local news Local NewsNews St. Frances Academy dreams of big expansion George P. Matysek Jr.January 19, 20125 min read Walking along the Johnston Square streets that surround St. Frances Academy in a forgotten corner of East Baltimore, Tom Nealis passed vacant lots overrun with weeds and boarded-up row houses tagged with graffiti. EnvironmentLocal NewsNews Catholic Center takes measures to protect environment Catholic ReviewJanuary 19, 20123 min read Kermit the Frog once sang “It’s not easy being green.” The leaders at the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s downtown headquarters beg to differ, however. Local NewsNews Cumberland outreach helps clothe children Catholic ReviewJanuary 19, 20122 min read CUMBERLAND – Standing next to piles of neatly folded children’s shirts and dainty toddler’s dresses hanging overhead on hangers, Ellie Mantheiy was pleased with the quantity and quality of the apparel. “It’s mostly used clothing donated by parishioners,” said Ms. Mantheiy, coordinator of the children’s clothing outreach program at St. Mary, Cumberland. “Some of it is brand new. Our parishioners are very generous.” The outreach program started about three years ago to help struggling parents throughout the community clothe their children. The church accepts donations of pants, shirts, dresses, jackets and more which are then distributed free of charge to anyone who needs them. Local NewsNews Catholics remember Charles G. Tildon Jr. Catholic ReviewJanuary 19, 20125 min read Charles G. Tildon Jr., who served the church in a variety of capacities and received the papal honor of being named to the Knights of St. Gregory the Great, died Dec. 16 of cancer. He was 81. Local NewsNews Destroyed by fire, Grantsville parish to rebuild Catholic ReviewJanuary 19, 20122 min read The fire that devastated St. Ann in Grantsville two days before Christmas may have taken the tiny faith community’s church building but it failed to claim the parish’s spirit. Parishioners now worship in the chapel at Newman Funeral Home in Grantsville and the religious education program has adopted a home-based approach under the direction of Camilla Rawe. Local NewsNews Former Annapolis and Baltimore pastor paralyzed in freak accident George P. Matysek Jr.January 19, 20122 min read Redemptorist Father John Murray, former pastor of St. Mary, Annapolis, and St. Wenceslaus, Baltimore, was paralyzed from the chest down in a freak accident Aug. 27. Local NewsNewsSt. Vincent de Paul Baltimore Beans and Bread awaits upgrades Catholic ReviewJanuary 19, 20124 min read Administrators of Beans and Bread and opponents of a $4.5 million renovation and expansion to its resource center agree that clients should wait for services inside the facility, rather than on the street. Local NewsNewsSt. Vincent de Paul Baltimore Beans & Bread to celebrate 30 years Catholic ReviewJanuary 19, 20126 min read When amateur actor and former Benedictine priest Benet Hanlon began working in a Fells Point theater in the late 1970s, he noticed a number of homeless men along the then-scrappy waterfront streets, got to know several of them and eventually rented a small row house on Aliceanna Street in 1977 in an effort to feed them. Local NewsNews A tale of two counties in Anne Arundel Catholic ReviewJanuary 19, 20123 min read In mostly affluent Anne Arundel County, huge pockets of poverty persist. The divide formed the backdrop for an Oct. 27 town hall meeting at St. Bernadette, Severn, where a Johns Hopkins researcher presented stark contrasts between the haves and the have-nots. Baltimore BasilicaLocal NewsNews Ground broken for Pope John Paul II Prayer Garden George P. Matysek Jr.January 19, 20124 min read For someone who relished the great outdoors, the late Pope John Paul II would certainly be pleased with the outdoor prayer garden that is being carved out of the corner of Charles and Franklin streets in downtown Baltimore. Previous 1 … 322 323 324 … 357 Next
