Picking the right Catholic school an ‘immersive experience’ at open houses October 8, 2025By Carole Norris Greene Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools For families like the Goluekes, fairs, open houses and shadow days across the Archdiocese of Baltimore ease the decision-making process. Fairs bring together representatives from every Catholic high school with information tables and Q-and-A opportunities. Open houses, often held in October and November, let students and parents see schools in action.
Dundalk faith community considers options for St. Rita Church October 7, 2025By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Seek the City to Come Three months after a lightning strike sparked a devastating fire at St. Rita Church in Dundalk, parishioners are weighing in on the future of the heavily damaged building as part of a discernment process that will help Archbishop William E. Lori decide how to move forward.
Seton Shrine hosts pilgrimage, Mass for Sea Services October 7, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints More than 400 people helped the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton celebrate the 50th anniversary of St. Seton’s designation as the patroness of American service personnel who go to sea.
Radio Interview: Rita Buettner and Faith for Working Moms October 6, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: CR Radio, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, The Domestic Church Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty sat down with columnist Rita Buettner to talk about how she is able to find links between what’s going on at home and what the saints have to say.
Book details Redemptorist priest risking everything to reveal hidden dramas of Vatican II October 6, 2025By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Books, Feature, Local News, News Richard A. Zmuda, a parishioner of St. Mary in Annapolis and author of “The Mole of Vatican Council II: The True Story of Xavier Rynne,” tells the tale behind the pseudonym: Redemptorist Father Francis Xavier Murphy, the priest who became Vatican II’s whistleblower.
Archdiocese of Baltimore files ‘form plan’ for bankruptcy settlement, proposes $33 million contribution October 3, 2025By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: Bankruptcy, Feature, Local News, News The Archdiocese of Baltimore filed a form plan for reorganization in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which sets a proposed amount of contribution from the archdiocese and affiliated organizations, including parishes and schools.
Partners in Excellence breakfast recognizes donors, students October 2, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Giving, Local News, News, Schools Founded in 1996, the PIE scholarship program, funded by corporate partnerships, foundations and individuals, has awarded 31,2000 tuition-assistance scholarships, more than $42 million in tuition aid.
Sister Lynn Patrice Lavin, former Baltimore administrator for Sisters of St. Francis, dies at 76 October 1, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass was offered Sept. 25 for Sister of St. Francis Lynn Patrice Lavin. The Baltimore native, who served as congregational minister for the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia, died Sept. 16. She was 76 and had been a member of her order for 55 years.
Seventh-Day Adventist book distribution in Baltimore generates controversy October 1, 2025By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Books, Feature, Local News, News A book that espouses the theology of the Seventh-Day Adventist religion and contains anti-Catholic messaging is causing a bit of stir in some circles in the Baltimore area.
Maryland Blue Ribbon Schools Program reinstated, St. Louis School ready to celebrate September 30, 2025By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools Archdiocese of Baltimore schools will participate in a newly reinstated Maryland Blue Ribbon Schools Program, and the principal of the first local Catholic school to be recognized by the initiative couldn’t be more thrilled.
Catholic schools stress learning the fundamentals September 30, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools On the most recent NAEP, Catholic school fourth graders scored about 10 points higher than their public-school peers in math and roughly 15 points higher in reading.
Radio Interview: The Kevin Matthews Story September 29, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: CR Radio, Feature, Local News, Marian Devotion, News, Radio Interview What would you do if you found a statue of our Blessed Mother in a dumpster behind a florist shop? Former radio DJ Kevin Matthews had to face that question. Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talks with Matthews about his fateful find, and how he had the statue repaired just enough to show that Mary is the mother of all those who are broken.
