local news Local NewsNews Priest recalls peaceful midnight Mass in a war zone Catholic ReviewJanuary 19, 20122 min read For the past 51 years as a priest, Father John Bauer, C.Ss.R., has looked forward to celebrating Midnight Mass on Christmas, and the most peaceful one for this Highlandtown native was in the middle of a war zone. Local NewsNews Inaugural meal at new Our Daily Bread served with little fuss Catholic ReviewJanuary 19, 20122 min read The location was new, but the crowd was familiar as Catholic Charities served its first meal to the poor and homeless at its new Our Daily Bread Employment Center June 4. Before the dining room opened at 10:30 a.m., 18 people who normally eat at Baltimore’s largest soup kitchen registered for employment training. Local NewsNews Baltimore City pastors draw attention to immigration reform Catholic ReviewJanuary 19, 20122 min read Saying the U.S. immigration system is broken, Baltimore City pastors called for its reform during a news conference Jan. 12 at St. Vincent de Paul parish in Baltimore. Local NewsNews Gov. O’Malley calls for up or down vote on death penalty George P. Matysek Jr.January 19, 20125 min read Calling the death penalty “an expensive and utterly ineffective tool in deterring violent crime,” Gov. Martin J. O’Malley implored members of the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee to allow his proposed capital punishment ban to reach the floor for a vote by the full legislative body. Local NewsNews Basilica Place residents contribute to the less fortunate Catholic ReviewJanuary 19, 20123 min read As a resident on a limited income at Catholic Charities’ Basilica Place Apartments Senior Housing facility in Baltimore, 73-year-old Herb Johnson doesn’t have a lot of change to spare. Local NewsNews Baby Jesus returns George P. Matysek Jr.January 19, 20122 min read He once was lost but now is found. The plastic baby Jesus figure that vandals ripped from the outdoor manger of a Timonium Nativity scene last January has been recovered and returned to Gil and Loretta Hoffman. Local NewsNews A Global Affair: Baltimore finds spirit in World Youth Day Catholic ReviewJanuary 19, 20124 min read Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien challenged Baltimore pilgrims at World Youth Day to be a light of information when they return from Sydney, Australia. Local NewsNews St. Cecilia parishioner to be honored for AIDS work Catholic ReviewJanuary 19, 20122 min read A Baltimore Catholic parishioner and an Owings Mills Jewish cantor will be honored by the Steven Kaufman AIDS Outreach Project April 10 during an interfaith Seder tribute to those touched by HIV. Local NewsNews BRAC families will ‘invade’ Maryland Catholic ReviewJanuary 19, 20123 min read Expect more people in the pews in 2011, thanks to the base realignment and closure (BRAC) initiative, which will bring an estimated 28,176 new households to Maryland. Business managers from Baltimore-area parishes and schools filled an Archdiocesan workshop Oct. 18 that featured speakers from Harford, Baltimore a 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. Previous 1 … 375 376 377 … 407 Next
