Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, Vocations, World News
Black Catholic religious vocations emerge from a long tradition of faith, nurtured by silence and prayer within the life of the church, said a religious sister at an event dedicated to those vocations.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Catholic Charities, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Social Justice
As Catholic Charities of Baltimore continues to celebrate its 100th anniversary, the organization sponsored its first social justice symposium April 20 in person at Church of the Nativity in Timonium and livestreamed to six additional satellite locations.
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Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News
Father Augustus Tolton (1854-1897) and Servant of God Sister Thea Bowman (1937-1990) both endured and triumphed against the sin of racism in their own eras and in the Catholic Church, offering future generations of every race a timeless legacy of what it means to live in the freedom of following Jesus Christ.
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As the nation marked the 58th anniversary of a key civil rights demonstration, members of an Illinois parish traveled to two Alabama cities to honor that history, and to reinvigorate their own work for justice in society faithful to the Gospel.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries, Racial Justice, Social Justice
Vincent “Vinnie” Quayle, a former Jesuit priest who passionately fought blockbusting, redlining and other discriminatory practices in the real estate and housing industries in Baltimore, died March 27.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Social Justice
Catholics in the Archdiocese of Baltimore are helping lead the push for new legislation that would cement inclusionary housing practices into law in Baltimore City.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice
Two area Catholic universities are doing their part to cultivate entrepreneurism. Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore and Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg both offer programs and resources that are helping support the next generation of innovators.
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Filed Under: Feature, News, Racial Justice, Vatican, World News
The “distorted” thought that one person is better than another goes against Catholic teachings and flies in the face of universal principles laid out in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Holy See’s United Nations envoy told a U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York.
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Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Saints
The canonization cause of Mother Mary Lange, founder of the world’s first sustained women’s religious community for Black women, has taken a step forward.
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Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice
Numerous unmarked gravesites were discovered in the wooded area surrounding the Sacred Heart Chapel in Bowie, likely the final resting place of enslaved people who toiled on the property hundreds of years ago.
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Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice
Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory led a ceremony at Sacred Heart Parish in Bowie, which was titled a “Prayer Service to Bless a Portion of the Parish Cemetery for African-Americans Buried There,” and was attended by members of the parish and community, as well as descendants of the area’s enslaved.
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Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News
Catholic leaders, community leaders, former students and members of the community gathered inside Central Catholic High School’s gym in Wheeling to celebrate the history of the former Blessed Martin de Porres Catholic School for African American boys and girls.
