Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Sports, Western Vicariate
A Catholic high school basketball tournament in Cumberland, billed as one of the most prestigious in the nation, is going on hiatus, according to tournament organizers.
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Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries, Western Vicariate
A funeral Mass for Capuchin Franciscan Father Benjamin Madden was offered July 21 at the Shrine of Ss. Peter and Paul in Cumberland.
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Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Western Vicariate
The Archdiocese of Baltimore honored the three top-performing graduating seniors from each of the 18 Catholic high schools of the archdiocese during the 31st annual Distinctive Scholars Convocation, March 30 at Archbishop Spalding High School in Severn.
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A priest walking into a bar is no joke at Bill’s Place, a remote, log-cabin hangout right in the heart of Western Maryland’s 49,000-acre Green Ridge State Forest.
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Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Parish Anniversary 2023, Western Vicariate
The Shrine of Ss. Peter and Paul is celebrating its 175th anniversary this year. For many in Western Maryland, the historic church is a hallowed place of prayer that serves as a physical link to Cumberland’s Catholic past.
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Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Retirement, Vocations, Western Vicariate
“It’s so rewarding that people let you into their lives at these key moments – the birth of a child, marriage, illness or death – and it’s the role of the priest to be thankful for that invitation and to walk with them in their journey as far as they want us to walk with them and to recognize we’re probably going to get more out of it than we give,” he said.
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Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Maryland Catholic Conference, Maryland General Assembly, News, Obituaries, Western Vicariate
Former Speaker of Maryland’s House of Delegates Casper R. Taylor Jr., a frequent supporter of Catholic legislative concerns in state government and a former member of the administrative board of the Maryland Catholic Conference, died April 24. He was 88.
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Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Local News, News, Vocations, Western Vicariate
Sister Isabelle Maina of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance, who professed her first vows June 21 at the Our Lady of Sorrows Monastery in Toronto, Ohio, says she began to feel the stirrings of her vocation as a youngster at St. Mary Catholic School in Hagerstown.
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Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Western Vicariate
Jose Feliz, a seventh grader at St. John Regional Catholic School, Frederick, held a wooden rosary given to him by his grandmother for his birthday as he and some 250 fifth- through eighth-grade students sat on the grass and prayed in the school’s Mary Garden May 23.
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Filed Under: Feature, Lent, Local News, News, Western Vicariate
A demonstration of Christian love was on display in Cumberland April 15 as an ecumenical Good Friday procession wound its way through a part of the city known as “Holy Hill.”
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Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Western Vicariate
Five small Catholic high schools in Western Maryland no longer exist, but a group of dedicated alumni are helping keep their legacy strong at Bishop Walsh School in Cumberland.
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Filed Under: Baltimore Basilica, Christmas, Feature, Local News, News, Western Vicariate
In this Christmas season, Christians are often reminded that Christ is the “Prince of Peace” foretold by the prophet Isaiah. We sing songs of peace on earth and good will toward all. But what does it mean to be a peacemaker? What are practical ways to heal the divide?
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