Mother Angelica for sainthood? April 9, 2018By Father Kenneth Doyle Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner, Saints Father Doyle answers a question about possible sainthood for the founder of EWTN.
Driving away the shadows October 4, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window, Saints St. Francis of Assisi must be one of the best-known saints. But I didn’t feel a special connection to him until 14 years ago when I went on a retreat.
‘The World Needs Heroes’ August 14, 2017By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Blog, Saints, The Narthex, Vocations, Young Adult Ministry, Youth Ministry If we start sharing stories of heroic virtue and courage, we are bound to inspire religious vocations.
There’s a mouse in the house—and there’s a Catholic saint who can help with that January 17, 2017By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window, Saints There’s a mouse in the house—and there’s a Catholic saint who can help with that
Mother Lange’s relics moved to motherhouse as sainthood cause advances June 4, 2013By Maria Wiering Catholic Review Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Saints, Video ARBUTUS – “You can’t explain it,” said Oblate Sister of Providence Celestina Johnson, 86, searching for words to describe her feelings. She had just participated in a June 3 canonical celebration where the remains of her congregation’s foundress were transferred to a permanent home in its mother house’s chapel. “You never thought a day you’d […]
Lithuanian nun with ties to Baltimore on path to sainthood August 5, 2010By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Local News, News, Saints A nun who walked the halls of St. Alphonsus School in Baltimore is on her way to becoming a saint.
St. Joseph in Taneytown creatively honors 21 pastors June 23, 2010By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Saints St. Joseph in Taneytown has had a host of illustrious pastors over the course of its 213-year history.
Archdiocese investigates possible Seelos miracle May 19, 2009By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Saints One week after she began the novena at her parish, Heibel’s cancer disappeared. Gone were tumors in both lungs, her liver, back and sternum. When Dr. Michael Gibson, her doctor at Hopkins, called with the news, Heibel couldn’t believe it.
Pietro Canzi, St. Dominic parishioner, prays for brother’s canonization May 7, 2009By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Saints, Vatican, World News “He was a good, good boy,” said Mr. Canzi, pausing to compose himself as his eyes moistened and his voice cracked. “I know he was a saint. I know his day will come.”
Taneytown parish embraces Catholic legacy March 26, 2009By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Saints, Western Vicariate When Maryland Catholics faced religious persecution in the early 1700s, Taneytown was an area where many found refuge.
Cumberland remembers Bishop Walsh, its missionary hero January 10, 2008By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Religious Freedom, Saints Twenty-seven years after his death, leaders of Bishop Walsh’s home parish are working to raise awareness about a man whose virtuous exploits seem less recognized with each passing decade.
Returning the favor: A statue of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton fulfills Arbutus mother’s promise November 6, 2003By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Saints When a doctor told Judy Giangrandi that her 6-year-old son Steven had a 50 percent chance of surviving Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Mrs. Giangrandi wasn’t at all satisfied.
