local news FeatureLocal NewsNewsSchools Loyola Blakefield $27 million campaign will add academic hall, expand endowment Paul McMullenOctober 8, 20184 min read Loyola Blakefield is advancing a $27 million fundraising project that will better integrate its middle-schoolers into the campus with a new academic hall, as well as increase its endowment and scholarship opportunities. FeatureLocal NewsNews Maryland women’s conference keynote asks for prayer for priests Mary K. TilghmanOctober 8, 20184 min read Nearly 300 people attended the Maryland Catholic Women’s Conference Oct. 6, held at the motherhouse of the Oblate Sisters of Providence in Arbutus. Local NewsNews Church of the Annunciation celebrates golden jubilee Emily Rosenthal AlsterOctober 7, 20182 min read Cardinal Lawrence Shehan appointed Father A. Leo Abendschoen as founding pastor of Church of the Annunciation June 8, 1968, in response to rapid growth in northeastern Baltimore City and the surrounding Baltimore County. Local NewsNews St. Isaac Jogues Parish marks 50 years Emily Rosenthal AlsterOctober 5, 20182 min read Parishioners of St. Isaac Jogues in Carney have been celebrating the parish’s 50th anniversary with bus trips and anniversary apparel. FeatureLocal NewsNews Half-century of service: Franciscan Center offers dignity, respect and a listening ear Emily Rosenthal AlsterOctober 4, 20184 min read The Franciscan Center’s most robust outreach is a meal program. In fiscal year 2018, nearly 300,000 meals were distributed through the hot, healthy lunch and dinner programs, and emergency grocery bags. Lunches are offered on weekdays, and dinners on Mondays and Wednesdays. AmenAmen McMullen CommentaryCommentaryLocal NewsSchools Teach your parents Paul McMullenOctober 4, 20183 min read Paul McMullen finds boundless inspiration from young people. FeatureLocal NewsNewsSchoolsWestern Vicariate Frederick County father honored for dedication to Catholic schools Emily Rosenthal AlsterOctober 3, 20184 min read Bill Ballantyne was honored Oct. 2 at Ceresville Mansion in Frederick as the 2018 John McElroy Award winner by the Friends of Catholic Education, an independent organization which provides scholarships and tuition assistance for Catholic schools in Frederick County. Local NewsNewsRespect Life ‘Every Life: Cherished, Chosen, Sent’ is theme of Respect Life Month Catholic News ServiceOctober 3, 20183 min read Each year the U.S. Catholic Church observes October as Respect Life Month, which calls Catholics “to cherish, defend and protect those who are most vulnerable, from the beginning of life to its end, and at every point in between,” said the chairman of the bishops’ pro-life committee. FeatureHispanic MinistryLocal NewsNews Ties to Romero: Cockeysville parishioners reminisce, prepare for Blessed Romero’s canonization Emily Rosenthal AlsterOctober 2, 20183 min read St. Joseph is among the parishes in the Archdiocese of Baltimore with a strong Hispanic presence that have great anticipation of the Oct. 15 canonization of Blessed Oscar Romero, who is to become the first saint from El Salvador. Local NewsNewsObituaries Sister DeSales Wisniewski, D.C., Baltimore native, dies at 88 Catholic Review StaffOctober 2, 20182 min read A funeral Mass was offered Sept. 15 for Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul Sister DeSales Wisniewski at the Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg. Sister DeSales, who spent most of her ministry in health care, died Sept. 8 at 88. She spent 70 years as a Daughter of Charity. Previous 1 … 299 300 301 … 400 Next
