Incoming superior general of Oblate Sisters of Providence outlines priorities June 12, 2025By Carole Norris Greene Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Local News, News, Vocations When Sister Marcia Hall was elected in April as the next superior general of the Baltimore-based Oblate Sisters of Providence, the nation’s oldest functioning Black Catholic religious order, she would have to wait for her new administration to meet to prioritize goals for their four-year tenure.
Archbishop Lori announces appointments, including pastor and associate pastor assignments June 12, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Appointments, Feature, Local News, News Archbishop Lori announces appointments, including pastor and associate pastor assignments
Oblate Sister Trinita Baeza, teacher and pastoral associate in Baltimore, dies at 98 June 12, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass will be offered June 17 for Oblate Sister of Providence Trinita Baeza, who served her order for 81 years. The graduate of St. Frances Academy in Baltimore died June 8. She was 98.
OLPH’s fourth eucharistic procession, set for June 21, ‘speaks to the heart’ June 11, 2025By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, Local News, News Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Ellicott City will host its fourth annual Corpus Christi Eucharistic Procession June 21. The event begins with Saturday’s 4:30 p.m. vigil Mass and the procession begins at approximately 5:30 p.m. after the end of holy Communion.
Franciscan Sister Francis Anita Rizzo, who served in Baltimore for 18 years, dies at 95 June 10, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass will be offered June 12 in Aston, Pa., for Sister Francis Anita Rizzo, a member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 75 years. Sister Francis Anita, who ministered in the Archdiocese of Baltimore for more than 18 years, died at Assisi House June 10. She was 95.
Hundreds gather at Rebuilt Conference 2025 to ‘imagine what’s possible’ in parish ministry June 10, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News Rebuilt Conference 2025, with the theme “Can You Imagine,” asked the priests, parish leaders and volunteers present from all around the country and beyond, to imagine their congregations thriving with active parishioners and sufficient funding.
Radio Interview: Dominican sister at Mount de Sales shares faith journey from astrophysics to religious life June 9, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Consecrated Life, CR Radio, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Schools, Vocations Dominican Sister Albertine Cevallos serves as a science teacher at Mount de Sales Academy in Catonsville while living the charism of her religious community, the Dominican Sisters of St. Celicia of Nashville.
Mount de Sales Dominican sister shares journey after pursuing science, finding faith June 9, 2025By Erik Zygmont Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Vocations Sister Albertine has been teaching at Mount de Sales, which has been administered by the Dominicans since the 1980s, for four years. She teaches physics, chemistry and AP computer science, and she helps with the robotics team and the Ultimate Frisbee club.
Words spell success for archdiocesan students June 6, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools After a grueling one and a half hours and 200 words, the 2025 archdiocesan schools spelling bee ended with an unusual twist: the contest ran out of prepared words.
Maryland bishops call for ‘prophetic voice’ in pastoral letter on AI June 5, 2025By Gerry Jackson Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Local News, Maryland Catholic Conference, News Maryland’s bishops released a pastoral letter on artificial intelligence June 5, urging Catholics to harness the use of emerging technologies while always putting “human dignity” at the forefront. The bishops tied the release to the feast of Pentecost, celebrated June 8 throughout Catholic parishes. Archbishop William E. Lori and Auxiliary Bishop Adam J. Parker of […]
Babe Ruth’s legacy continues to grace Archdiocese of Baltimore June 4, 2025By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Sports Archbishop William E. Lori in December received a photograph of Ruth in his prime taken during a visit with his New York Yankees teammates to St. Mary’s Industrial School in Southwest Baltimore. Ginny Black of Mount Pleasant, S.C., who discovered it among her late mother’s possessions, mailed the photo to Archbishop Lori.
St. Frances Academy plans to welcome middle schoolers June 3, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools St. Frances Academy in East Baltimore will welcome its first middle schoolers at the start of the 2025-26 school year after receiving approval in May from the Maryland State Department of Education and accreditation by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
