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.
‘Cathedral of the south:’ Cardinal Keeler dedicates 1,200-seat church for St. Louis, Clarksville April 27, 2006By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Western Vicariate “People want their churches to lift their spirits,” Monsignor Luca said. “This church does that.”
Libertytown parish prepares for Christmas without a church December 23, 2004By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Western Vicariate As Ms. Mason stood in the former sanctuary not far from where the Nativity window once served as a Christmas beacon of hope, an icy wind whipped through what remains of the church. There is no roof. It was lost in the fire, along with the steeple.
Emmitsburg seminary boasts record number of new students October 8, 1999By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Vocations, Western Vicariate While many seminaries around the country have struggled to attract students in recent years, Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg is bursting at the seams.
