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Archbishop Curley to host baseball program with Miracle League
The Miracle League invites children with special needs to play on a typical baseball field. Curley began the partnership with the Miracle League this spring by doing a meet and greet at its newly constructed field in Harford County.
Radio Interview: Wells of Life
Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talks with Nick Jordan, Founder and CEO of Wells of Life, a ministry that has built or restored more than 1,000 wells in Uganda. Jordan talks about how the work is based on biblical principles and brings water to people in Jesus’ name.
BOOST program helps provide educational opportunities for Marylanders
The BOOST (Broadening Options and Opportunities for Students Today) scholarship program provides funds to help students from limited-income families attend Catholic and other nonpublic schools.
Catholic Charities breaks ground on Intergenerational Center
The West Baltimore community celebrated a historic milestone April 25 as Archbishop William E Lori led a groundbreaking ceremony for Catholic Charities of Baltimore’s new Intergenerational Center.
Impassioned voices heard at Seek the City listening session
A steady stream of people was still flowing into Archbishop Curley High School more than 20 minutes after an April 25 listening session on the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Seek the City to Come parish reconfiguration proposal officially started.
Cathedral of Mary Our Queen added as Seek the City session site
Due to the anticipated need for more seating, the April 30 Seek the City to Come open public session is being moved from Our Lady of Victory to the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, 5200 N. Charles St. The session is scheduled for 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Mount St. Joseph’s Jordan Brathwaite looks like a lock for success at Yale on basketball court and in classroom
As Jordan Brathwaite looks ahead to his basketball and academic career at Yale University, he sees two Catholic schools as playing a pivotal role in his preparation.
Black Catholics weigh in on Seek the City proposal
The meeting April 23 at St. Frances Academy in Baltimore saw an overflow crowd of about 250 people come to express their response to the Seek the City to Come proposal, which could potentially alter the landscape of the Catholic Church in Baltimore City and the surrounding area of Baltimore County from 59 worship locations to 26, if it is approved.
Couples discuss importance of Catholic marriage
The Catholic Review sat down with two couples soon to be married in the Catholic Church to find out why they want to receive the sacrament of matrimony.
Sister Mary Louise Zollars, who ministered to poor of Baltimore, dies at 91
A funeral Mass for Daughter of Charity Sister Mary Louise Zollars was offered April 12 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg. Sister Mary Louise died April 5. She was 91.