local news Archbishop’s MinistryFeatureLocal NewsNewsWorld News Archbishop Lori calls for prayers in wake of Los Angeles shooting Catholic Review StaffNovember 8, 20182 min read “I am deeply saddened by yet another mass shooting in our country,” Archbishop Lori said in a Nov. 8 statement. Archbishop’s MinistryLocal NewsNews Archbishop Lori leads investiture for Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem Catholic Review StaffNovember 8, 20182 min read Archbishop William E. Lori celebrated a ceremony of investiture and solemn eucharistic liturgy Oct. 27 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore for the Middle Atlantic Lieutenancy of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcre of Jerusalem. Local NewsNewsObituaries Sister Sharon Burns, R.S.M., led college theology department Catholic Review StaffNovember 7, 20182 min read A funeral Mass for Sister Mary Sharon Burns was to be offered Nov. 8 at Stella Maris Chapel in Timonium. A Religious Sister of Mercy who served in both hospice ministry and as the head of the theology department at what is now Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore, Sister Sharon died Nov. 2 at Stella Maris Hospice, at age 91. Child & Youth ProtectionFeatureKnights of ColumbusLocal NewsNews St. John Vianney’s heart will be available for veneration in Baltimore George P. Matysek Jr.November 7, 20184 min read The incorrupt heart of one of the Catholic Church’s most beloved saints will be available for public veneration Nov. 10-11 at St. Mary’s Historic Seminary Chapel on Paca Street in Baltimore as part of a national relic tour sponsored by the Knights of Columbus. Baltimore BasilicaLocal NewsNewsSchools John Carroll students visit tomb of namesake Emily Rosenthal AlsterNovember 6, 20183 min read The 163 students were members of the first freshman class to make the trip to the basilica to learn about the history of the archdiocese and to visit the tomb of Archbishop John Carroll, the first bishop of Baltimore and of the United States. Arts & CultureFeatureHispanic MinistryLocal NewsNewsSaints Baltimore parish celebrates 150th anniversary of precious icon’s arrival George P. Matysek Jr.November 5, 20186 min read “This icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help came to accompany her sons and daughters – all of us migrants here, all of us new to this country,” the superior general said. Local NewsNewsObituaries Sister Mary Raphael Collazo, Daughter of Charity, served five decades in Bolivia Catholic Review StaffNovember 5, 20181 min read A funeral Mass was offered Oct. 25 for Sister Mary Raphael Collazo at the Villa St. Michael Chapel in Emmitsburg. Sister Mary Raphael, who gave 66 years as a Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, died Oct. 21 at age 87. Local NewsNews Names & Numbers: Remembering lay contributors Catholic Review StaffNovember 5, 20183 min read All Souls Day and the month of November are special times for remembering the dead. This installment of Names and Numbers is dedicated to some of the lay contributors to the Archdiocese of Baltimore who died in the last year. FeatureLocal NewsNewsSchools Good Start: Many parishes make preschool a priority Emily Rosenthal AlsterNovember 4, 20184 min read While nearly 40 K-8 schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore include a preschool, for a handful of parishes the school day consists only of that level, among them St. Al’s Preschool. FeatureLocal NewsNewsReligious Freedom Baltimore’s religious and civic leaders mourn 11 slain in Pittsburgh George P. Matysek Jr.November 2, 20184 min read On All Souls Day, a day when Catholics and those of other Christian denominations pray for the dead, religious and civic leaders from around Baltimore gathered at the Weinberg Park Heights Jewish Community Center in Baltimore Nov. 2 to remember the 11 people slain at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh nearly one week earlier. Previous 1 … 303 304 305 … 408 Next
