Safe Streets opens new Cherry Hill office as leaders tout success against violence May 31, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Gun Violence, Local News, News, Social Justice William McCarthy Jr. insists it’s not a matter of opinion that a public health program known as “Safe Streets” helps reduce violence in Baltimore City. The longtime executive director of Catholic Charities of Baltimore called it a statistical fact.
Baltimore native Bishop Martin tells people of Charlotte Diocese: ‘I’m yours now’ at his ordination May 30, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Local News, News Conventual Franciscan Father Michael T. Martin was ordained during a three-hour liturgy that included hundreds of priests and deacons, more than a dozen bishops and one cardinal representing Pope Francis. The Baltimore native and graduate of Archbishop Curley High School succeeds the retiring Bishop Peter J. Jugis.
Deadline arrives for claims in Archdiocese of Baltimore’s bankruptcy case May 30, 2024By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: 2023 Attorney General's Report, Bankruptcy, Child & Youth Protection, Feature, Local News, News As of 11:59 p.m. May 31, the deadline closes for those who wish to make a claim against the Archdiocese of Baltimore for instances of sexual abuse prior to Sept. 29, 2023, by clergy or other personnel in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization.
5 Things to Know about the bar date in the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s bankruptcy case May 30, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, Local News, News In a court hearing Dec. 18, Judge Michelle M. Harner said she would make an order setting May 31 as the “bar date” in the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization case. The move sets the deadline by which anyone who has a claim against the archdiocese – including anyone who was abused before Sept. 29, 2023, by clergy, religious or employees in the archdiocese – must submit a claim to be included in the potential settlement.
5 Things to Know about the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s stop in Maryland May 29, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, Local News, News Five Things to Know about the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage’s stop in the Archdiocese of Baltimore:
Students bid fond farewell to Hagerstown school May 24, 2024By Katie V. Jones Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Western Vicariate The Archdiocese of Baltimore announced in September that St. Maria Goretti High School in Hagerstown would be closing. An independent committee organized by school supporters investigated keeping the school open as an independent Catholic school, but it concluded in November that it was not feasible, and the decision was made to close.
Catholic Charities Executive Director Bill McCarthy will retire in 2025 May 23, 2024By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Giving, Local News, News Catholic Charities of Maryland Executive Director, William J. “Bill” McCarthy Jr. announced May 23 he will retire in July 2025. By that time, he will have led the State of Maryland’s largest private provider of human services for 16 years.
Former Annapolis and Baltimore pastor Father Thomas Siconolfi dies at 80 May 23, 2024By Kurt Jensen Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Redemptorist Father Thomas Joseph Siconolfi, who died May 12 at age 80, was a former pastor of St. Mary’s Parish in Annapolis, one of the largest in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, where he served from 1993 to 1999.
Seek the City final plan draws mix of emotions from Baltimore Catholics May 23, 2024By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Seek the City to Come Baltimore-area Catholics reacted with a mix of disappointment, relief and resignation after the archdiocese announced the final plan for the Seek the City to Come initiative May 22.
Final Seek the City plan released; archdiocese will reduce parishes in Baltimore area by half May 22, 2024By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Seek the City to Come The Archdiocese of Baltimore revealed the final plan May 22 for parish planning in Baltimore City, with 23 parishes at 30 worship sites, about half the current number of churches available for Sunday Mass.
List of final parish alignment for Seek the City to Come May 22, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Seek the City to Come The Seek the City to Come plan announced May 22 realigns Catholic parishes throughout Baltimore City and some nearby communities in Baltimore County. Pastoral leadership for each location will be determined in the future. For now, the new parishes will take on the name of the church where it is sited, but the parishioners of the newly formed entity can eventually petition to change that name.
What happens to real estate, items after church closures? May 22, 2024By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Seek the City to Come An archdiocesan leadership committee is in the process of interviewing companies to catalog and photograph items and property in the 61 parishes involved in the Seek the City initiative. Those items include everything from chalices to altars, pews, statues, paintings and Stations of the Cross images.
