St. John’s Catholic Prep plans move to new campus in Frederick County December 7, 2011By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Western Vicariate St. John’s Catholic Prep in Frederick has announced it will be moving to the campus of St. Thomas More Academy in Buckeystown. St. Thomas More will move to a yet to be determined site in Frederick County.
Updated: Mount St. Joseph mourns revered president December 5, 2011By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Ever the poetic soul, Xaverian Brother James M. Kelly died as the sun was rising Dec. 3, the feast day of his congregation’s patron, St. Francis Xavier.
City pastors want to help clear the streets of guns November 29, 2011By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Monsignor Damien Nalepa and Father Peter Lyons are never giving up on Baltimore City and they want everyone else to have that faith as well.
On Ravens’ Sundays, shrines, Masses within easy walking distance for fans October 6, 2011By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Joe Flacco may be relying on the downfield “Hail Mary” pass to Torrey Smith this NFL season, but the real thing – attending Mass before or after Ravens’ games, along with devotion to the Blessed Mother and the holy Eucharist – is within easy reach of everybody at the stadium.
Friends of Mercy to hold final dinner September 1, 2011By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Friends of Mercy (FOM), an all-volunteer nondenominational membership support group for those dealing with broken relationships, separation, divorce or widowhood, is dissolving.
Sacred Heart of Jesus celebrates first Mass with added communities August 11, 2011By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News When it was first announced in February that St. Michael Parish in Fells Point was closing and joining an expanding bilingual community at Sacred Heart of Jesus a mile away in Highlandtown, longtime parishioner Pamela Perc wasn’t sure what to do.
Cumberland parish named a shrine August 3, 2011By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien issued a July 18 decree establishing Ss. Peter and Paul in Cumberland as an archdiocesan shrine. The shrine was established as a place of pilgrimage and to “foster the unique Catholic history of the Cumberland area,” the archbishop said.
Loyola Blakefield student loses battle with leukemia March 11, 2011By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Loyola Blakefield freshman Joseph T. Gorman died March 9 after two years of battling leukemia.
Monsignor Strempeck, hospital chaplain and pastor, dies February 17, 2011By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries Monsignor Martin R. Strempeck, a much-loved priest and former pastor who devoted much of his ministry to comforting others, died Feb. 8. Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien offered a funeral Mass Feb. 14 at St. Margaret in Bel, the parish where 82-year-old MonsignorStrempeck had retired but remained active in ministry until three months before his death.
Len Bias’ mother speaks of pain and moving on November 30, 2010By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Few Maryland sports fans will forget where they were when they heard Len Bias died June 19, 1986. My aunt worked at Leland Memorial Hospital in Riverdale, where Len died. She called my mother to tell her the news. Len was a hero in my hometown. He went to Hyattsville’s public high school, Northwestern, and […]
Ravens come to Archbishop Borders November 30, 2010By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Baltimore Ravens kicker Bill Cundiff, possibly the 2010 team MVP, and running back Matt Lawrence came to Archbishop Borders School in Baltimore City with a message Nov. 29: value your education. Cundiff said he lives by “three Fs” to succeed in the National Football League: family, friends and faith. “You guys can go great places […]
Shooting victim’s family grieve at Holy Family, Randallstown November 18, 2010By Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News Holy Family in Randallstown served as a police staging area Nov. 18 after a man shot his wife and locked himself in his home on Oak Trace Way, less than a mile from the church. The woman was flown to shock trauma from Holy Family after escaping from the home.
