Catholic Review

Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore

Western Vicariate

Father Edward Hendricks, trailblazer in pastoral planning, will remain in Western Maryland for retirement


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Catholic Review 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.

Former House Speaker Casper Taylor leaves legacy of faith, service


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Catholic Review 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.

‘All the desires of my heart’: Vocation to religious life fostered at St. Mary in Hagerstown


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Special to the Catholic Review 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.

Pilgrimage for the Sea Services Mass celebrated at Mother Seton’s shrine


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Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Western Vicariate

The special Mass brings together members of the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Merchant Marines and Public Health Services with family and friends to join in prayer to thank St. Elizabeth Ann Seton for her protection and ask for her continued intercession for the country, the safety of all those at sea and for those who have fallen while serving their country.