Catholic community provides ongoing support to families of loved ones lost in Key Bridge collapse March 24, 2025By Marietha Góngora V. Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Bridge Collapse, Disaster Relief, Feature, Local News, News In the year since the tragedy, Sacred Heart and the wider Catholic community have rallied to support the families and others affected by the accident.
St. Joseph Medical Center receives national safety award; Mercy honored as top women’s workplace March 21, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Health Care, Local News, News For the second straight year, University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson has been recognized as a 2025 Patient Safety Excellence Award winner by Healthgrades.
Sister Gloria Keltz, O.S.F., dies at 95 March 20, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Franciscan Sister Gloria Keltz (formerly Sister Robert St. Joan) was offered March 6 at Assisi House in Aston, Pa. Sister Gloria died March 3. She was 95 and had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 75 years.
Mount St. Mary’s captures ‘First Four’ glory as March Madness gets underway for Catholic schools March 20, 2025By John Knebels OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Sports March Madness has arrived, and tiny Mount St. Mary’s University is right in the thick of one of the grandest sports spectacles.
The Resource Exchange furnishes a need at St. Vincent de Paul Parish March 20, 2025By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Social Justice When Peggy Cronyn co-founded The Resource Exchange, she saw it as a way to meet a critical need in her parish at St. Vincent de Paul and put her professional skills to good use. Fourteen years later, the Jonestown parish program has helped furnish more than 1,400 homes for people who had previously experienced homelessness.
Archdiocese of Baltimore parishes learn to be pastoral in the face of threats March 19, 2025By Carole Norris Greene Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, Local News, News Hosted in partnership with the archdiocese’s Office of Risk Management, the Threat Evaluation and Reporting Overview (TERO) session aimed to equip church leaders and volunteers with the tools to spot warning signs and take preventive action.
Davidsonville parishioner’s art guided by the Holy Spirit March 19, 2025By Katie V. Jones Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, Local News, News Shana McDonough never expected all the fuss over her sketches, which she did quickly with oil pastels and with little thought other than Googling each woman for basic research.
Jubilarians celebrate milestones in Archdiocese of Baltimore March 18, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations Sister Alice was among 40 women religious honored March 15 for their milestone jubilees during a special Mass and luncheon at St. Agnes in Catonsville. Collectively, the jubilarians have devoted 2,455 years of ministry to the Catholic Church.
Maryvale hosts expert on leadership March 18, 2025By Carole Norris Greene Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools Maryvale Preparatory School marked the 10th anniversary of its Patricia J. Mitchell ’65 Leadership Institute by welcoming Dr. Linda Ginzel, a clinical professor of managerial psychology at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, March 13.
Radio Interview: A unique vocational journey March 17, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: CR Radio, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Vocations Mark Viviano chats with his big brother, Father Tony Viviano, about his unique journey to the priesthood. Father Viviano is a priest of the Diocese of Jefferson City, Mo., who discerned a call to the priesthood later in life.
Non-Catholic goes from pew to participant at St. Stephen in Bradshaw March 17, 2025By Emily Rosenthal Alster Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News It’s not everyday that a non-Catholic serves on a Catholic parish’s evangelization committee, but that’s exactly what happened before Nicole Kalinosky joined the Catholic faith. It was a journey of love and support, she said – a journey that helped her deepen her Christian beliefs.
Maryland Catholic Conference issues action alerts on abortion legislation March 14, 2025By Gerry Jackson Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Maryland Catholic Conference, Maryland General Assembly, News, Respect Life The MCC, which represents bishops serving the three Catholic dioceses in the state (Baltimore, Washington and Wilmington, Del.), is concerned about legislation that runs contrary to Catholic teaching on abortion and healthcare ethics.
