Tuba-toting priest is top brass May 19, 2007By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Western Vicariate When Father Mueller needs to unwind from a long day’s work, music is his refuge. Playing mostly by ear, the priest has enjoyed playing the tuba and piano for many years and he’s now working on sharpening his skills on the clarinet.
Father John A. Delclos dies at 67 May 10, 2007By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries As Father Edward M. Miller prepares the homily he will deliver at the May 10 funeral Mass for his friend of 40 years – Father John Anthony Delclos – the pastor of St. Bernardine, Baltimore, reflects on how the 67-year-old retired priest was able to take the complexity out of religion and make it easy for the faithful to comprehend.
Parish work helped Father Cosgrove recognize calling May 2, 2007By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Vocations Jumping into parish life at Ss. Philip and James in Baltimore helped convince Father Joseph Cosgrove he might be called to the priesthood.
Catholic Review honored by regional press association April 30, 2007By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News The Catholic Review received several top honors for news writing, photography, page design and advertising from the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association at the regional press association’s annual awards convocation, April 26-27 in Ellicott City. The Catholic Review competed in a division with non-daily newspapers with a circulation of 20,000 or more.
Students honored as “distinctive scholars” April 27, 2007By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Sixty-three graduating seniors representing 21 Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore were recognized as “distinctive scholars” for their academic excellence and leadership. The awards were presented April 24 during convocation at Towson Catholic High School. Three students from each school received the award. Bishop W. Francis Malooly, western vicar, led a vespers service at the event and Monsignor F. Dennis Tinder, pastor of Immaculate Conception in Towson, served as emcee at the event.
St. Athanasius parishioners become environmentally thrifty April 26, 2007By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Environment, Local News, News A new project at St. Athanasius, Curtis Bay, is expected to bring a little more green to the planet, parish grounds and church coffers. With the delivery of a green and orange dumpster in the St. Athanasius parking lot last month, parishioners have been eagerly disposing their discarded paper products by the ton in a recycling effort they hope will create a more vibrant environment locally and globally.
Seton Keough principal honored with an award April 5, 2007By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Schools “I was glad to be at a Catholic school where Christ was at the center,” he said. “The students were incredibly resilient. It was really clear that their faith in Christ was the foundation for everything.”
Mount St. Mary’s professor wins $63,000 on ‘Jeopardy!’ March 28, 2007By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News As he sits on the blue couch in his Walkersville home watching “Jeopardy! America’s favorite quiz show,” Scott Weiss knows most of the answers. “Being in front of everyone on the planet on TV on the show – that’s a different kind of thing!” said the assistant professor in the department of mathematics and computer science at Mount St. Mary’s University, Emmitsburg, who was a recent contestant on “Jeopardy!” The 36-year-old garnered winnings of $63,000 over four rounds.
Sen. Mooney undecided on death penalty ban March 15, 2007By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life Sen. Alex X. Mooney knows he’s the man of the hour in the death penalty debate.
Eucharist attacked at Emmitsburg parish March 7, 2007By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Western Vicariate The Eucharist was desecrated at St. Anthony Shrine in Emmitsburg after a frustrated thief or thieves apparently exacted revenge for failing to open a safe and poor box, according to Sister Marietta Culhane, O.S.F., temporary pastoral life director of St. Anthony and Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Thurmont.
Bishop Madden testifies against death penalty March 1, 2007By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Respect Life In an unusual move that highlights the priority Maryland’s bishops have placed on abolishing the death penalty, Bishop Denis J. Madden, urban vicar, testified in person during Feb. 21 committee hearings on a bill that would replace the death penalty with life sentences without parole.
Scalia: Constitution is not a living document February 19, 2007By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said that the Constitution is not a living document and should not be rewritten each year by the unelected justices of the Supreme Court.
