Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Seek the City to Come
The Archdiocese of Baltimore issued decrees Sept. 29 for some of the churches that will be affected by the Seek the City to Come planning process.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: En Español, Protagonistas de Fe, Seek the City to Come
En esta edición de Protagonistas de Fe el obispo Bruce Lewandowski de la Arquidiócesis de Baltimore nos explica el proceso de implementación de la iniciativa “Busquemos la Ciudad Venidera” -un plan para construir parroquias evangelizadoras en la ciudad de Baltimore y algunas zonas del condado de Baltimore.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Evangelization, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Seek the City to Come
Julie St. Croix, newly appointed director of Seek the City to Come, talks with George Matysek about the central role of evangelization in the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s plan for renewing parishes in the Baltimore area.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Seek the City to Come
As the Seek the City to Come parish planning moves from the decision phase to implementation, archdiocesan leaders say the focus is on walking with the parishioners and focusing on evangelism.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Seek the City to Come
Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talked with Bishop Bruce A. Lewandowski, C.Ss.R., vicar for Baltimore City, about how the Seek the City to Come plan will be implemented and about its impact on Black and Hispanic communities.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Charity in Truth, Commentary, From the Archbishop, Seek the City to Come
Sustainable parishes are being formed that will have what it takes to offer a full range of pastoral services and to evangelize the neighborhoods they are in, while continuing ministries of service.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Seek the City to Come
Baltimore-area Catholics reacted with a mix of disappointment, relief and resignation after the archdiocese announced the final plan for the Seek the City to Come initiative May 22.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Seek the City to Come
The Archdiocese of Baltimore revealed the final plan May 22 for parish planning in Baltimore City, with 23 parishes at 30 worship sites, about half the current number of churches available for Sunday Mass.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Local News, News, Seek the City to Come
The Seek the City to Come plan announced May 22 realigns Catholic parishes throughout Baltimore City and some nearby communities in Baltimore County. Pastoral leadership for each location will be determined in the future. For now, the new parishes will take on the name of the church where it is sited, but the parishioners of the newly formed entity can eventually petition to change that name.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Seek the City to Come
An archdiocesan leadership committee is in the process of interviewing companies to catalog and photograph items and property in the 61 parishes involved in the Seek the City initiative. Those items include everything from chalices to altars, pews, statues, paintings and Stations of the Cross images.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Seek the City to Come
As new parishes emerge from the recently unveiled Seek the City to Come plan for revitalizing the Catholic Church in the Baltimore metropolitan area, archdiocesan leaders are encouraging the newly forming faith communities to embrace an approach to evangelization that emulates the spirit of the apostolic age.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Seek the City to Come
“This is difficult,” the bishop said. “It’s heart-wrenching. But we’re at a pivotal moment in the city church. We need to do this. We need to do this because our church membership is getting older and we’re not replacing ourselves.”
