Ignatian Volunteer Corps benefits giver, receiver November 25, 2024By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, Local News, News Based on the teachings of St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits, IVC volunteers commit to working eight to 16 hours a week for 10 months. They also commit to attending monthly meetings, two days of reflections and an opening retreat to reflect on their spirituality.
Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas coming to Baltimore for veneration November 25, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints The skull that believers say once held one of the greatest minds in the history of the Catholic Church is coming to Baltimore.
5 Things to Know about Turkey Bowl November 21, 2024By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Sports Here are five things to know ahead of the traditional Thanksgiving Day football clash between Baltimore-area Catholic schools Calvert Hall Cardinals and Loyola Blakefield Dons
Franciscan Father Vincent de Paul Cushing dies at 90 November 20, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Franciscan Father Vincent de Paul Cushing will be offered at noon on Nov. 23 at St. Camillus Church in Silver Spring. Father Cushing died Nov. 14. He was 90.
Observation of holy day of obligation for Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception moved to Dec. 9 this year November 20, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Worship & Sacraments Archbishop William E. Lori announced that the observance of the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary will be transferred to Dec. 9 this year.
Father Francis ‘Fritz’ Gollery welcomed back to priesthood after nearly 50 years November 19, 2024By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations Almost exactly 50 years after Father Francis “Fritz” Gollery received permission to leave the priesthood, the 86-year-old clergyman has been reinstated as a priest of the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Archdiocesan priests mark milestone jubilees November 19, 2024By Eileen Hiebler Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations Looking back on their decades of priestly ministry, the two longest-serving priests of the Archdiocese of Baltimore are grateful for the opportunities to serve people at some of the most important moments in life – whether they be happy times such as marriages and baptisms or more difficult times of sickness, loss and death.
Oblate Sister Lucia Quesada dies at 96 November 19, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass was held Nov. 13 for Oblate Sister of Providence Lucia Quesada, who died Nov. 3. She was 96 and had served an Oblate sister for more than 70 years.
New pipe organ shines at St. Joseph, Cockeysville November 18, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Video As part of renovation of the church at St. Joseph in Cockeysville, a pipe organ constructed by Peragallo Organ Company in Paterson, N.J., was installed over the summer of 2024. The magnificent instrument includes 2,172 pipes.
Radio Interview: New books invite children to explore faith in deeper ways November 18, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Books, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Youth Ministry Catholic Review Managing Editor George P. Matysek Jr. talks with two Daughters of St. Paul about their new books geared to children.
NDP student tackles expansive role as manager for Loyola Blakefield football team November 18, 2024By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Sports Campbell Diffendall, an 18-year-old senior at the all-girls Notre Dame Preparatory School in Towson, is serving as a manager for the varsity football team at Loyola Blakefield.
Renovations in full swing at Carmelite Monastery of Baltimore November 16, 2024By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations At the Carmelite Monastery of Baltimore, a place meant for silence and solitude, the sounds of pounding hammers and sawing have become a typical – and welcomed – sound this year as the community of religious sisters looks to the future.
