local news Local NewsNews Pope John Paul II’s visit to Baltimore touched many lives George P. Matysek Jr.April 19, 20114 min read Jim and Pat McDonnell spent less than a minute in the presence of Pope John Paul II, but it was enough to change their lives. Local NewsNews Clergy shortage, shifting demographics bring need for change George P. Matysek Jr.April 14, 20114 min read “Since I have been working in multiple-parish ministry, I have been struck by the importance of working with a team of people – most of whom, of course, are lay Catholics,” Monsignor Hannon said. “We work together for the good of our parishes and for the good of the archdiocese.” Local NewsNews First blood of the Civil War spilled in Baltimore 150 years ago George P. Matysek Jr.April 14, 20113 min read Days after Confederate forces in South Carolina captured Fort Sumter without any casualties, the first bloodshed in the Civil War happened in Baltimore on April 19, 1861. Local NewsNews Woodmont Academy to close due to enrollment issues Catholic Review StaffApril 14, 20113 min read Officials at Woodmont Academy, a once-bustling independent Catholic institution in Western Howard County, have decided to close the school later this spring due to declining enrollment. Local NewsNewsWestern Vicariate Cumberland-area parishes consider uniting into one faith community George P. Matysek Jr.April 7, 20116 min read Cumberland-area parishes currently have two funerals for every baptism. One third of registered parishioners are age 60 or older. The city’s population has declined from 30,000 in 1979 to 20,859 today, while the number of priests serving the five parishes has plummeted from 13 to four – the result of a clergy shortage. Local NewsNews St. Philip Neri parishioner contributes ‘amazing’ skill Catholic Review StaffApril 7, 20114 min read With spring here, Kay Bowman’s fancy turns lightly to thoughts of love – not the romantic kind the poet Tennyson had in mind, but love for the children of her parish, St. Philip Neri in Linthicum Heights, and its school. Local NewsNewsRespect LifeSports Ravens’ Matt Birk speaks up for life George P. Matysek Jr.March 17, 20113 min read “It seems like our society and media want to push pro-lifers to the side and hope that we would shut our mouths and go away quietly,” said Birk, whose 6’4’’, 310-pound frame struck a distinct figure among the hundreds of marchers who filed through downtown streets. “Let’s not do that.” Local NewsNews Archdiocesan youths lock in to their calling at “Adore-a-thon” Catholic Review StaffMarch 17, 20113 min read GLEN BURNIE – After a week of classroom stress and social angst, many high schoolers use Friday nights to blow off steam at parties. Local NewsNews Interfaith leaders pray for end to death penalty George P. Matysek Jr.March 17, 20114 min read After her brother became Baltimore’s 21st murder victim of 2007, Erricka Bridgeford couldn’t wait for the police to find the person who did it. Bridgeford dreamed of spitting in the murderer’s face. Male relatives thought of even more violent ways of exacting vengeance, she said. Local NewsNews Loyola Blakefield student loses battle with leukemia Catholic ReviewMarch 11, 20111 min read Loyola Blakefield freshman Joseph T. Gorman died March 9 after two years of battling leukemia. Previous 1 … 324 325 326 … 349 Next
