St. Alphonsus honors Baltimore’s spymaster priest March 4, 2010By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News As the Cold War raged in the late 1970s and early 1980s, 1,000 nuns packed secret messages into tubes of toothpaste and bits of candy – smuggling the reports of human rights abuses and church persecution out of Communist-dominated Lithuania.
School consolidations announcement set March 1, 2010By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien is set to announce the consolidation of an unspecified number of schools March 4.
Couple celebrates birth of twin girls doctors had advised they abort February 25, 2010By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Their births made medical history as 29-year-old Stephania became the first known heart transplant recipient in the world to give birth to healthy twins.
Father Hilgartner to be among leaders of workshops on new missal February 25, 2010By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News WASHINGTON – Registration is now open for a series of workshops to help prepare priests and diocesan leaders for implementation of the revised Roman Missal.
From St. Barnabas to St. Pius – A Journey of a Parish February 25, 2010By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News (This is the first article in a two-part series.) There is a banner at St. Pius dated July 12, 1931. The date represents the 78th anniversary when the congregation of St. Barnabas located at West Biddle Street and Argyle Avenue relocated and became the congregation of St. Pius V located four blocks away.
For Hackett, CRS veteran leader, rebuilding Haiti is an unprecedented challenge February 18, 2010By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – During the past 40 years – from his first engagement as a Peace Corps volunteer to his three decades spanning the globe with Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services – Ken Hackett has witnessed and responded to human misery.
Deacon Mortel describes need in Haiti February 11, 2010By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News At mid-day Feb. 4, while most in the Mid-Atlantic concerned themselves with the arrival of a record-setting blizzard, Deacon Rodrigue Mortel sat in his office at the Catholic Center and considered a crisis that requires more than stocking up on bread and milk.
Vigil Against Violence brings more than 1,000 to cathedral January 28, 2010By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Lineetra Seward dreams of a day when she can walk around her Baltimore City neighborhood without fear.
Pastors say Mayor Dixon leaves strong legacy January 14, 2010By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News City pastors who worked with Mayor Sheila Dixon on issues ranging from homelessness to immigration gave the outgoing mayor generally high marks for her performance in office. Yet, as the 56-year-old mayor prepares to step down Feb. 4 as part of a plea deal in a corruption case, priests throughout the city expressed disappointment in her behavior.
Bishop Ricard suffers stroke; your prayers requested December 24, 2009By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Bishop John H. Ricard, SSJ, bishop of Penacola-Tallahassee, Fla., and former auxiliary bishop of Baltimore, was admitted to the hospital recently with a stroke. The following information was provided by the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee:
Parishioners, clergy gather to celebrate life of Monsignor Tinder December 17, 2009By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries As pallbearers slowly guided Monsignor F. Dennis Tinder’s casket out of Immaculate Conception Church in Towson following his Dec. 12 funeral Mass, approximately 120 priests and deacons united their voices in a final tribute to their brother clergyman. A solemn church bell tolled every few seconds while the white-robed men chanted “Salve Regina” in Latin […]
Archdiocese mourns passing of Monsignor Tinder, 67 December 5, 2009By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Monsignor F. Dennis Tinder died Dec. 4, days after his retirement as pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish in Towson.
