A Global Affair: Baltimore finds spirit in World Youth Day January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien challenged Baltimore pilgrims at World Youth Day to be a light of information when they return from Sydney, Australia.
St. Cecilia parishioner to be honored for AIDS work January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News A Baltimore Catholic parishioner and an Owings Mills Jewish cantor will be honored by the Steven Kaufman AIDS Outreach Project April 10 during an interfaith Seder tribute to those touched by HIV.
BRAC families will ‘invade’ Maryland January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Expect more people in the pews in 2011, thanks to the base realignment and closure (BRAC) initiative, which will bring an estimated 28,176 new households to Maryland. Business managers from Baltimore-area parishes and schools filled an Archdiocesan workshop Oct. 18 that featured speakers from Harford, Baltimore a
St. Frances Academy dreams of big expansion January 19, 2012By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News Walking along the Johnston Square streets that surround St. Frances Academy in a forgotten corner of East Baltimore, Tom Nealis passed vacant lots overrun with weeds and boarded-up row houses tagged with graffiti.
Beans and Bread awaits upgrades January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, St. Vincent de Paul Baltimore Administrators of Beans and Bread and opponents of a $4.5 million renovation and expansion to its resource center agree that clients should wait for services inside the facility, rather than on the street.
Beans & Bread to celebrate 30 years January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, St. Vincent de Paul Baltimore When amateur actor and former Benedictine priest Benet Hanlon began working in a Fells Point theater in the late 1970s, he noticed a number of homeless men along the then-scrappy waterfront streets, got to know several of them and eventually rented a small row house on Aliceanna Street in 1977 in an effort to feed them.
Monsignor Tinder’s death is ‘devastating blow’ January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News While parishioners at Towson’s Immaculate Conception were coming to terms with his retirement announcement in mid-November, Monsignor F. Dennis Tinder was talking about a greater transition.
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.
Archbishop O’Brien among Catholic voices credited for major role in passage of nuclear arms pact January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News WASHINGTON – As Democratic and Republican senators pressed their divergent views on the New START agreement with Russia outlining the next phase of nuclear disarmament during final debate in December, a wide array of Catholics played a major role in getting the pact ratified.
St. Louis School in Clarksville wins Blue Ribbon honor January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News CLARKSVILLE – St. Louis School principal Terry Weiss sat in her Clarksville office on the evening of Sept. 8 reading e-mails.
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.
