local news Local NewsNames and NumbersNews Names and Numbers: Season for baseball, fishing, swimming Catholic Review StaffJune 20, 20174 min read The latest installment of Names and Numbers includes a commencement speech from a Paralympic swimmer who attended Notre Dame Preparatory School, a fundraiser initiated by Loyola Blakefield grad, and recognition for two longtime volunteers in a youth baseball league. Eastern VicariateLocal NewsNewsSchoolsUrban Vicariate K-8 schools that closed left a mark on students Erik ZygmontJune 19, 20173 min read When St. Thomas Aquinas Elementary School in Hampden and John Paul Regional Catholic School in Woodlawn closed their doors for the final time at the conclusion of the 2016-17 school year, students weren’t the only ones to experience grief. Eastern VicariateLocal NewsNewsSchools Rapid Response: Maryvale runner ready to take on hackers Paul McMullenJune 17, 20172 min read To the dismay of corporate recruiters, Emily Craig’s cyber security career will have to wait. Eastern VicariateLocal NewsNewsVocations Ewing’s June 24 ordination to the priesthood will be bittersweet Erik ZygmontJune 16, 20174 min read Deacon Kevin Ewing’s June 24 ordination to the priesthood promises to be bittersweet. Coffee & DoughnutsHispanic MinistryLocal NewsNews Coffee & Doughnuts with Lia Salinas Paul McMullenJune 16, 20173 min read The Catholic Review sits down with Lia Salinas, Director of Hispanic Ministry for the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Local NewsNewsSchools More than 2,200 graduate from 20 Catholic high schools in Archdiocese of Baltimore Erik ZygmontJune 15, 20175 min read Twenty Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore graduated a combined 2,210 seniors this spring. Local NewsNewsOur Back Pages Our Back Pages: Terrible loss in the ‘Great War’ Paul McMullenJune 15, 20173 min read “One minute before the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 – the moment when an armistice took effect to end World War I – Henry Gunther was shot and killed near the French village of Chaumont-devant-Damvillers.” Eastern VicariateLocal NewsNewsPastoral PlanningWestern Vicariate Archbishop Lori announces mergers for three sets of parishes Christopher GuntyJune 12, 20174 min read The Catholic parishes in the Glen Burnie area are considering building a new church as their communities unite into a single parish. Local NewsNewsSocial JusticeUrban Vicariate The Least of These: Helping victims of modern slavery become survivors Paul McMullenJune 9, 20178 min read The control and movement of people for the purposes of sexual exploitation, forced labor, servitude or the removal of organs is considered one of the three most profitable criminal activities on the planet, alongside illicit drugs and weapons. Local NewsNews After nearly 66 years in ministry, Monsignor Bastress retires Erik ZygmontJune 8, 20176 min read Pastor of the National Shrine of St. Alphonsus Liguori in Baltimore since 1998, Monsignor Bastress has ministered throughout the archdiocese since his May 19, 1951, ordination at the Baltimore Basilica. Previous 1 … 289 290 291 … 342 Next