Mercy High School offers international scope June 24, 2017By Mary K. Tilghman Filed Under: Local News, News, Schools, Urban Vicariate Christine Joy “CJ” Escobar, a native of the Philippines, and Catherine Zuzarte, a first-generation Pakistani-American, often feel torn between the lands of their parents and their American community. At Baltimore’s Mercy High School, however, they always felt at home.
Fortnight for Freedom: Archbishop Lori urges faithful to work for ‘holiness of freedom and freedom for holiness’ June 22, 2017By Erik Zygmont Filed Under: Feature, Fortnight for Freedom, Local News, News, Religious Freedom Archbishop Lori urged Catholics to develop in their hearts “the holiness of freedom and freedom for holiness – an irrepressible spirit of freedom, courage and mission that no earthly power can take away from us.”
Mount de Sales graduate finds sense of community June 21, 2017By Karen Sampson Hoffman Filed Under: Eastern Vicariate, Local News, News, Schools From her volleyball teammates to her bandmates in productions of “Beauty and the Beast” and “Oliver!,” Zoe Kreisel found her community at Mount de Sales Academy.
Sister Mary Alvita Maguire, educator, dies at 94 June 21, 2017By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass for School Sister of Notre Dame Mary Alvita Maguire was offered June 7 at Villa Assumpta in Baltimore. Sister Alvita died May 27; she was 94.
Results Oriented: John Carroll’s Hinke engineered for giving back June 20, 2017By Lisa Harlow Filed Under: Local News, News, Schools Nick Hinke built an impressive resume at The John Carroll School in Bel Air: atop a class of 162 students, National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and central defender on the soccer team.
Names and Numbers: Season for baseball, fishing, swimming June 20, 2017By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, Names and Numbers, News The latest installment of Names and Numbers includes a commencement speech from a Paralympic swimmer who attended Notre Dame Preparatory School, a fundraiser initiated by Loyola Blakefield grad, and recognition for two longtime volunteers in a youth baseball league.
K-8 schools that closed left a mark on students June 19, 2017By Erik Zygmont Filed Under: Eastern Vicariate, Local News, News, Schools, Urban Vicariate When St. Thomas Aquinas Elementary School in Hampden and John Paul Regional Catholic School in Woodlawn closed their doors for the final time at the conclusion of the 2016-17 school year, students weren’t the only ones to experience grief.
Rapid Response: Maryvale runner ready to take on hackers June 17, 2017By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Eastern Vicariate, Local News, News, Schools To the dismay of corporate recruiters, Emily Craig’s cyber security career will have to wait.
Ewing’s June 24 ordination to the priesthood will be bittersweet June 16, 2017By Erik Zygmont Filed Under: Eastern Vicariate, Local News, News, Vocations Deacon Kevin Ewing’s June 24 ordination to the priesthood promises to be bittersweet.
Coffee & Doughnuts with Lia Salinas June 16, 2017By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Coffee & Doughnuts, Hispanic Ministry, Local News, News The Catholic Review sits down with Lia Salinas, Director of Hispanic Ministry for the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
More than 2,200 graduate from 20 Catholic high schools in Archdiocese of Baltimore June 15, 2017By Erik Zygmont Filed Under: Local News, News, Schools Twenty Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore graduated a combined 2,210 seniors this spring.
Our Back Pages: Terrible loss in the ‘Great War’ June 15, 2017By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Local News, News, Our Back Pages “One minute before the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 – the moment when an armistice took effect to end World War I – Henry Gunther was shot and killed near the French village of Chaumont-devant-Damvillers.”
