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Missions

Vatican agency pays tribute to 18 missionaries killed in 2022

December 30, 2022
By Catholic News Service
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, Missions, News, Vatican, World News

Most of the 18 Catholic missionaries murdered in 2022 were not carrying out high-risk missions when they were assassinated but were simply “immersed and submerged in the ordinariness of their lives and their apostolic work,” said the editor of Fides, the Vatican’s missionary news service.

Deacon Mortel, who inspired many to help his homeland of Haiti, dies at 88

April 23, 2022
By Paul McMullen
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Missions, News, Obituaries

Deacon Rodrigue Mortel, who as director of the Missions Office for the Archdiocese of Baltimore inspired dozens of parishes in the archdiocese to support sister churches in his homeland of Haiti and led hundreds of Catholic high-schoolers on summer missions there, died April 22 at his home in Hershey, Pa.

From a distance, young adult missioners continue support of Haiti

July 21, 2020
By Daniel Zawodny
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, Missions, News

After hearing how the coronavirus pandemic has affected communities across Haiti, young parishioners from the Archdiocese of Baltimore rallied their former mission group for a fundraiser.

Students show generosity to prisoners in Haiti

May 8, 2019
By Rachel Bowles
Filed Under: Blog, Missions

The Archdiocese of Baltimore Missions Office partners with the Mortel Foundation to serve and educate the poor in Haiti. Through this partnership, the Mortel Foundation operates schools in Saint Marc, Haiti with a focus on forming the entire person- not just their intellect.

Hoops for Haiti

September 26, 2018
By Loyola Blakefield
Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Missions

Students from Loyola Blakefield in Towson recently participated in a mission trip to Haiti, where 80 percent of the population lives below the poverty level.

Cumberland parishioner strengthens faith on mission trip

September 20, 2018
By Emily Rosenthal Alster
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Faces of Faith, Feature, Local News, Missions, News

Micah Bruser’s faith was rejuvenated during a recent mission trip to Haiti.

Prayers, then applause from mission to Haiti during return to Baltimore

July 12, 2018
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Missions, News

The group’s originally scheduled flight home July 7 was canceled after sometimes-violent protests in Haiti.

Haiti alumna’s story: 15 years later

April 24, 2018
By Abby Taylor
Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Missions

I always knew I wanted a life of being immersed in other cultures, and one week in Haiti only completely confirmed this.

Baltimore seminarians spend break serving in Guatemala

March 9, 2018
By Emily Rosenthal Alster
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Men, Ministry, Missions, News, Vocations, World News

The seminarians ranged from pre-theology to those in their temporary diaconate year. They worked alongside the native people in many projects.

A school grows in Haiti: Deacon Mortel, 76, keeps boosting his hometown

August 5, 2010
By Paul McMullen
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Missions, News

Deacon Rodrigue Mortel, the director of the Missions Office for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, is an authority on defying perceived limits on one’s potential.

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