Couple: Young Catholic adults need community, parish outreach December 23, 2021By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, Parishes “I realized that I have gifts to be shared,” explained Patrick, 24. “But realistically I can only touch 30 people at a time. So, I must invest the time to teach those 30 to reach out to others. Find people who want to evangelize, teach them how to do it better and empower them — give them the tools — necessary to do it.”
DC choir’s message to Baltimore County parish: ‘We’re all family’ July 29, 2019By Mary K. Tilghman Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Eastern Vicariate, Feature, Local News, MLK Pastoral Letter, News, Parishes Inspired by Archbishop Lori’s pastoral reflections on racism, the pastor of St. Joseph, Fullerton invited a Gospel choir from Washington, D.C., to the parish.
Vacation Bible school: No lions, tigers and bears, but horses, games, snacks – and Scripture July 25, 2019By Kevin J. Parks Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Parishes, Youth Programs As Cherry Hill, Hydes and Linthicum Heights show, the concept of Vacation Bible School encompasses many approaches and activities.
Catholic Community of South Baltimore merges into one parish July 9, 2018By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Parishes, Pastoral Planning, Urban Vicariate Three churches in South Baltimore have formalized a union that has been more than four decades in the making.
Baltimore Archdiocese hosts middle school youth day May 18, 2018By Emily Rosenthal Alster Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Parishes, Video, Youth Ministry, Youth Programs Middle-schoolers from around the Archdiocese of Baltimore gather at St. Louis School in Clarksville May 12 for the archdiocese’s first-ever youth day geared to young adolescents.
South Carroll County parish celebrates 150 years April 18, 2018By Emily Rosenthal Alster Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Parishes, Western Vicariate St. Joseph in Sykesville is celebrating 150 years. The parish has seen many changes since its cornerstone was laid in 1868.
St. Alphonsus Shrine entrusted to Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter September 25, 2017By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Parishes, Urban Vicariate, Worship & Sacraments “It’s a real pleasure and a real joy to be able to offer Mass in such a historic, beautiful church,” said Father Kiefer, a former Army captain who was deployed to Mogadishu in Somalia and Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Rebuilt 2.0: Nativity parish dedicates new church September 8, 2017By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Eastern Vicariate, Feature, Local News, News, Parishes A Catholic parish that was practicing the New Evangelization before the term was branded celebrated the opening of its new worship space Sept. 8.
In Ellicott City, raging waters remembered one year later July 31, 2017By Kevin J. Parks Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Parishes, Western Vicariate A dozen faith communities in Howard County came together at St. Paul Church in Ellicott City July 30 to remember the devastation that ravaged this quaint historic town last summer.
Renovations, new altar dedicated at Church of the Ascension June 6, 2017By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: Eastern Vicariate, Local News, News, Parishes “We’ve got a consecrated altar now,” Father John Williamson, exclaimed to a parishioner greeting him in the narthex of the Church of the Ascension after a Mass May 28 in which the altar was blessed and the new sanctuary was dedicated.
‘Richly Blessed’: St. Lawrence Martyr opens new parish complex June 5, 2017By Erik Zygmont Filed Under: Eastern Vicariate, Feature, Local News, News, Parishes While a church being replaced with a beerhall is sadly not uncommon in this day and age, the reverse is newsworthy.
Hampden parish, born in storm, celebrates 150 years of harmony May 19, 2017By Erik Zygmont Filed Under: Local News, News, Parishes, Urban Vicariate “It’s a great jewel in Hampden, it really is,” said parishioner Christine Barrasso of St. Thomas Aquinas Parish.
