Faith keeps young parishioner strong in battle with brain cancer and Lyme disease February 19, 2018By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Eastern Vicariate, Faces of Faith, Feature, Local News, News Despite brutal twin diagnoses of Lyme disease and brain cancer, 26-year-old Corey Dregier maintains a positive attitude and zest for life.
Annapolis family finds home in the Catholic faith February 19, 2018By Emily Rosenthal Alster Filed Under: Faith Formation, Feature, Local News, News Nearly 700 catechumens and candidates participated in the Rite of Election and the Call to Continuing Conversion at three locations across the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Bishop Madden to lead Baltimore prayer walk for peace Feb. 28 February 19, 2018By Archdiocese of Baltimore Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Urban Vicariate Bishop Denis J. Madden, urban vicar and auxiliary bishop emeritus of Baltimore, will lead a prayer walk for peace Feb. 28 at St. Ignatius, 740 North Calvert Street, in Baltimore.
Sister Angela Erhard dies at 92 February 19, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass was offered for Sister of St. Francis Angela Erhard Feb. 15 at Assisi House in Aston, Pa. She died Feb. 9 at 92 after 74 years as a professed religious, including 42 years in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Sister St. Francis Lyons, I.H.M., dies at 80 February 19, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass was offered for Sister, Servant of the Immaculate Heart of Mary M. St. Francis Lyons Feb. 12 at the IHM Center Chapel in Scranton, Pa. Sister St. Francis, who taught at two Baltimore Catholic schools in the 1950s and 1960s, died Feb. 6 at 80.
Cardinal Tagle has rapt audience at Mid-Atlantic Congress February 16, 2018By Emily Rosenthal Alster Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News Cardinal Tagle of the Archdiocese of Manila delivered a message of hope at the Mid-Atlantic Congress in Baltimore.
Cardinal Tagle says everyone has a little migrant in their soul February 16, 2018By Dennis Sadowski Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News There’s a little bit of migrant in everyone, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila, Philippines, said during a U.S. visit.
On another St. Valentine’s Day, health struggle only strengthens bond of couple February 14, 2018By Emily Rosenthal Alster Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Marriage & Family Life, News The love story of Jerry and Renee Buettner, one that begins in the early 1970s, is intertwined with their faith.
Maryland Assembly will not consider physician-assisted suicide February 14, 2018By Emily Rosenthal Alster Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life Legislation regarding physician-assisted suicide (PAS) will not be introduced during the 2018 Maryland General Assembly.
Archbishop Lori pens pastoral letter on Martin Luther King Jr., nonviolence February 14, 2018By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, MLK Pastoral Letter, News, Social Justice The upcoming 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. prompted Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori to write a pastoral letter on the civil rights leader’s principles of nonviolence.
Lent begins Ash Wednesday February 13, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News Lent, the 40-day period of preparation for Easter, begins Ash Wednesday, Feb. 14. While not a holy day of obligation, Catholics are encouraged to attend Mass that day as a way of beginning their Lenten journey in prayer.
High-schoolers focus on the Eucharist at seminarian-led Mount 2000 retreat February 12, 2018By Emily Rosenthal Alster Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Western Vicariate Mount St. Mary’s was packed this weekend with more than 1,300 high school students attending Mount 2000, a retreat focused on the Eucharist and led by the university’s seminarians.
