit Father Brian F. Linnane, the Loyola president. “He’s a person of enormous integrity. Joe could be really tough if you didn’t live up to those standards, in terms of not just athletic performance, but representing the university in ways we could be proud of.”
Archbishop O´Brien explains background for Archdiocese of Baltimore schools consolidations, planning March 4, 2010By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News In advance of the March 4 release of the Consolidation Plan and Report for archdiocesan schools, Archbishop Edwin F. O´Brien sat down with Catholic Review associate publisher/editor Christopher Gunty to discuss the process that led to the decisions, and the ramifications. Click here to read the Q & A
St. Alphonsus honors Baltimore’s spymaster priest March 4, 2010By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News As the Cold War raged in the late 1970s and early 1980s, 1,000 nuns packed secret messages into tubes of toothpaste and bits of candy – smuggling the reports of human rights abuses and church persecution out of Communist-dominated Lithuania.
School consolidations announcement set March 1, 2010By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien is set to announce the consolidation of an unspecified number of schools March 4.
Father Hilgartner to be among leaders of workshops on new missal February 25, 2010By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News WASHINGTON – Registration is now open for a series of workshops to help prepare priests and diocesan leaders for implementation of the revised Roman Missal.
From St. Barnabas to St. Pius – A Journey of a Parish February 25, 2010By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News (This is the first article in a two-part series.) There is a banner at St. Pius dated July 12, 1931. The date represents the 78th anniversary when the congregation of St. Barnabas located at West Biddle Street and Argyle Avenue relocated and became the congregation of St. Pius V located four blocks away.
For Hackett, CRS veteran leader, rebuilding Haiti is an unprecedented challenge February 18, 2010By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – During the past 40 years – from his first engagement as a Peace Corps volunteer to his three decades spanning the globe with Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services – Ken Hackett has witnessed and responded to human misery.
Deacon Mortel describes need in Haiti February 11, 2010By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News At mid-day Feb. 4, while most in the Mid-Atlantic concerned themselves with the arrival of a record-setting blizzard, Deacon Rodrigue Mortel sat in his office at the Catholic Center and considered a crisis that requires more than stocking up on bread and milk.
Vigil Against Violence brings more than 1,000 to cathedral January 28, 2010By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Lineetra Seward dreams of a day when she can walk around her Baltimore City neighborhood without fear.
