National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton opens museum honoring life of American saint October 9, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori blessed and dedicated a new $4 million museum and visitor center at the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg during a special Sept. 22 celebration recognizing the life and legacy of the first native-born American to be canonized.
Sulpician Father Michael Barré dies at 80 October 9, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Sulpician Father Michael L. Barré was offered Oct. 2 at Our Lady of the Angels in Catonsville. Father Barré died Sept. 25. He was 80.
Radio Interview: Archdiocese of Baltimore and Chapter 11 October 9, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: 2023 Attorney General's Report, Feature, From the Archbishop, Local News, News, Radio Interview Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talked one-on-one with Archbishop William E. Lori about the impact of the archdiocese’s Chapter 11 reorganization and his goal to equitably compensate all victim-survivors, while continuing the mission of the church, parishes and ministries.
After campus shooting, Archbishop Lori says ways must be found to ‘channel God’s peace’ in communities October 5, 2023By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, Local News, News Baltimore’s archbishop prayed that “God’s comfort and healing reaches all who experienced injury and terror” in the shooting that took place the evening of Oct. 3 on the campus of Morgan State University in the city and left five people wounded.
Father John Cunningham, former pastor of St. Thomas More and St. Jane Frances de Chantal, dies at 74 October 3, 2023By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries Father John P. Cunningham, former pastor of St. Thomas More in Baltimore and St. Jane Frances de Chantal in Riviera Beach, is being remembered as a faithful priest whose insatiable intellectual curiosity gave him an encyclopedic knowledge of a wide range of subjects.
Paws for prayer at Cathedral of Mary Our Queen October 3, 2023By Yvonne Wenger Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints Following an Oct. 1 Mass at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland, Father Justin Gough held a blessing of the animals in honor of the upcoming feast of St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals.
For love of Grace: Mother of daughter lost to suicide battles online bullying October 3, 2023By Yvonne Wenger Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Maryland General Assembly, News, Respect Life Christine McComas has devoted herself to keeping other children safe online as a tireless advocate for legislative solutions on the state and national level and an ambassador for compassion, civility and decency on social media, inspired by Grace, whose mother described
Baltimore showers love on Capuchin Franciscans October 2, 2023By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News The Baltimore Catholic community showered its love on the Capuchin Franciscans Oct. 1 with a jubilant Mass at St. Ambrose in Park Heights honoring the 150th anniversary of the religious community’s establishment of the St. Augustine Province and nearly 150 years of ministry in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Redemptorist Father Arthur Wendel dies at 90 October 2, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Redemptorist Father Arthur Wendel was offered Aug. 5 at Holy Redeemer Church in New York. Father Wendel died July 26 at the St. John Neumann Community at Stella Maris in Timonium. He was 90.
Radio Interview: The amazing life of Sister Mary Wilhelmina October 2, 2023By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Vocations Sister Wilhelmina’s Benedictine religious community wrote a book on the life of their foundress released by Tan Books. Joining the Catholic Review to talk about the amazing life of Sister Wilhelmina is one of the contributors to that book, Benedictine Sister Mary Josefa Holcomb.
Day of great joy: Archbishop Lori ordains 14 to permanent diaconate October 1, 2023By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: deacons, Feature, Local News, News, Vocations Archbishop Lori ordained the largest class of permanent deacons since ordaining 16 in 2013.
‘The most equitable path for all victim-survivors’ – Archdiocese of Baltimore files for Chapter 11 reorganization September 29, 2023By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: 2023 Attorney General's Report, Child & Youth Protection, Feature, Local News, News The Archdiocese of Baltimore filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization Sept. 29, in response to the new law that goes into effect on Oct. 1.
