She has blue hair, muddy boots and wears a yellow raincoat. Meet Luce, the official Vatican mascot for the upcoming Jubilee Year.

An outreach ministry based at St. John the Evangelist in Columbia does more than provide much-needed support to new arrivals to the United States. It also helps Anglo parishioners accompany their Spanish-speaking immigrants and their families.

More than 1,500 people venerated the skull of St. Thomas Aquinas at Ss. Philip and James in Homewood Dec. 17-18. The Dominican-led parish was the final stop of a tour sponsored by the Dominican Province of St. Joseph that included visits to 11 sites in seven states and the District of Columbia.

Mark Viviano, retired sports director for WJZ-TV and a columnist for the Catholic Review, is joining Catholic Review Radio as one of the award-winning program’s regular hosts.

David Wainwright, a sound engineer and parishioner of St. Bernardine, was inducted into the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter’s (NATAS-NCCB) prestigious Silver Circle this fall in Baltimore.

Father Charles “Chuck” Canterna, who has worked tirelessly in prison ministry for nearly five decades, has been named the 2025 St. Dismas Award recipient by the Dismas Ministry, a national prison outreach organization.

Father Devin was an associate pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus in Highlandtown and assist at the former nearby chapels of St. Gerard and Holy Redeemer from 1987 to 1988.

Benjamin Oursler and Jack Morris, two seminarians studying to become priests for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, are involved in the Charismatic movement and have received training charismatic prayer through a two-year program called the Encounter School of Ministry. They share their experiences with charismatic prayer with Catholic Review Managing Editor George Matysek.

About 525 people – including 32 priests, 60 seminarians, 10 deacons, family members and friends, filled the pews of the Frederick County parish to celebrate Father Howard’s ordination.

Mercy High School, a North Baltimore all-girls Catholic secondary school, launched Dec. 12 a $10 million capital campaign, “The Spirit of Mercy: Advancing the Legacy of the Sisters of Mercy.”