Highlandtown pastor urges more COVID-19 testing sites in hard-hit Latino and African American communities June 10, 2020By Tim Swift Filed Under: Bishop Lewandowski, Coronavirus, Feature, Hispanic Ministry, Local News, News Bishop-designate Bruce Lewandowski, C.Ss.R., appealed to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan Jr. June 10 to increase free COVID-19 testing in Baltimore to expand beyond his parish of Sacred Heart of Jesus/Sagrado Corazón de Jesús in Highlandtown.
Pope names Bishop Rozanski, Baltimore native, as Archbishop of St. Louis June 10, 2020By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski, Feature, Local News, News Pope Francis has named Baltimore native Bishop Mitchell T. Rozanski of the Diocese of Springfield, Mass., as the 10th archbishop of St. Louis.
New Baltimore auxiliary bishop wanted to be a ‘frontier priest’ June 10, 2020By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Archbishop's Ministry, Bishop Lewandowski, Bishops, Eastern Vicariate, Feature, Hispanic Ministry, Local News, News, Uncategorized Redemptorist Father Bruce Lewandowski was surprised June 1 by a call from Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio – the pope’s representative in the United States – relating that Pope Francis had selected the pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus/Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Parish in Highlandtown as the archdiocese’s new auxiliary bishop. The appointment was announced June 10. “I’m very humbled and I never saw this coming,” he said in an interview.
El nuevo obispo auxiliar quería ser un ‘sacerdote de la frontera’ June 10, 2020By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Archbishop's Ministry, Eastern Vicariate, En Español, Local News, News, Urban Vicariate El padre redentorista Bruce Lewandowski se dirigía al cementerio el 1 de junio para un servicio junto a la tumba cuando recibió una llamada de un número que no reconoció.
El Papa nombra al Redentorista como nuevo obispo auxiliar de Baltimore June 10, 2020By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Archbishop's Ministry, Bishops, Eastern Vicariate, En Español, Hispanic Ministry, Local News, News, Urban Vicariate El Papa Francisco nombró al Padre Redentorista Bruce A. Lewandowski como un nuevo obispo auxiliar de Baltimore. El anuncio fue publicado el 10 de junio por el Arzobispo Christophe Pierre, nuncio apostólico en los Estados Unidos. El obispo designado ha servido desde 2015 como pastor de la parroquia Sacred Heart of Jesus / Sagrado Corazón de Jesús en Highlandtown, en el este de Baltimore, considerado por muchos como el corazón de la comunidad hispana en la arquidiócesis. También ha servido los últimos siete meses como delegado del arzobispo para el ministerio hispano.
Pope names Highlandtown Redemptorist as new auxiliary bishop for Baltimore June 10, 2020By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Archbishop's Ministry, Bishop Lewandowski, Bishops, Eastern Vicariate, Feature, Hispanic Ministry, Local News, News, Vatican, Video Pope Francis named Redemptorist Father Bruce A. Lewandowski as a new auxiliary bishop of Baltimore. The announcement was publicized June 10 by Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States.
Pope creates fund for workers in Rome struggling in wake of pandemic June 9, 2020By Carol Glatz Filed Under: Coronavirus, News, Vatican, World News With so many people left unemployed or in a precarious position because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Pope Francis launched a fund aimed specifically at helping people in Rome struggling economically in the wake of the crisis.
Oblates see Providence at work in building of Mother Mary Lange Catholic School June 9, 2020By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools “Every time I go by it,” Sister Rita Michelle said of the construction site, “I proclaim, ‘God is good.’ It’s a miracle, another way God has provided to us.
Musician Matt Maher talks about life, music and his Catholic faith June 9, 2020By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview Maher sat down with Christopher Gunty for an interview via videoconference from his home studio in Nashville.
Mercy Medical Center completes new hospital floor ahead of schedule June 8, 2020By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News Mercy Medical Center announced June 5 the completion of a newly constructed unit on the 17th floor of the Mary Catherine Bunting Center main hospital in downtown Baltimore.
Josephites among religious and laity joining ‘Black Lives Matter’ protests June 8, 2020By Rhina Guidos Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News “The Catholic voice as a group, as a family needs to be heard,” said Father Cornelius Ejiogu, a member of the Baltimore-based Society of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart, best known as the Josephites.
Archbishop Lori offers invocation at ‘Protest with a Purpose’ June 8, 2020By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice The archbishop prayed for the Holy Spirit to consume racism and the conditions that led to the deaths of Floyd, Gray, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and others around the nation.
