Despite challenges with pandemic, Archdiocese of Baltimore welcomes 12 new seminarians September 21, 2020By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Vocations Despite the coronavirus pandemic that curtailed programs supporting those considering the call to religious life, 12 men have begun their first year of formation to become priests for the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Emotions run high as Baltimore Archdiocese ordains five to priesthood August 22, 2020By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Video, Vocations Archbishop William E. Lori ordained five men to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Baltimore: Fathers Zachary Crowley, Brendan Fitzgerald, Justin Gough, Evan Ponton and Jeremy Smith.
Five men to be ordained priests of Baltimore Archdiocese Aug. 22 August 19, 2020By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations “Ordination Week” in the Archdiocese of Baltimore concludes Aug. 22, when Archbishop William E. Lori ordains five men to the priesthood at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland.
Having it all, for Deacon Smith, meant vocation to priesthood August 11, 2020By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations After his engagement was broken off, Deacon Jeremy Smith had a life-changing conversation with Father Charles Canterna that put him on the path to the priesthood.
Deacon Kady takes penultimate step to priesthood for Baltimore Archdiocese August 8, 2020By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: Coronavirus, Eastern Vicariate, Feature, Local News, News, Vocations Deacon Scott Kady was the only man ordained to the transitional diaconate for the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Instead of being downtown at the Baltimore Basilica, the usual location for the rite, it was held at St. Ignatius, Hickory.
Kady will be ordained to transitional diaconate Aug. 8 August 7, 2020By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations Kady, a native of Piedmont, W.Va., will be ordained to the transitional diaconate by Archbishop William E. Lori Aug. 8 at 10 a.m. at St. Ignatius, Hickory, in Forest Hill. It is the penultimate step on his journey to becoming a priest. A livestream of the ordination will be shared on the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Facebook page.
Deacon Ponton’s love story with the church ranges from France to Hawaii August 3, 2020By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations While Deacon Ponton said that he “lived life, got kicked around a little,” the pastor who gave him his first holy Communion said that it is that background which will make him a “great” priest when he is ordained for the Archdiocese of Baltimore Aug. 22
Future priest shaped by priest-mentors, now intercessors July 28, 2020By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations While he acknowledges that he will miss his priest-mentors, Deacon Gough said, “It’s good to have that hope that on the other side now there’s an intercessor – and that is even more helpful, in a sense, than having their friendship and companionship in this life.”
Baltimore ordinand’s education includes Calvert Hall, Loyola U, Mount seminary July 21, 2020By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations “He’s not one of those guys who thinks he’s got it all figured out,” said Monsignor Michael Heintz, academic dean and director of intellectual formation at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg. “He’s intelligent, and smart enough to know that he doesn’t know everything.”
Eyes wide open, Deacon Crowley prepares to serve as Baltimore Archdiocese priest July 13, 2020By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations “You need to be kind to people,” Deacon Crowley said. “A priest has to come off as relatable. The days are gone where people will listen to a priest and view him as someone with authority just because he is a priest. If you come off as cruel, judgmental, harsh, legalistic or unrelatable, people today will just write you off.”
Pandemic means Class of 2020 priests have to wait a little longer to celebrate Mass June 18, 2020By Paul McMullen Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Coronavirus, Local News, News, Vocations The ordination of new priests has been delayed in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
For the brothers Bolger, the priesthood is a family affair May 29, 2020By Tim Swift Filed Under: Local News, News, Vocations Father Justin Bolger – who grew up in Baltimore’s St. William of York Parish and later St. Peter the Apostle Parish in Libertytown – was ordained May 23, along with five others.
