local news Local NewsNewsSports St. Frances dedicates basketball court to nun Catholic Review StaffOctober 14, 20103 min read Many high school basketball fans have crystallized the multi-championship, 1995-1996 season for St. Frances Academy’s boys basketball team into All-American Mark Karcher doing everything himself. Local NewsNews Father Barr sees bright future at Immaculate Conception Catholic ReviewOctober 5, 20103 min read For Immaculate Conception in Towson, the Oct. 2 installation of Father Joseph F. Barr by Auxiliary Bishop Denis J. Madden signals that the 3,200-family parish is turning a corner. Local NewsNewsRespect Life Center for Pregnancy Concerns celebrates three decades of service George P. Matysek Jr.September 30, 20103 min read Before the Center for Pregnancy Concerns opened in Baltimore 30 years ago, there was no place women could go in the city for help carrying unplanned pregnancies to term. Local NewsNewsVocations Hermit lives out ancient vocation in Essex George P. Matysek Jr.September 30, 20105 min read “I’m so content it’s pathetic,” she said with a booming laugh. “A hermit is with the Lord the entire time. How could you not be happy?” Local NewsNews Notre Dame Preparatory celebrates 50 years of ‘wisdom’ in Towson Catholic ReviewSeptember 16, 20103 min read TOWSON – One by one, 50 pairs of students holding banners processed up a winding road on the campus of Notre Dame Preparatory School Sept. 14. Local NewsNews Baltimore’s Bishop Spencer installed for Military Archdiocese George P. Matysek Jr.September 16, 20104 min read WASHINGTON, D.C. – Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the Archdiocese for U.S. Military Services ordained one of Baltimore’s own as the next auxiliary bishop of the military archdiocese during a Sept. 8 Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. 9/11Local NewsNewsWestern Vicariate Baltimore priest who served in Iraq ready to become a bishop George P. Matysek Jr.September 2, 201010 min read On one of the bloodiest days of the Iraq War – April 9, 2004 – Father F. Richard Spencer became the link between this world and the next for many of the mortally wounded. Child & Youth ProtectionLocal NewsNews Faith sustains Merzbacher abuse survivor George P. Matysek Jr.August 19, 20109 min read Murphy insisted her story is not one of rape and betrayal. It’s about the “awesome healing power of a gracious God,” she said. FeatureLocal NewsMissionsNews A school grows in Haiti: Deacon Mortel, 76, keeps boosting his hometown Paul McMullenAugust 5, 20107 min read Deacon Rodrigue Mortel, the director of the Missions Office for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, is an authority on defying perceived limits on one’s potential. Local NewsNews Archbishop O’Brien opposes Merzbacher’s release George P. Matysek Jr.August 5, 20103 min read Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien is joining survivors of sexual abuse in opposing the possible release of John J. Merzbacher, a former teacher at Catholic Community School in South Baltimore who is serving four life terms for child rape. Previous 1 … 274 275 276 … 295 Next