Notre Dame of Maryland University welcomes biggest freshman class ever August 28, 2018By Emily Rosenthal Alster Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Video Notre Dame of Maryland University in Baltimore welcomed approximately 220 freshmen this year, the largest incoming class to enter the university in its 124-year history.
Father Francis Schemel, Jesuit who taught at Loyola, dies after 60 years as a priest August 28, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Jesuit Father Francis Schemel, who taught German at Loyola Blakefield in Towson in the 1960s, died Aug. 4 after 60 years as a priest.
Men’s soccer returns to Mount St. Mary’s after five-year absence August 27, 2018By Todd Karpovich Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Sports For the first time since 2012, the Mountaineers took the field in an NCAA game Aug. 24, when they played host to Bucknell at Waldron Family Stadium and lost, 2-0.
Former Mount St. Joseph teacher accused of abuse August 23, 2018By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Local News, News Xaverian Brother Robert Flaherty, a former teacher at Mount St. Joseph High School in Baltimore, has been removed from active ministry by his religious community following an allegation that he sexually abused a minor in the mid-1980s.
Bishop Madden to lead Baltimore prayer walk for peace Aug. 22 August 21, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News Bishop Denis J. Madden, urban vicar and auxiliary bishop emeritus of Baltimore, will lead a prayer walk for peace Aug. 22 in Park Heights.
In homilies and messages, local clergy respond to abuse crisis August 20, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, Local News, News Parish priests and deacons throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore used their Aug. 18-19 homilies, along with messages on social media, bulletins and letters, to address their flocks in response to the recent findings of the Pennsylvania grand jury report concerning clergy child sexual abuse and the way bishops handled abusers.
Ask, pray, talk: Little Italy pastor connects during annual festivals August 17, 2018By Emily Rosenthal Alster Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Missionary Disciples, News The festival, which draws those from the greater metropolitan area to the St. Leo community, offers an opportunity to normalize Catholicism in everyday life, as well as promote religious vocations.
Archbishop Lori says allegations open old wounds for abuse victims August 14, 2018By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Child & Youth Protection, Feature, Local News, News Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore acknowledged the renewed pain and anger caused by clergy sexual abuse following the release of a Pennsylvania grand jury report that details some of the actions taken by Cardinal William H. Keeler when he was a bishop in Pennsylvania.
Father Charles Moffatt, S.S.J., dies at 92 August 14, 2018By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Father Moffatt, who served at St. Francis Xavier in Baltimore in the late 1950s, died Aug. 7 at Stella Maris in Timonium. He was 92.
World must not forget suffering of Ukraine and its people, says prelate August 10, 2018By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, Local News, News “We plead with the international community not to neglect Ukraine and that we not be left alone with a much bigger and more powerful aggressor,” said Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kiev-Halych, Ukraine.
St. Agnes parishioner receives first Communion at Camp GLOW August 9, 2018By Emily Rosenthal Alster Filed Under: Disabilities Ministry, Feature, Local News, News “This is a Camp GLOW first,” said Deacon Fleming, who leads the camp. “It is truly a blessing. How appropriate to be with her family and friends to receive this blessed gift.”
Seven children, two outreaches begun for Knights Family of the Year August 8, 2018By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Feature, Knights of Columbus, Local News, Marriage & Family Life, News A little more than two decades after they met at an ice cream social on the second day of class at Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio, Ryan and Elizabeth Young head the Knights of Columbus International Family of the Year.
