local news FeatureKnights of ColumbusLocal NewsNews Local flavor spices up Knights of Columbus convention in Baltimore Paul McMullenAugust 7, 20187 min read The opening Mass included 100 bishops and 200 priests, with approximately 2,200 Knights and their wives in attendance. Archbishop’s MinistryFeatureKnights of ColumbusLocal NewsNewsSchoolsUrban Vicariate Knights of Columbus land in Baltimore, bearing $1 million gift Lisa HarlowAugust 6, 20185 min read Supreme Knight Carl Anderson presented the Archdiocese of Baltimore with a $1 million gift from the Knights for a new K-8 school to be built on Baltimore’s west side. Archbishop’s MinistryFeatureLocal NewsNewsUrban Vicariate Archbishop Lori blesses radio station on first anniversary Christopher GuntyAugust 4, 20184 min read Archbishop William E. Lori marked the first anniversary of radio station WVTO 92.7 LP-FM by celebrating Mass at St. Benedict Parish, and blessing the radio studio on the second floor of the parish center July 29. #IamCatholicBlack Catholic MinistryFaces of FaithFeatureLocal NewsNewsUrban Vicariate St. Bernardine parishioner offers comfort with meals Emily Rosenthal AlsterAugust 3, 20185 min read As a child, Jo Ann Thomas watched her grandmother cook for the retired Josephite priests and brothers in residence at St. Joseph’s Manor in Roland Park. Those memories of growing up around the Josephites (her mother served them as a nurse) surround Thomas when she cooks with commercial-sized pots and pans in the kitchen of […] FeatureLocal NewsNewsRespect Life Maryland Catholic Conference opposes Maryland Constitutional Amendment on abortion George P. Matysek Jr.August 2, 20184 min read Jennifer Briemann, executive director of the Maryland Catholic Conference, said lawmakers and voters should be greatly concerned about House of Delegates Speaker Michael Busch’s plan to introduce legislation establishing a woman’s “right” to abortion via a Maryland Constitutional Amendment on the 2020 ballot. FeatureLocal NewsNewsYoung Adult Ministry Bishop Brennan discusses “Humanae Vitae” with young adults Emily Rosenthal AlsterAugust 2, 20184 min read “When you override nature itself,” Bishop Brennan added, “you don’t respect it.” Baltimore BasilicaFeatureLocal NewsNewsUrban Vicariate Baltimore Basilica launches plan to be ‘radically open’ George P. Matysek Jr.July 31, 20186 min read Leaders of the Baltimore Basilica are launching a plan to increase the hours the church is open, while simultaneously commissioning “urban missionaries” whose ministry will focus on developing relationships with people on the city’s streets. Local NewsNewsObituaries Sister M. Francis Regis Vagt, I.H.M., dies at 85 Catholic Review StaffJuly 31, 20181 min read Sister M. Francis Regis Vagt, who taught at St. Rita Elementary School in Baltimore from 1960-65, died July 28. She was 85. Black Catholic MinistryFeatureLocal NewsNewsTribunal Bringing it all back home to Baltimore, Father Whitt still teaching Paul McMullenJuly 31, 20184 min read Father Reginald Whitt, who converted to Catholicism as a student at what was then Loyola College, finally has an assignment in his hometown, in the “healing ministry” of the archdiocesan Tribunal. Local NewsNewsObituaries Sister Anna Hope Bauerlin, O.S.F., served in Baltimore Archdiocese for eight years Catholic Review StaffJuly 30, 20182 min read A funeral Mass will be offered July 31 at Assisi House in Aston, Pa., for Sister Anna Hope Bauerlin, a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 70 years. Previous 1 … 335 336 337 … 430 Next
