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Baltimore-born bishop returns to his church 155 years later

January 24, 2008
By Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News

One-hundred-fifty-five years after he died in Maryland, Baltimore native Bishop John J. Chanche was interred Jan. 19 at St. Mary Basilica in Natchez, Miss. Bishop Chanche helped establish the Natchez basilica when he served as the southern city’s first Catholic bishop.

Father Lavin’s book urges compassion for new immigrants

January 24, 2008
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News

ANNAPOLIS – Father John Lavin, C.Ss.R., still chuckles when he remembers the day Jesus got held up by U.S. Customs.

Mercy, IND rivalry tunes up for 42nd showdown

January 21, 2008
By Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News

The Towson Center Arena will be streaming red and blue on Jan. 25 as the 42nd meeting, known as “The Game,” of the Institute of Notre Dame and Mercy High School tips off at 7:30 p.m.

Mass for Mother Lange celebrates her sainthood cause

January 17, 2008
By Chaz Muth
Filed Under: Local News, News

To know the background of Mother Mary Lange was to appreciate the atmosphere May 8 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore, where Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien led a Mass to pray for her sainthood.

Cumberland remembers Bishop Walsh, its missionary hero

January 10, 2008
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Religious Freedom, Saints

Twenty-seven years after his death, leaders of Bishop Walsh’s home parish are working to raise awareness about a man whose virtuous exploits seem less recognized with each passing decade.

New S.S.N.D. leader outlines priorities

December 6, 2007
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Vocations

In the face of what she sees as an increasingly polarized and splintered world, the newly-elected global leader of the School Sisters of Notre Dame said she hopes to promote a sense of solidarity among humanity.

St. Leo pastor accused of abuse, removed from ministry

November 22, 2007
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Local News, News

The pastor of St. Leo church in Little Italy has been removed from ministry by his religious order and stripped of his faculties to function as a priest.

MCC leader says special session helped the poor

November 19, 2007
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Local News, News

On the same day Maryland lawmakers concluded a three-week special legislative session to address the state’s budget deficit Nov. 19, the leader of the Maryland Catholic Conference praised lawmakers for making the poor a priority in their planning.

Murdered daughter’s mother says death penalty must go

November 15, 2007
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life

When police arrested the serial rapist who brutally assaulted and murdered Shannon Schieber in 1998, the Schieber family faced unrelenting pressure to seek the death penalty.

Bishops revel in Archbishop O’Brien’s installation

October 1, 2007
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Filed Under: Local News, News

Cardinal J. Francis Stafford made a stop in Emmitsburg before he attended Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien’s Oct. 1 installation ceremony at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland. There, he prayed for the new Baltimore archbishop at the tombs of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and Archbishop James R. Bayley – two New York natives who served in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

Speaking in Rodgers Forge, Sister Helen Prejean calls for end to death penalty

September 27, 2007
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life

Calling the death penalty nothing more than “legalized vengeance,” Sister Helen said the gift of being a Catholic is embracing the “seamless garment of life” – respecting the dignity of life from conception until natural death.

St. Peter’s whips up 5,200 apple dumplings for fall festival

September 20, 2007
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Western Vicariate

In an assembly line that would make Henry Ford proud, dozens of volunteers from St. Peter in Hancock transformed their parish hall into an apple dumpling factory Sept. 12-14 – filling the air with the delightfully dense aroma of sweet cinnamon and fresh-baked apples that attracted visitors from near and far.

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