Names & Numbers: Catholics help build church, serve pregnant women and more April 17, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Names and Numbers, News, Schools Among the highlights of this month’s edition of Names & Numbers is a fundraising drive by Ellicott City parishioners who are helping to build a church in Vietnam.
MCC tracks wins, losses in Annapolis session April 17, 2018By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News The Maryland Catholic Conference saw some successes on issues it tracked during the 438th Session of the Maryland General Assembly that concluded April 9.
Successor to Martin Luther King Jr. urges unity in cathedral sermon April 13, 2018By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, MLK Pastoral Letter, News, Video The Rev. Dr. Raphael G. Warnock, senior pastor of Atlanta’s historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, gave a rousing sermon at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland at an April 12 interfaith/ecumenical prayer service to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Watch an archived livestream of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. prayer service April 12, 2018By Archdiocese of Baltimore Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News The Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Facebook page will livestream an ecumenical and interfaith prayer service at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore April 12 beginning at 7 p.m.
Catholic institutions shine at Light City festival April 12, 2018By Emily Rosenthal Alster Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News The annual Light City festival began April 6 with the lighting of Neighborhood Lights, including at St. Leo the Great in Little Italy, and a “luminous” celebration at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore.
Interfaith prayer service for MLK features Atlanta pastor April 11, 2018By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Local News, MLK Pastoral Letter, News The son of two Pentecostal pastors, Rev. Warnock responded to the call of ministry at a very early age, and at age 35, became the fifth and the youngest person ever called to the senior pastorate of Ebenezer Baptist Church, founded in 1886.
60 scholars honored at archdiocesan convocation April 11, 2018By Emily Rosenthal Alster Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools Top-performing seniors from each Catholic high school within the Archdiocese of Baltimore were honored for academic achievement at the 26th annual Distinctive Scholars Convocation April 10.
Sister Maria Voorneveld, I.H.M., dies at 95 April 11, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Sister Maria Voorneveld, I.H.M., died March 27 at 95. She taught at St. Bernadine Elementary School in Baltimore (1948-55) and was a member of the support staff at Mother Seton Academy in Baltimore (1995-2006).
Sister Elizabeth Doyle, O.S.F., dies at 98 April 11, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Sister Elizabeth Doyle, former principal and teacher at Immaculate Conception School in Towson and teacher at St. Anthony in Baltimore, died April 3. She was 98.
East Baltimore man dedicated to parish, food bank April 11, 2018By Emily Rosenthal Alster Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Faces of Faith, Feature, Local News, News, Urban Vicariate Dwayne Coleman uses his free time to volunteer at St. Wenceslaus in Baltimore and the parish’s Lucielle Fitzgerald Outreach Center, which will be re-dedicated April 21 at 10 a.m.
Holy Rosary offers encounter with God’s love on Divine Mercy Sunday April 9, 2018By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Divine Worship, Feature, Local News, News, Video “It’s just so amazing and so beautiful seeing so many people taking advantage of the graces of this day,” said Elissa Voss.
Forgiveness is theme of Divine Mercy Sunday in Archdiocese of Baltimore April 6, 2018By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Divine Worship, Local News, News Archbishop Lori will celebrate a 1:30 p.m. Divine Mercy Sunday Mass April 8 at Holy Rosary, home of the Archdiocese of Baltimore Divine Mercy Shrine.
