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Notre Dame Prep’s Anatomage table provides insights into the body
The detailed views of the human body were made possible by NDP’s state-of-the art Anatomage Table. The all-girls school is the only high school in Maryland with a full-sized Anatomage table, according to Mary Agnes Sheridan, director of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) at NDP.
Radio Interview: Labor day and the Catholic Connection
Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talks with Bill Droell, author, teacher and longtime editor for the National Center for the Laity about the origins of Labor Day, what popes have said about those who work and about just wages for families, as we mark Labor Day Sept. 2.
Maryland Catholics work to fight abortion amendment
While the presidential election is top of mind for the nation this November, Maryland Catholics are focusing on an amendment that would enshrine abortion into the state Constitution.
Archbishop Lori offers support to Emmitsburg parish devastated by rectory fire
The archbishop wanted to be with parishioners, he said, “to offer Mass, to pray together, and assure you that the archdiocese will work collaboratively with you in the time ahead.”
Padre Pio relics exhibit will visit St. Ignatius in Ijamsville Sept. 6
Catholics will get a chance to venerate and learn about one of their faith’s more modern and fascinating saints when relics of St. Padre Pio are displayed for veneration Sept. 6 by St. Ignatius of Loyola Parish in Ijamsville.
Fire destroys rectory at St. Anthony Shrine in Emmitsburg; one seriously injured
A priest was injured in an early-morning fire Aug. 30 that destroyed the historic two-story rectory at St. Anthony Shrine in Emmitsburg.
Archbishop Lori announces August appointments, including new pastors and administrators
Archbishop Lori announces appointments, including new pastors and administrators.
Baltimore director of Black Catholic Ministries leads discussion on 40 years of Black Catholic evangelization
Thirty-five Catholics from multiple dioceses gathered virtually Aug. 27 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of a letter outlining pastoral guidance on Black Catholic evangelization.
High school mission trips expand horizons
Students from two Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore recently lived a faith experience in which they stepped out of their comfort zone, got to know other realities and appreciated joy in the midst of need in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
Accident damages property at Edgewater parish; Marian statue spared
Soon after a single-car crash occurred late on the night of Aug. 4 on the grounds of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Edgewater, it was clear to Father Zack Crowley and Eileen Thaden that the damage was extensive. And that the hand of the Lord might have been at work.