‘Rise Up!’ event rises above expectations for participants May 2, 2022By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Youth Ministry “Rise Up! Middle School Day” at Mount St. Joseph High School in Irvington May 1 featured a day of games, faith and fellowship. More than 175 middle school students and their parents from 27 parishes from across the Archdiocese of Baltimore participated in the day-long event.
Light of risen Christ dispels darkness of fear, pope tells young people April 19, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Youth Ministry Young people should not allow the darkness of fear to overwhelm them and instead allow the light of Easter to illuminate their lives and give them courage, Pope Francis said.
Sprankle honored for service to youths, their leaders August 23, 2021By Priscila González de Doran Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Youth Ministry Raised in St. Mark Parish in Catonsville and a graduate of Mount St. Joseph High School, Sprankle led youth ministry at St. Mary in Annapolis for 10 years, and has done the same for St. Louis in Clarksville the last 26.
Baltimore-Appalachia Work Camp volunteers reunite, remember former leader August 10, 2021By Rus VanWestervelt Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Young Adult Ministry, Youth Ministry “I think we all knew that we needed to get together to rebuild community and remember the gifts that Mike Robinson gave to all of us,” Carlson said.
World Youth Day guidelines emphasize importance of diocesan celebrations May 18, 2021By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News, Young Adult Ministry, Youth Ministry In a document published by the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life May 18, the Vatican issued a set of pastoral guidelines for local WYD celebrations “to ensure that younger generations feel that they are at the center of the church’s attention and pastoral concern.”
O’Dwyer Higher: Adaptations to times, enduring truths at retreat house October 14, 2020By Paul McMullen Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Youth Ministry, Youth Programs Situated on more than 18 acres along York Road, the retreat house is host to more than 5,000 guests a year. It can accommodate 101 overnight guests and a 100,000-gallon pool, but most vitally, a Catholic chapel and numerous other spaces for prayer and reflection.
Pandemic turns REAL for Libertytown youth volunteers August 6, 2020By Kevin J. Parks Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News, Uncategorized, Video, Western Vicariate, Youth Ministry During the week-long outreach, 33 volunteers worked at five job sites including a home in New Windsor.
Foundation continues Pacione’s spirit March 12, 2019By Mary K. Tilghman Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Youth Ministry, Youth Programs The Pacione Foundation carries on the legacy of Mark Pacione, an innovator in ministering to young members of the Catholic Church who headed the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Division of Youth and Young Adult ministry from the mid-1980s until 2009,
Eucharistic prayer retreat inspires faith and provides challenge February 12, 2019By Katie Sukeena Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Feature, Local News, News, Vocations, Young Adult Ministry, Youth Ministry More than 1,000 young people attended Mount 2000, an annual eucharistic prayer retreat held at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg.
Archbishop Lori leads Stations of the Cross during ‘Panama in the Capital’ event January 28, 2019By Norma Montenegro Flynn Filed Under: Archbishop's Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, World Youth Day Panama 2019, Young Adult Ministry, Youth Ministry As World Youth Day 2019 came to a close in Panama, about 1,400 young adults representing about 20 dioceses throughout the United States gathered Jan. 26 at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., to join in the joy, prayer and fellowship of the global event.
Door opens to Panama for Baltimore parishioner January 23, 2019By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, World Youth Day Panama 2019, Young Adult Ministry, Youth Ministry While Brandon “B.J.” Pinkney hopes to improve his prayer life at 2019 World Youth Day, it’s hard to imagine him coming home with any more gratitude than what he took to Panama.
Harford parish will have strong World Youth Day presence in Panama December 27, 2018By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, World Youth Day Panama 2019, Young Adult Ministry, Youth Ministry The Archdiocese of Baltimore contingent headed to World Youth Day has a strong Hickory flavor.
