local news Local NewsNewsObituaries Sister Norma Loraditch dies at 92 Catholic Review StaffApril 11, 20251 min read A funeral Mass for School Sister of Notre Dame Norma Loraditch was offered March 26 at Villa Assumpta in Baltimore. Sister Norma died Feb. 26. She was 92. FeatureLocal NewsNewsSchools Catholic school teacher rescues father and son in Inner Harbor Anna DonofrioApril 9, 20253 min read T. J. O’Leary, a science teacher at St. Agnes, didn’t think twice before he jumped into Baltimore’s Inner Harbor to save a foundering father and son April 3. FeatureLocal NewsMenNews Former Baltimore Raven tells Catholic men to ‘get in the game’ Matthew LiptakApril 9, 20255 min read Matt Birk, a former Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl champion and now founder of a national Catholic men’s group movement, was one of the keynote speakers at this year’s Catholic Men’s Fellowship Conference, which also featured Mark Hartfiel, program director of Paradisus Dei’s “That Man is You” nationwide men’s group. CollegesFeatureLocal NewsNewsSchools Notre Dame’s ACE Teaching fellows to serve in Baltimore Catholic schools through new partnership Catholic Review StaffApril 9, 20253 min read The Archdiocese of Baltimore and the Alliance for Catholic Education at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., have announced a new partnership that will bring four ACE Teaching Fellows to Catholic schools across Baltimore. Bishop LewandowskiBishopsFeatureLocal NewsNews Diocese of Providence welcomes Bishop Lewandowski Christopher GuntyApril 8, 20255 min read A few hours after it was announced in Rome and Washington April 8 that Bishop Bruce A. Lewandowski, C.Ss.R., would be the new bishop of the Diocese of Providence, R.I., he greeted the people of his new flock in an emotional news conference from the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Providence. Deaf MinistryEucharistFeatureLocal NewsNews Hundreds gather in Emmitsburg for first-ever Deaf Eucharistic Congress Katie V. JonesApril 8, 20258 min read Deaf Catholics from across the country stood side by side, hands raised in prayer, signing in unison – worshiping in their own language at the first-ever Deaf Eucharistic Congress. Bishop LewandowskiBishopsFeatureLocal NewsNews Pope Francis names Bishop Lewandowski to Diocese of Providence, R.I. Christopher GuntyApril 8, 20258 min read Pope Francis has named Bishop Bruce A. Lewandowski, C.Ss.R., as the new bishop of the Diocese of Providence, R.I. The appointment was publicized in Washington April 8 by Cardinal Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States. CollegesFeatureLocal NewsNewsSports Dominique Dawes, Olympian and Catholic convert, delivers powerful message at WOW Festival Baltimore Carole Norris GreeneApril 7, 20256 min read Three-time Olympian and Hall of Fame gymnast Dominique Dawes headlined the WOW – Women of the World Festival Baltimore held April 5 at the Rita Rossi Colwell Center in downtown Baltimore. Hosted for a third year by Notre Dame of Maryland University, the event highlighted the achievements of women and girls while examining the challenges confronting them. FeatureLocal NewsNewsObituaries Former Ellicott City and Odenton pastor Father Harrison dies at 84 Sharon Crews HareApril 7, 20255 min read Redemptorist Father John Barron “Harry” Harrison, a former pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Ellicott City and St. Joseph in Odenton who was remembered for his pastoral care of parishioners, died March 31. He was 84. CR RadioFeatureLocal NewsNewsRadio InterviewRespect Life Radio Interview: The Death Penalty Catholic Review StaffApril 7, 20251 min read Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talks with Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy, executive director of the Catholic Mobilizing Network, which fights the use of the death penalty and works toward restorative justice solutions. She says that the church’s opposition, clearly defined in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, focuses on the inherent human dignity of every human, and notes that we need to do a better job of educating Catholics and others about the issues surrounding capital punishment. Previous 1 … 1 2 3 … 370 Next