local news Local NewsNewsRespect Life City Council holds hearing on pregnancy center bill George P. Matysek Jr.October 28, 20093 min read Speaking on behalf of Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Bishop Denis J. Madden urged the Baltimore City Council to defeat a bill that would fine pregnancy resource centers $500 a day if they fail to post signs saying they don’t offer abortion or contraceptives. Local NewsNews Baltimore City Council targets pro-life pregnancy centers George P. Matysek Jr.October 22, 20094 min read Baltimore City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and 10 members of the 14-member council are sponsoring a bill that Catholic leaders believe harasses pro-life pregnancy support centers. Local NewsNews Archbishop O’Brien hopeful that Nobel for Obama leads to “more serious dialogue” on nuclear arms Catholic ReviewOctober 15, 20094 min read VATICAN CITY – News that U.S. President Barack Obama had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was met with high hopes from the Vatican spokesman. Local NewsNewsSeniors Little Sisters of the Poor minister to Maryland elderly for 140 years George P. Matysek Jr.October 8, 20095 min read When 87-year-old Alice Jadwigia Armstrong looked up from her hospital bed and saw the smiling face of Sister Lourdes Miranda, she was visibly buoyed by the nun’s presence. Clasping the hand of the Little Sister of the Poor, the white-haired woman seemed transported to the security of her youth. Local NewsNews Cockeysville dig yields insights into Irish life George P. Matysek Jr.September 24, 20093 min read A summer archeological dig near St. Joseph in Cockeysville unearthed brown broken bottles and tea cups, coins, a beer token, buttons and children’s toys – clues into the daily life of Irish immigrants who manned area limestone quarries and worshipped at St. Joseph beginning in the mid-19th century. Local NewsNews Monsignor Bastress awarded Redemptorists’ highest honor George P. Matysek Jr.September 19, 20093 min read On his first day as pastor of the Shrine of St. Alphonsus in Baltimore, Monsignor Arthur Bastress walked down the historic church’s long aisles and knew immediately that his new assignment was going to be something special. Local NewsNews Ellicott City, Frederick schools earn national Blue Ribbon distinction Catholic ReviewSeptember 17, 20094 min read Two elementary Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore have been named Blue Ribbon Schools by the U.S. Department of Education. Local NewsNewsVocations Archbishop O’Brien welcomes 10 Episcopal nuns, priest into Catholic Church George P. Matysek Jr.September 10, 20096 min read A spiritual journey that began seven years ago ended in the sanctuary of a Catonsville convent Sept. 3 when 10 Episcopal nuns and their priest chaplain were received into full communion with the Catholic Church. Local NewsNews Bobby Flay throws down challenge to cooking priest, Father Leo George P. Matysek Jr.September 3, 20094 min read “There he was standing with his arms crossed and nodding approvingly,” the priest said. “It shocked me and I said something like, “Oh good Jesus! What the heaven are you doing here?’” Local NewsNewsVocations 10 Episcopal nuns in Archdiocese of Baltimore to join Catholic Church George P. Matysek Jr.August 27, 20095 min read After seven years of prayer and discernment, a community of Episcopal nuns and their chaplain will be received into the Roman Catholic Church during a Sept. 3 Mass celebrated by Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien. Previous 1 … 399 400 401 … 416 Next
