Brandon Holthaus and Veronica Meusel are still making plans on where they will get married. They are grateful that the proposal took place at Sacred Heart of Mary.

High school students across the United States are invited to participate in a contest to create short videos outlining what they would do to help prevent human trafficking. Sponsored by the Alliance to End Human Trafficking, an outreach of U.S. Catholic religious sisters, the contest includes monetary prizes of $1,000 for first place, $750 for second and $500 for third.

With the closing and merging of many churches in the Archdiocese of Baltimore before the beginning of this year as part of the Seek the City to Come pastoral planning initiative, more than just parishioners were moved to a new location.

Young adult dating (sometimes still referred to as courtship) is an ongoing concern for the church. At a panel discussion during last summer’s National Eucharistic Congress in Indi­anapolis, participants complained that the dating pool of committed Catholics is too small.

The Baltimore-based Maryland Center for History and Culture received a $2.5 million grant in January to explore the state’s role in religious diversity with the goal of producing an exhibit on the topic by the fall of 2026.

In a new book, “Climbing the Rainbow,” Kathy Wandishin shares her family’s harrowing journey of losing a son and offers some profound insights about the nature of grief and the importance of hope and trust in God.

A funeral Mass for Carmelite Sister Patricia of Jesus (Patricia Ann Scanlan) was offered Jan. 31 at the Carmelite Monastery in Towson. Sister Patricia died Jan. 19 at Stella Maris in Timonium. She was 92 years old and had been a member of the Carmelite Sisters of Baltimore for 74 years.

A funeral Mass for Daughter of Charity Sister Ann Paul (Barbara) Chenard was offered Feb. 4 at St. Louise House in Albany, N.Y. Sister Ann Paul died Jan. 30. She was 96.

A jury in Baltimore Circuit Court found Patrick Brice guilty Feb. 6 on two counts of second-degree assault and two counts of reckless endangerment for attacking two pro-life supporters May 23, 2023, outside a Planned Parenthood facility on North Howard Street in Baltimore. 

A funeral Mass was offered Jan. 28 for Sister Mercia Delgado, a member of the Oblate Sisters of Providence for 67 years. She died Jan. 17 at age 93.