George Matysek talks about the inspiring life of Blessed Seelos with Redemptorist Father Richard Boever, executive director of the National Shrine of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos in New Orleans and the author of a newly released book about Blessed Seelos.

In the Archdiocese of Baltimore, frustration mounts among churches physically shut off from sister parishes on the western half of the island of Hispaniola, where misery is compounded by gang violence, the COVID-19 pandemic, the assasination of President Jovenel Moïse, an earthquake, tropical storms and immigration roadblocks.

Praying the rosary while walking up Charles Street from the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland to the Baltimore Basilica downtown, a group of 30 pilgrims set a brisk pace on their more than 4.5-mile journey between the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s co-cathedrals.

Redemptorist Father Richard Poetzel, a former pastor of his home parish of Sacred Heart of Jesus in Highlandtown and Our Lady of Fatima in Baltimore, died Sept. 24 at the St. John Neumann community at Stella Maris in Timonium.

A Catholic advocacy group known for its critical comments about Catholic leaders said Baltimore city officials violated their religious rights in denying approval for a rally it planned near the hotel where the U.S. bishops’ will meet in November.

Bishop Lewandowski’s workshop focused on pastoral answers to racism. Building on the theme of the conference, “Living the synodality in Hispanic ministry,” the bishop called racism the “enemy of synodality.”

“This building is a physical manifestation of having different disciplines come together,” Sawyer said.

Andrew “Jake” Rusnak has turned his passion for swimming into helping others.

Monsignor Farmer emphasizes that the pro-life movement should seek to “convince, not confront” and to “persuade, not provoke.”

Monsignor Thomas J. Donellan Jr., founding pastor of the Catholic Community of St. Francis Xavier in Hunt Valley and a respected leader in pastoral planning in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, died Sept. 24 at St. Martin’s Home for the Aged in Catonsville, surrounded by the Little Sisters of the Poor. He was 91.