local news 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 Basilica pastor celebrates Mass for Ravens Catholic ReviewJanuary 16, 20122 min read Before they stepped into noisy M&T Bank Stadium for the AFC Divisional playoff game Jan. 15, some members of the Baltimore Ravens quietly gathered for morning prayer at their downtown hotel. Local NewsNews Cardinal-designate O’Brien used to new and varied assignments Catholic News ServiceJanuary 6, 20125 min read WASHINGTON – The priestly ministry of Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, named a cardinal Jan. 6 by Pope Benedict XVI, has been marked by frequent assignments, so that he rarely stays in one place very long. And even when he is ensconced somewhere for a while, he gets to moving. Local NewsNews Local men profess vows as Dominicans Catholic ReviewJanuary 5, 20122 min read Two graduates of the University of Maryland College Park took a step closer to becoming Dominican priests after professing their solemn vows late in the summer of 2011 at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C. Local NewsNewsObituaries Former Catholic Review columnist dies at 81 George P. Matysek Jr.January 2, 20122 min read Paulist Father James McCabe, former director of the Family Life Center in Baltimore and a longtime columnist for The Catholic Review, died Dec. 25, 2011 in Toronto. He was 81 and had been battling cancer. Local NewsNews Hoop dreams coming true for St. Frances Academy junior Catholic ReviewDecember 22, 20113 min read Tyshell King has no idea what her life would be like without basketball, which she began playing in middle school. Previous 1 … 398 399 400 … 429 Next
