local news 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. Local NewsNews New CRS president gives back to faith that propelled her Paul McMullenDecember 21, 20114 min read FOURTH IN A SERIES PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Carolyn Woo learned English from Maryknoll missioner sisters. In tears her first day at Purdue University because she couldn’t decipher a campus map, she found solace at its Newman Center. Woo met and married her husband at Purdue, and its church bell rang when she defended her doctoral dissertation there. Local NewsNews Catonsville parishioner provides haven for ill children Catholic ReviewDecember 20, 20114 min read As Brian Morrison walked around the Children’s House at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore, a woman emerged from a room. She overheard Morrison talking about the services his organization, the Believe In Tomorrow Children’s Foundation, provides for the house. Local NewsNews Mercy High launches global education center, hears from international leader Catholic ReviewDecember 14, 20113 min read Thinking globally isn’t just a catchphrase at Mercy High School. It’s a way of life. That has never been truer, as the school has started a Center for Global Education. Local NewsNewsRetirement St. Luke honors longtime pastor at his retirement George P. Matysek Jr.December 13, 20113 min read EDGEMERE – Standing at the back of St. Luke Church following a Dec. 11 Mass marking his retirement, Monsignor Joseph S. Lizor Jr. extended both arms to shake hands with the many parishioners who wanted to greet him. Several children gave the 79-year-old pastor homemade cards, while hugs seemed to engulf the vested clergyman faster than he expected. Local NewsNewsWestern Vicariate St. John’s Catholic Prep plans move to new campus in Frederick County Catholic ReviewDecember 7, 20112 min read St. John’s Catholic Prep in Frederick has announced it will be moving to the campus of St. Thomas More Academy in Buckeystown. St. Thomas More will move to a yet to be determined site in Frederick County. Local NewsNewsObituaries Updated: Mount St. Joseph mourns revered president Catholic ReviewDecember 5, 20114 min read Ever the poetic soul, Xaverian Brother James M. Kelly died as the sun was rising Dec. 3, the feast day of his congregation’s patron, St. Francis Xavier. Arts & CultureLocal NewsNews Christmas stamp features Walters Art Museum treasure by Raphael George P. Matysek Jr.December 5, 20113 min read A Raphael masterpiece that hangs in the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore is getting national attention this holiday season as the U.S. Postal Service features the “Madonna of the Candelabra” as one of its 2011 Christmas stamps. Local NewsNews Interfaith leaders pledge to defend traditional marriage in Maryland George P. Matysek Jr.December 1, 20114 min read Leaders of a newly-formed pro-marriage coalition came out swinging against efforts to legalize same-sex marriage in Maryland – pledging in a Nov. 30 press conference to rally citizens across the state to defeat legislation that would alter the traditional definition of marriage. Local NewsNews CRS partners include U of M Medical School leader who is Cathedral parishioner Paul McMullenDecember 1, 20115 min read PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti –On a sweltering October day, a team of leaders from Catholic Relief Services stopped at St. Francois de Sales Hospital here to receive an update on plans to rebuild and transform it into a teaching hospital. Previous 1 … 399 400 401 … 429 Next
