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Radio Interview: New religious community serves Baltimore’s forgotten people of the streets


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Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Missions, News, Radio Interview, Vocations

Four members of the Sisters Poor of Jesus Christ are stationed at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore. George Matysek talks with Sister Giovana of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, a 26-year-old religious sister from Brazil who serves as the local superior of the Baltimore apostolate, known as St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Mission.

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


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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.

Students show generosity to prisoners in Haiti


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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.

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