Monsignor Adam Parker, Cardinal O’Brien’s priest-secretary, learns from his mentor February 23, 2012By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Few people know Cardinal Edwin F. O’Brien as well as Monsignor Adam J. Parker.
Former Episcopalian Mount Calvary parishioners received into Catholic Church January 26, 2012By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News The parishioners were the first group of Americans to be received into full communion with the Roman Catholic Church through the newly established Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, an ecclesiastical structure created by Pope Benedict XVI to make it easier to welcome former Episcopalians into the Catholic Church.
Westminster parish marks 40 years of basketball, thanks to veteran volunteers January 26, 2012By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News, Sports WESTMINSTER – Sitting in the bleachers as the repeated booming echoes of bouncing basketballs filled St. John’s gymnasium, Larry Baker and Donald “Bo” Yingling seemed like proud fathers.
Father Stewart Bullock arrested, removed from ministry January 25, 2012By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News “I realize that this information may be shocking and painful for you to hear, which I sincerely regret,” Father Barr wrote in his letter to parishioners. “However, in the interest of transparency and out of an abundance of care for this parish and our community, I wanted to share this news with you directly and ask for your prayers for Father Bullock and for our parish.”
St. Louis School in Clarksville wins Blue Ribbon honor January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News CLARKSVILLE – St. Louis School principal Terry Weiss sat in her Clarksville office on the evening of Sept. 8 reading e-mails.
Father Janaites carried burdens for others January 19, 2012By Father Joseph Breighner Filed Under: Commentary, News, Wit & Wisdom Since the strokes in my eyes in 2002, I’ve found that tears come pretty easily. However, I needed no such excuse when I first heard that Father Stan Janaites had died on Aug. 5. I cried again as I stood at his coffin in St. Joseph’s Church in Sykesville.
Priest recalls peaceful midnight Mass in a war zone January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News For the past 51 years as a priest, Father John Bauer, C.Ss.R., has looked forward to celebrating Midnight Mass on Christmas, and the most peaceful one for this Highlandtown native was in the middle of a war zone.
Mount Carmel steps into great unknown with football January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Patrick Williams always wanted to play football, but his parents thought he would get hurt.
Through sorrow, joy, Malooly family stays close January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Forty-eight years old seems too young to die. The hole a man’s death leaves in his family never seems to shrink as they forge ahead without him.
Baby Jesus returns January 19, 2012By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News He once was lost but now is found. The plastic baby Jesus figure that vandals ripped from the outdoor manger of a Timonium Nativity scene last January has been recovered and returned to Gil and Loretta Hoffman.
IND alum’s work in Haiti inspires family, friends January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News K.C. Bersch first visited Haiti in 1997, when she was a student at the Institute of Notre Dame in Baltimore. She accompanied her mother on a mission of mercy rooted in their family’s long-distance support of a child there.
A Global Affair: Baltimore finds spirit in World Youth Day January 19, 2012By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien challenged Baltimore pilgrims at World Youth Day to be a light of information when they return from Sydney, Australia.
