local news FeatureLocal NewsNewsSchools Baltimore Archdiocese spelling bee has middle-schoolers abuzz Mary K. TilghmanMay 9, 20194 min read The competition brought 38 middle school-age students from across the archdiocese – all winners of separate spelling bees at their respective schools – to Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Ellicott City. FeatureLocal NewsNewsVocations Four taking penultimate step to priesthood for Baltimore Archdiocese Paul McMullenMay 9, 20193 min read Archbishop William E. Lori will ordain four men to the transitional diaconate May 11 during a 10 a.m. Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore. #IamCatholicFeatureLocal NewsNews AmeriCorps partnership expands sisters’ service and transforms members Gail DeGeorgeMay 8, 20196 min read Notre Dame Mission Volunteers-AmeriCorps is a partnership between Notre Dame Mission Volunteers, a program of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, and AmeriCorps, a network of U.S. service programs. FeatureLocal NewsNewsWestern Vicariate Luke mill closure sends prayers, former pastors to Allegany County Paul McMullenMay 7, 20195 min read Bishop Adam J. Parker and Monsignor James W. Hannon added their presence to prayers for the Tri-Towns community affected by the impending closure of one of Western Maryland’s largest employers. #IamCatholicFeatureLocal NewsNewsSchools All in the OLPH family Paul McMullenMay 7, 20195 min read The seventh Hildreth sibling is set to graduate from Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Ellicott City. #IamCatholicDisabilities MinistryFaith FormationFeatureLocal NewsNewsPositively Catholic Faith formation class focuses on children with special needs Emily Rosenthal AlsterMay 6, 20196 min read “I just feel like they deserve to have sacraments and a relationship with Jesus like everyone else,” said Michele Poligardo, the CCASTA administrator for religious education. “These students with special needs are encountering Jesus through their teens (mentors) and through the acceptance and love they find in this program, and that’s what religious education should be – a way for our students to encounter a loving, forgiving God.” Local NewsNewsObituaries Sister Mildred McCloskey, IHM, who taught in Dundalk, dies at age 100 Catholic Review StaffMay 6, 20191 min read A funeral Mass was offered April 27 at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton, Pa., for Sister Mildred McCloskey, of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Local NewsNewsObituaries Former Ellicott City principal and area teacher dies at 86 Catholic Review StaffMay 6, 20192 min read Sister Joan Bocklet, a vowed member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame for 66 years who spent a combined 17 years serving schools in East Baltimore, Rodgers Forge and Ellicott City, died at Villa Assumpta in Baltimore April 17. #IamCatholicFaces of FaithFaith FormationFeatureLocal NewsNewsSchools Mercy High School alumna lives her Catholic faith by teaching others Elizabeth LoweMay 3, 20194 min read One of the most important lessons of Christianity that Becky Egan Hogg tries to convey to her religion students at Mercy High School in Baltimore is God’s unconditional love. #IamCatholicFaith FormationFeatureLocal NewsNews #IAmCatholic: Archdiocesan movement helps people share faith experiences Christopher GuntyMay 2, 20193 min read The Archdiocese of Baltimore has launched a new website to help people share their experience of the Catholic faith. Previous 1 … 285 286 287 … 408 Next
