Father Martin H. Demek, pastor of Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Baltimore, has been removed from ministry pending an investigation of child sexual abuse.

Citing years of declining enrollment exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic and a deficit approaching half a million dollars, leaders of Our Lady of Victory School in Arbutus announced April 16 that the Catholic elementary school will close at the end of the current school year.

Deacon John Langmead, a former pastoral life director of St. Rita who used his business skills to strengthen the finances of the Dundalk parish, died April 14 of complications of lung cancer in Hemet, Calif. He was 77. Because of a shortage of priests, the Archdiocese of Baltimore has sometimes enlisted deacons such as Deacon […]

Across the faith spectrum, leaders worry about the faithful remaining home once the coronavirus pandemic ceases. That is not a problem at St. Augustine, where 12 students in the parish school are in the process of entering the Catholic Church.

Catholics from across the region came together in northeast Baltimore County April 10 to prepare food for tens of thousands of children and their families in need. More than 100 volunteers jumped into production lines to package 40,000 meals.

In a packed last few days of the 2021 session of the Maryland General Assembly, legislators increased funding for the BOOST (Broadening Options and Opportunities for Students Today) scholarship program and approved several types of support related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

NDP’s STEAM program, including the technology path, has attracted notice, as the Federal Bureau of Investigation recognized NDP’s commitment to fostering cyber citizenship with a National FBI Safe Online Surfing Award.

On the April 11 episode of “Catholic Review Radio,” Father Brian Nolan spoke with Sam Fatzinger about the new book she wrote with her husband, Rob, entitled, “A Catholic Guide to Spending Less and Living More: Advice from a debt-free family of 16.”

“Those who can promote health and prevent disease are right there from the 5-year-old in kindergarten to the 18-year-old in their senior year of high school,” said Galiatsatos, a pulmonary and critical-care-medicine physician.

As the latest federal stimulus checks hit bank accounts, charitable organizations are hoping recipients whose incomes were unscathed during the pandemic will donate funds to support those who have been hit by unemployment, reduced wages and medical crises