local news FeatureLocal NewsNewsWorld Youth Day Portugal 2023 Baltimore pilgrims enthralled by journey to Lisbon for World Youth Day Gerry JacksonAugust 7, 20237 min read The Baltimore group of more than 50 had a packed 11-day itinerary, arriving in Lisbon July 29 and taking a city tour, including stops at Belem Tower, Jeronimos Monastery and St. Anthony of Padua Church. FeatureLocal NewsNewsObituaries Longtime Cockeysville deacon dies at 86 Mary K. TilghmanAugust 7, 20233 min read Deacon Edward Conway Sullivan Jr., who served at St. Joseph in Cockeysville for more than 20 years, is being remembered for his “generous, generous heart” and his devotion to his parish. FeatureLocal NewsNewsObituaries Sister Jeanne Albrittain, I.H.M., dies at 90 Catholic Review StaffAugust 4, 20231 min read An 11 a.m. funeral Mass for Sister Jeanne Albrittain of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary will be offered Aug. 7 at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Dunmore, Pa. Sister Jeanne, formerly known as Sister Mary Anton, died July 23. She was 90. FeatureGun ViolenceLocal NewsNews 5 Things to Know About the Aug. 5 Community Peacebuilding & Resource Fair, featuring a gun buyback Catholic Review StaffAugust 2, 20236 min read With more than $50,000 raised from Catholic parishes and individual donors, the Archdiocese of Baltimore is organizing a gun buyback and resource fair featuring a dozen community-based partners on Saturday, Aug. 5, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m at Edmondson Village Shopping Center in West Baltimore. Deaf MinistryFeatureLocal NewsNews Deaf priest becomes new archdiocesan chaplain for deaf ministry Christopher GuntyAugust 1, 20236 min read Father Michael Depcik, an Oblate of St. Francis de Sales who is deaf, said that since deafness is invisible, it’s easy to overlook fellow Catholics who are deaf. FeatureLocal NewsMissionsNewsRadio InterviewVocations Radio Interview: New religious community serves Baltimore’s forgotten people of the streets Catholic Review StaffJuly 31, 20231 min read Four members of the Sisters Poor of Jesus Christ are stationed at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore. George Matysek talks with Sister Giovana of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, a 26-year-old religious sister from Brazil who serves as the local superior of the Baltimore apostolate, known as St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Mission. FeatureGun ViolenceLocal NewsNews Faith and civic partners will offer gun buyback Aug. 5 Christopher GuntyJuly 31, 20237 min read Faith and civic organizations will unite to host a gun buyback program at Edmondson Village Shopping Center Aug. 5 in an attempt to get guns off the streets of Baltimore. Local NewsNewsObituaries Former Mercy chaplain dies at 77 Catholic Review StaffJuly 26, 20231 min read An 11 a.m. funeral Mass for Jesuit Father James F. Joyce, a former chaplain at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore from 2012 to 2016, will be offered July 27 at Fordham University Church in New York. FeatureLocal NewsNewsRespect LifeSports Biking for Babies: Building a culture of life one mile, one missionary at a time Mary Clifford MorrellJuly 26, 202313 min read The July 10-15 ride included stops in Maryland and featured 79 young adult missionaries (18-39 years old) cycling some 100 miles per day to raise awareness and financial support for women and families served by pregnancy resource centers across the county. Black Catholic MinistryFeatureLocal NewsNational Black CongressNewsRacial Justice In National Black Catholic Congress workshop, Baltimore Black Catholic director confronts racism Carole Norris GreeneJuly 24, 20235 min read Adrienne Curry, director of the archdiocesan Office for Black Catholic Ministries, didn’t hold back any punches in her talk about the Catholic Church’s response to racism that she gave at the recent 13th National Black Catholic Congress. Previous 1 … 123 124 125 … 414 Next
