Social Ministry Convocation gets fresh look for 45th annual event April 4, 2024By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Social Justice The Social Ministry Convocation serves as an annual showcase and educational forum for Baltimore’s chapter of the Campaign for Catholic Human Development.
‘Scouting is back,’ going strong teaching life skills to youths in Archdiocese of Baltimore April 4, 2024By Kurt Jensen Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Youth Ministry, Youth Programs Archdiocesan Scouting officials hope to glimpse the future of the programs at an April 19-21 retreat at Walkersville Watershed in Frederick. It’s the first since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, and Father Jim Bors, appointed last year as chaplain of the Archdiocesan Catholic Committee on Scouting Leadership, hopes it will show “that Scouting is back.”
Franciscan Sister Joan Bunty dies at 88 April 3, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries An 11 a.m. funeral Mass for Franciscan Sister Joan Bunty, (formerly Sister Josephine Mary) will be offered April 4 at Assisi House in Aston, Pa. Sister Joan died March 31. She was 88 and had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 68 years.
New perpetual adoration chapel set to open in Linthicum April 3, 2024By Branan D. Thompson Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, Local News, News The interior of St. Philip Neri church was renovated in December 2020, and the adoration chapel, a project that began in spring 2023, was designed with the recent renovation in mind.
Family of lost construction worker honors his memory April 2, 2024By Marietha Góngora V. Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Bridge Collapse, Feature, Local News, News The tragedy literally changed the Suazo Sandoval family’s life overnight, as well as that of his wife, his 18-year-old son, and his 6-year-old daughter.
More than 660 welcomed into the Catholic faith in Archdiocese of Baltimore April 2, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Easter, Feature, Local News, News Throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore, 663 candidates and catechumens who had participated in the Rite of Election and the Call to Continuing Conversion at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in February, entered the Catholic Church this Easter.
Radio Interview: Easter April 2, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Easter, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview The Easter season is full of great feasts such as Divine Mercy Sunday and Pentecost, and rich Scripture readings, including the story of the disciples on the road to Emmaus. Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talked with Father Justin Gough, associate pastor of the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, about how the season can help Catholics renew and deepen their faith in the risen Lord.
Catholics donate nearly $50,000 in emergency bridge relief appeal March 30, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Bridge Collapse, Feature, Giving, Local News, News Within 24 hours after Archbishop William E. Lori asked Catholics throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore to support twin emergency relief funds for those affected by the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, nearly $50,000 has been raised in online donations.
Sister M. St. Henry Haiss, I.H.M., dies at 90 March 29, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Sister M. St. Henry Haiss of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary was offered March 25 at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Dunmore, Pa. Sister St. Henry died March 20. She was 90.
More than 600 men urged to ‘mind the gap’ at Catholic men’s conference March 28, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News Edward Sri, a prolific author and senior vice president of apostolic outreach with FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students), suggested that men should constantly be thinking about the gaps in their lives and then work to close them.
Families of construction workers who perished in bridge collapse experience ‘inexplicable sadness’ March 27, 2024By Marietha Góngora V. Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Bridge Collapse, Feature, Local News, News Ever since the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed in the early hours of March 26, Redemptorist Father Ako Walker has been acting as a spiritual support to the families of six Hispanic construction workers who are believed to have perished in the tragedy.
Catholic community gathers in prayer, offers support to those affected by bridge collapse March 26, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Bridge Collapse, Feature, Local News, News Several hours after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed into the Patapsco River March 26, more than 200 people, many of them still in a state of shock, gathered in prayer at a 5:30 p.m. Mass at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland.
