Baltimore’s Cristo Rey Jesuit High requires COVID-19 vaccine for students, staff September 2, 2021By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Schools Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Baltimore required a COVID-19 vaccine for students, teachers and staff when it resumed classroom instruction for the first time in more than 520 days Aug. 23.
Archdiocese of Baltimore Catholic schools welcome back students August 30, 2021By Priscila González de Doran Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Schools After three months of virtual classes in spring 2020, and a 2020-21 year that included hybrid learning, schools welcomed children for regular school hours that will continue five days a week.
All in-person learning returns as enrollment ticks upward in Archdiocese of Baltimore schools August 29, 2021By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Eucharist, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Schools The resumption of all in-classroom instruction comes as enrollment has increased approximately 6 to 7 percent from last year.
During schools convocation, Tom Alban and Robert Redfield awarded archdiocese’s highest education honor August 26, 2021By Priscila González de Doran Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Archbishop's Ministry, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Schools Two leaders who helped the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Catholic schools navigate the pandemic were honored with the Doris Musil Award, the highest honor the Catholic school system bestows each year.
Expanding Father Watters’ vision, St. Ignatius Parish will add grades to pre-school August 19, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Urban Vicariate The Jesuit footprint on local education expanded Aug. 19, with the announcement that the Loyola Early Learning Center, an initiative of St. Ignatius Parish in Baltimore and the Jesuit USA East Province, will open a kindergarten in September, with plans to grow into a PreK-Grade 4 school serving low-income children.
Mount de Sales graduate elected a successor to Mother Angelica August 18, 2021By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Consecrated Life, Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Vocations Buck, whose religious name is Mother Mary Paschal of the Lamb of God, was elected abbess in late July, taking on the same post that was once held by Mother Angelica.
Archdiocese of Baltimore schools issue mask guidance for fall August 16, 2021By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Schools The Archdiocese of Baltimore Department of Catholic Schools issued guidelines Aug. 16 for mask usage for the opening of schools this fall.
RADIO INTERVIEW: After death at 21, Isaac Scharbach continues to touch lives August 16, 2021By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Saints, Schools George Matysek talks with Father Albert Scharbach, Isaac’s father, about his son’s extraordinary faith and the countless lives he has touched around the globe in his death.
Archdiocese blesses new Catholic school in Baltimore City August 6, 2021By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Video The 65,000-square-foot facility will welcome more than 400 students when classes begin Aug. 30.
Mount de Sales’ Whittaker will keenly watch peers run in Tokyo Olympics July 19, 2021By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Olympics, Schools, Sports Whittaker, who won the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland cross country title at age 14 and soon thereafter catapulted herself into the national prep middle-distance scene, was 10th-fastest in the 800 semifinals at the U.S. Olympic Trials in June.
Emotion unmasked for commencements July 7, 2021By Kevin J. Parks Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools The Archdiocese of Baltimore celebrates more than 2,200 graduates from its 18 Catholic high schools, who were able to let down their guard – a bit – as COVID-19 restrictions eased.
Distinctive Scholars adapted, grew during pandemic July 7, 2021By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools The Review visited with some of the archdiocese’s 54 Distinctive Scholars. While activities and traditions were adjusted or abandoned because of COVID-19, they not only thrived, but they grew in empathy.
