Archbishop Spalding High School in Severn has temporarily switched to remote instruction for all students after two of them tested positive for COVID19, school administrators wrote in a letter to parents this week.
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Archdiocese of Baltimore celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
September ushers in waves of celebrations across much of Latin America as nine countries within the hemisphere celebrate their independence.
Severna Park school sustains Catholic identity through pandemic
Father Arnold and Casey Buckstaff, principal of St. John the Evangelist School, foster an environment that earned the school honors for its Catholic identity from the National Catholic Educational Association last spring.
Study: Teens’ religious practice less than that of their parents
A Pew Research Center study released in September shows that teens’ religious practice is less than that of their parents. The lessened observance cuts across all denominational lines.
Bon Secours Names Harry Spikes executive director of Bon Secours Community Works
Bon Secours has named Harry Spikes as executive director of Bon Secours Community Works, effective Sept. 14.
Bruce Springsteen gives pep talk of sorts to Boston College freshmen
As this unusual school year gets underway, Boston College freshmen were reminded that they’ve already been through a lot and were urged — as college graduating seniors usually are — that they have to go out and change the world.
Creation must be protected, not exploited, pope says at audience
Human beings must change their relationship with nature and view it not as an “object for unscrupulous use and abuse” but as a gift they are charged by God to care for and protect, Pope Francis said.
San Francisco Catholics urged to speak up about ‘punitive’ limits on Mass
San Francisco’s archbishop is calling on all parishes in the archdiocese to each gather parishioners to participate in eucharistic processions to U.N. Plaza next to City Hall Sept. 20 “to witness to the city that faith matters.”
Oils blessed, promises renewed at delayed chrism Mass
Clergy and some lay faithful gathered Sept. 14 at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland to participate in the chrism Mass at which Archbishop William E. Lori blesses sacramental oils used in parishes and where priests of the diocese traditionally renew their promises.
U.S. evangelicals get Israeli visas; Catholics want equal treatment
Catholic leaders in the Holy Land expressed astonishment that a large group of evangelical Christians from the U.S. received visas to come to Israel to help with the grape harvest in West Bank settlements, while Catholic institutions have not been able to obtain Israeli visas for their volunteers and staff members because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Two groups criticize Catholic honor planned for U.S. attorney general
The Association of U.S. Catholic Priests and the Catholic Mobilizing Network said they strongly object to an award the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast organizers plan to present to U.S. Attorney General William Barr during the annual breakfast, which is to be livestreamed Sept. 23 from Washington.
Sister Mary Reginald Gerdes, champion of St. Frances Academy, Johnston Square, dies at 88
Oblate Sister of Providence Mary Reginald Gerdes, a tireless and fearless advocate of St. Frances Academy and the surrounding Baltimore neighborhood of Johnston Square, died Sept. 7 at her religious community’s motherhouse in Arbutus