Radio Interview: The true story of ‘Xavier Rynne’ July 28, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: CR Radio, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview During the Second Vatican Council, a mysterious voice began reporting from inside the closed-door sessions — exposing tensions and calling for reform. That voice belonged to Xavier Rynne, the pseudonym of Father Francis Xavier Murphy, a Redemptorist priest who risked everything to write anonymously about the council’s inner workings.
Archdiocese of Baltimore offers resources for parishes to assist migrants July 24, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, Local News, News The Archdiocese of Baltimore has created a web page to guide its parishes in the event that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents or other law enforcement officials arrive on their campuses.
Third annual gun buyback scheduled for Aug. 9 July 24, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, Local News, News The Archdiocese of Baltimore will hold its third annual gun buyback event Aug. 9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Westside Shopping Center, 2413 Frederick Ave.
Driver arrested after crashing into entrance of Esperanza Center July 23, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Local News, News A Fells Point man is still in jail following a car crash that damaged the entrance of the Esperanza Center in the early hours of July 20.
Construction underway on new north addition to St. Joseph’s Nursing Home July 22, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Local News, News, Seniors The Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate officially began the final phase of their 21-year-old renovation plan for St. Joseph’s Nursing Home in Catonsville June 14 when the walls of the facility’s oldest wing came tumbling down.
Prince of Peace merges with St. Francis de Sales in Harford County July 22, 2025By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News Faced with a growing financial crisis and a steady decline in parishioners, Prince of Peace Parish in Edgewood officially merged with nearby St. Francis de Sales Parish in Abingdon July 1. As a result, Prince of Peace is no longer serving as a regular worship site.
Radio Interview: Youth ministry changing with the times July 21, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: CR Radio, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Youth Ministry Youth ministry has been undergoing some critical shifts over the last several years within the Archdiocese of Baltimore. George Matysek talks with Stacy Golden and Rena Black from the archdiocese’s Institute for Evangelization about what those shifts have been and why they are necessary.
Quo Vadis attracts biggest crowd ever, promotes camaraderie and faith July 17, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations, Young Adult Ministry Shouts and laughter filled a large hall at St. Mary’s Seminary in Roland Park July 9 as more than 100 teenage boys threw themselves into a high-energy group game – just one part of a week designed to inspire deeper faith and lasting friendships. The occasion was Quo Vadis, a four-day summer vocations camp for young men hosted by the seminarians of the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Lay associates journey with the Oblate Sisters of Providence July 17, 2025By Carole Norris Greene Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Local News, News Discussions among the Oblate Sisters of Providence regarding starting a lay associates program began in earnest in 1989, according to Oblate Sister of Providence Annette Beecham, director of the program that had its first installation in 1992. She was fresh out of formation at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh when she was assigned to develop it.
Father Robert Wojsław dies at 52 July 16, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Society of Christ Father Robert Wojsław will be offered at 11 a.m. on July 18 at Holy Rosary in Fells Point. Father Wojsław died suddenly July 14. He was 52.
Scopes Monkey Trial ignited century-long debate on evolution and belief July 15, 2025By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News One hundred years ago this July, the small town of Dayton, Tenn., was thrust into the national spotlight in what was pitched as a historic showdown between faith and science.
Deacon Gary Elliott Dumer Jr., active in men’s ministry, dies July 14, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Deacon Gary Elliott Dumer Jr. died July 8. He was 61.
