St. Leo parishioner leads American Speech-Language-Hearing Association September 15, 2011By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News When Dr. Paul Rao taught for a year at St. Thomas the Apostle School in Washington four decades ago, he struggled to understand one of his students. The girl was born with a cleft palate, and had difficulty forming her words.
9/11 in Rome: Baltimore pastor was seminarian at Pontifical North American College September 8, 2011By John O'Donnell Filed Under: 9/11, Local News, News On the second day of the new semester at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, Father Michael DeAscanis and fellow seminarians were taking a mid-afternoon walk in the courtyard.
Baltimore priest brought prayer to Ground Zero after attack September 8, 2011By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News Father Leo Patalinghug was all set to make a pilgrimage to Lourdes, France, beginning Sept. 13, 2001, when the terrorist attacks of two days earlier abruptly ended his plans. International flights were canceled as the world fixed its attention on New York and Washington.
Friends of Mercy to hold final dinner September 1, 2011By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Friends of Mercy (FOM), an all-volunteer nondenominational membership support group for those dealing with broken relationships, separation, divorce or widowhood, is dissolving.
New All Saints helps fill supermarket void in city August 25, 2011By Kyle Taylor Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News The Howard Park Community’s collective voice has been heard, and their prayers are on the verge of being answered.
‘Chicago’ rock musician brings St. Alphonsus’s music to life August 25, 2011By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News Putting Ray Herrmann on stage is like uncorking a bottle of champagne.
Sacred Heart of Jesus celebrates first Mass with added communities August 11, 2011By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News When it was first announced in February that St. Michael Parish in Fells Point was closing and joining an expanding bilingual community at Sacred Heart of Jesus a mile away in Highlandtown, longtime parishioner Pamela Perc wasn’t sure what to do.
Cumberland parish named a shrine August 3, 2011By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien issued a July 18 decree establishing Ss. Peter and Paul in Cumberland as an archdiocesan shrine. The shrine was established as a place of pilgrimage and to “foster the unique Catholic history of the Cumberland area,” the archbishop said.
Historic St. Michael Church closes in Fells Point July 31, 2011By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Despite Deacon Richard Novak’s familiar injunction to “go in peace to love and serve the Lord,” few parishioners seemed eager to leave following the July 31 morning Mass at St. Michael in Fells Point.
Father Hemler, Fallston pastor, mourned at 74 July 28, 2011By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Father Edward B. Hemler, longtime pastor of St. Mark in Fallston and a former leader in Catholic education, died July 24 after suffering years of declining health.
Special report: Deep-rooted Polish faith faces secular challenge July 21, 2011By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski, Arts & Culture, Local News, News, World News Poland, one of Europe most Catholic nations, is facing new challenge in the practice of the faith as more people turn to Western secularization.
SPECIAL REPORT: Baltimore has special connection to popularizing devotion to the Infant of Prague July 14, 2011By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Local News, News, World News Every year, more than 1 million pilgrims from around the globe travel to the Czech Republic, praying in front of the Infant of Prague. They carry on a practice that stretches back hundreds of years.
