local news FeatureLocal NewsNews Theology Uncorked looks at reducing violence in Baltimore Mary K. TilghmanJanuary 27, 20215 min read With the murder of Safe Streets organizer Dante Barksdale fresh in their minds, advocates for reducing violence in Baltimore City said during a Jan. 26 video conference that respect and dignity help them reach out to a suffering community. FeatureLocal NewsNewsObituaries Father Rochus Hoat Dinh Vu served in Govans, Halethorpe Mary K. TilghmanJanuary 27, 20212 min read Father Rochus Hoat Dinh Vu, a priest who served in his native Vietnam before coming to the Archdiocese of Baltimore, died Jan. 21 in Carthage, Mo. He was 86. Local NewsNewsObituaries Sister Patricia McAlpin, O.S.F., served in Baltimore, dies at 88 Catholic Review StaffJanuary 27, 20212 min read Sister Patricia McAlpin, who was attracted to the Franciscan Sisters of Baltimore by their ministry with African American orphans and served in several ministries in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, died Jan. 14. Local NewsNewsObituaries Sister Hildegarde Grogan, O.S.F., ministered in archdiocese, dies at 87 Catholic Review StaffJanuary 27, 20211 min read Sister Hildegarde Grogan, a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 64 years, whose ministry in health care and education brought her to the Archdiocese of Baltimore, died Jan. 20 in Assisi House in Aston, Pa. Local NewsNewsObituaries Sister Lois Marie Blessing, S.N.D.deN., taught in Baltimore Archdiocese, dies at 83 Catholic Review StaffJanuary 27, 20211 min read Sister Lois Marie Blessing, a Sister of Notre Dame de Namur for 63 years who spent much of her teaching ministry in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, died Jan. 1 at the Hospice of Cincinnati. CollegesCoronavirusFeatureLocal NewsNewsRacial JusticeSocial Justice Ibram X. Kendi speaks on antiracism at annual Loyola University MLK Convocation Lily GretzJanuary 26, 20215 min read Kendi sees the effect of the pandemic on Black people as but just one example of how systemic racism is a threat to a whole people. It’s another reason the nation must dismantle racist policies. Local NewsNewsObituaries Sister Marie Dolores Beck dies at 85 Catholic Review StaffJanuary 26, 20213 min read Sister Marie Dolores Beck, a Sister of the Good Shepherd who ministered for decades at the Good Shepherd Center in Halethorpe, died Jan. 5. She was 85. Archbishop’s MinistryFeatureLocal NewsNewsRespect LifeVideo Baltimore Archdiocese’s Life is Beautiful Mass honors Alvaré, Clarksville couple Karen Sampson HoffmanJanuary 25, 20215 min read “We gather to celebrate and to give thanks for the gift of human life and to proclaim and give thanks for its beauty,” Archbishop Lori said, “and to honor those who are apostles and missionaries of the message that life is beautiful.” FeatureLocal NewsNewsObituaries Father Bonadio, Sulpician known for pastoral warmth, dies at 83 Paul McMullenJanuary 22, 20215 min read Sulpician Father Joseph J. Bonadio, who shared his gift for homiletics with seminarians and served his home parish of St. Francis of Assisi in Mayfield, a retirement community and a college with great warmth, died Jan. 20 from complications of COVID-19. CoronavirusFeatureLocal NewsNewsSchoolsSports High school athletic directors calm coaches, players, parents through pandemic layoffs Paul McMullenJanuary 21, 20215 min read While teachers lead instruction for students in classrooms and at home, interscholastic sports do not translate to Zoom. Coaches and athletes pine over lost seasons; Loovis, Strickland and their peers at 16 other Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore guide them with their attitude and patience. Previous 1 … 239 240 241 … 425 Next
