Franciscan Center has been a blockbuster for 40 years January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News As Baltimore’s Franciscan Center celebrated its 40th anniversary with a block party, Sept. 10, volunteer Ellen Daniels stood in the hubbub and spoke about how the nonprofit organization was able to help her.
Father Murphy new chaplain at Towson University January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News After three years at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Middle River, Father T. Austin Murphy will be leaving July 1 to become the new chaplain of the Newman Center at Towson University. “As a priest you don’t forget your first parish,” said Father Murphy, 34, who is a graduate of University of Maryland Baltimore County. “I know I will leave with their prayers.” Father Murphy said he has truly enjoyed working with the elementary and high school students and helping with the sacraments.
New era begins for St. Mary’s Spiritual Center and Historical Site January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Father John C. Kemper, S.S. can’t help but feel humbled when he works as the director of the St. Mary’s Spiritual Center and Historic Site on Paca Street in downtown Baltimore.
Homeless to dismantle tents at St. Vincent de Paul January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News As 2008 begins, the pastor of St. Vincent de Paul, Baltimore, will order all makeshift tents used by the homeless in the park adjacent to the church to come down.
Basilica pastor celebrates Mass for Ravens January 16, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Before they stepped into noisy M&T Bank Stadium for the AFC Divisional playoff game Jan. 15, some members of the Baltimore Ravens quietly gathered for morning prayer at their downtown hotel.
Cardinal-designate O’Brien used to new and varied assignments January 6, 2012By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Local News, News WASHINGTON – The priestly ministry of Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, named a cardinal Jan. 6 by Pope Benedict XVI, has been marked by frequent assignments, so that he rarely stays in one place very long. And even when he is ensconced somewhere for a while, he gets to moving.
Local men profess vows as Dominicans January 5, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Two graduates of the University of Maryland College Park took a step closer to becoming Dominican priests after professing their solemn vows late in the summer of 2011 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C.
Former Catholic Review columnist dies at 81 January 2, 2012By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Paulist Father James McCabe, former director of the Family Life Center in Baltimore and a longtime columnist for The Catholic Review, died Dec. 25, 2011 in Toronto. He was 81 and had been battling cancer.
Hoop dreams coming true for St. Frances Academy junior December 22, 2011By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Tyshell King has no idea what her life would be like without basketball, which she began playing in middle school.
New CRS president gives back to faith that propelled her December 21, 2011By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Local News, News FOURTH IN A SERIES PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Carolyn Woo learned English from Maryknoll missioner sisters. In tears her first day at Purdue University because she couldn’t decipher a campus map, she found solace at its Newman Center. Woo met and married her husband at Purdue, and its church bell rang when she defended her doctoral dissertation there.
Catonsville parishioner provides haven for ill children December 20, 2011By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News As Brian Morrison walked around the Children’s House at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore, a woman emerged from a room. She overheard Morrison talking about the services his organization, the Believe In Tomorrow Children’s Foundation, provides for the house.
Mercy High launches global education center, hears from international leader December 14, 2011By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Thinking globally isn’t just a catchphrase at Mercy High School. It’s a way of life. That has never been truer, as the school has started a Center for Global Education.