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Local News

City Council holds hearing on pregnancy center bill

October 28, 2009
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life

Speaking on behalf of Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Bishop Denis J. Madden urged the Baltimore City Council to defeat a bill that would fine pregnancy resource centers $500 a day if they fail to post signs saying they don’t offer abortion or contraceptives.

Baltimore City Council targets pro-life pregnancy centers

October 22, 2009
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Local News, News

Baltimore City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and 10 members of the 14-member council are sponsoring a bill that Catholic leaders believe harasses pro-life pregnancy support centers.

Archbishop O’Brien hopeful that Nobel for Obama leads to “more serious dialogue” on nuclear arms

October 15, 2009
By Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News

VATICAN CITY – News that U.S. President Barack Obama had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was met with high hopes from the Vatican spokesman.

Little Sisters of the Poor minister to Maryland elderly for 140 years

October 8, 2009
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Local News, News, Seniors

When 87-year-old Alice Jadwigia Armstrong looked up from her hospital bed and saw the smiling face of Sister Lourdes Miranda, she was visibly buoyed by the nun’s presence. Clasping the hand of the Little Sister of the Poor, the white-haired woman seemed transported to the security of her youth.

Cockeysville dig yields insights into Irish life

September 24, 2009
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Local News, News

A summer archeological dig near St. Joseph in Cockeysville unearthed brown broken bottles and tea cups, coins, a beer token, buttons and children’s toys – clues into the daily life of Irish immigrants who manned area limestone quarries and worshipped at St. Joseph beginning in the mid-19th century.

Monsignor Bastress awarded Redemptorists’ highest honor

September 19, 2009
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Local News, News

On his first day as pastor of the Shrine of St. Alphonsus in Baltimore, Monsignor Arthur Bastress walked down the historic church’s long aisles and knew immediately that his new assignment was going to be something special.

Ellicott City, Frederick schools earn national Blue Ribbon distinction

September 17, 2009
By Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News

Two elementary Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore have been named Blue Ribbon Schools by the U.S. Department of Education.

Archbishop O’Brien welcomes 10 Episcopal nuns, priest into Catholic Church

September 10, 2009
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Vocations

A spiritual journey that began seven years ago ended in the sanctuary of a Catonsville convent Sept. 3 when 10 Episcopal nuns and their priest chaplain were received into full communion with the Catholic Church.

Bobby Flay throws down challenge to cooking priest, Father Leo

September 3, 2009
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News

“There he was standing with his arms crossed and nodding approvingly,” the priest said. “It shocked me and I said something like, “Oh good Jesus! What the heaven are you doing here?’”

10 Episcopal nuns in Archdiocese of Baltimore to join Catholic Church

August 27, 2009
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Vocations

After seven years of prayer and discernment, a community of Episcopal nuns and their chaplain will be received into the Roman Catholic Church during a Sept. 3 Mass celebrated by Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien.

Archdiocesan leaders seeking solutions to epidemic of violence

August 27, 2009
By Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News

The Archdiocese of Baltimore prayed for peace in Baltimore City when summer began.

St. Vincent de Paul, Baltimore, and Baltimore City reach agreement

August 10, 2009
By Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News

Father Richard T. Lawrence always looked at the many homeless living on St. Vincent de Paul’s parish park as people rather than a nuisance.

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