Scenes from the March: Baltimore Archdiocese out in force for life January 20, 2018By Emily Rosenthal Alster Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life, Video Catholics of all ages represented the Archdiocese of Baltimore well at the annual March for Life in Washington Jan. 19.
Josephite priest who influenced generations of youths in West Baltimore dies January 18, 2018By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries, Urban Vicariate Josephite Father Joseph Francis Xavier Del Vecchio, whose gruff exterior could not hide the compassion he showed several generations of children in West Baltimore, died Jan. 13
Sister Caroleen Baummer, S.S.N.D., dies after 71 years as a professed religious January 18, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries School Sister of Notre Dame Sister Caroleen Baummer, who spent most of her 43 years in education teaching music at Notre Dame Preparatory Lower School in Towson, the former St. Ann School in Baltimore and the Institute of Notre Dame in Baltimore, died Dec. 4 at 94.
Sister Mary Teresa Carmichael dies at 93 January 18, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for Sister Mary Teresa Carmichael was offered Jan. 2 at Assisi House in Aston, Pa. A professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 71 years, Sister Mary Teresa died Dec. 28 at Assisi House, at age 93.
Mass celebrates the beauty of life, remembers those lost January 16, 2018By Emily Rosenthal Alster Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life More than 1.5 million hands have held the pro-life brochures created by Linda Brenegan, former director of the Respect Life Office of the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Laity in Baltimore and beyond taking their rightful place in pro-life work, ministry January 15, 2018By Mark Pattison Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life Building a culture of life is not solely the work of bishops and ordained clergy. Laypeople take the lead in diocesan and parish settings, and in independent organizations, to make the case for life.
Trusting in Divine Providence January 12, 2018By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Faces of Faith, Local News, News, Schools, Urban Vicariate “Whenever you feel down or if you feel like you don’t have anyone, you always have God,” said Melanie Cabo, a student at St. Frances Academy in Baltimore. “He’s there for you.”
Baltimore’s Salvadoran community worries over end to TPS January 12, 2018By Rico De Silva Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News “Many of these individuals have lived in the state of Maryland for 15 years or more,” said William J. McCarthy, executive director of Catholic Charities of Baltimore, in response to the DHS announcement affecting Salvadorians.
Cool senior calms St. Frances Academy in big win over John Carroll January 11, 2018By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Urban Vicariate In his fourth year on the varsity, Epps scored a team-high 14 points, defended wherever he was needed, broke the press and always seemed to come up with a vital assist when St. Frances Academy needed a basket.
Ellicott City parish hosts Cold Weather Shelter for Howard County’s homeless population January 11, 2018By Rico De Silva Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Social Justice, Western Vicariate St. Paul Church in Ellicott City hosted its annual Cold Weather Shelter outreach to those in need in Howard County Jan. 2-8.
Maryland Catholic Conference anticipates busy legislative session January 10, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life, Schools, Social Justice As the General Assembly gathers in Maryland’s Capitol for its session beginning Jan. 10, the Maryland Catholic Conference is poised to provide input from the church’s perspective on a host of issues across the political spectrum.
Former director of the office of liturgy dies January 10, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries, Worship & Sacraments Atonement Father C. Donald Howard, director of the office of liturgy for the Archdiocese of Baltimore from 1985 to 1988, died Jan. 6. He was 71. A funeral Mass will be offered Jan. 17 at 11 a.m. at Christ the Redeemer in Sterling, Va., the parish he served as associate pastor and then pastor for 25 years until his 2013 retirement.
