Former Hagerstown principal dies at 86 July 18, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries, Schools A funeral Mass for School Sister of Notre Dame Barbara Mary Slaney was offered June 29 at Villa Assumpta in Towson. Sister Barbara Mary died June 22. She was 86.
Archbishop Lori and Cardinal Dolan say House bill to codify Roe is ‘unjust, extreme’ July 18, 2022By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress The chairmen of two U.S. bishops’ committees said a measure passed by the House July 15 is “the most unjust and extreme abortion on demand bill our nation has ever seen.”
RADIO INTERVIEW: That Man is You July 18, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Marriage & Family Life, News, Radio Interview Matt Brady is a founding core team leader for “That Man is You” since its beginning at Our Lady of the Fields seven years ago.
Summer vocations camp helps young men discern God’s call July 15, 2022By Kevin J. Parks Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations Quo Vadis, an annual event organized and staffed by seminarians in their pastoral year of formation, brings together young men who share an interest in their common Catholic faith and who are interested in discerning God’s call in their lives,
Women’s Education Alliance hires Sandoval as director of student outcomes July 12, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools The Women’s Education Alliance, which serves Catholic schools in Baltimore City in underprivileged communities, hired veteran principal Valerie A. Sandoval as its director of student outcomes and program evaluation.
Catholic Review wins 73 awards from professional journalism organizations for 2021 work July 11, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, Local News, News With 22 awards at the 2022 Catholic Media Conference July 7, the Catholic Review completed the year with 73 awards from three professional organizations – the Catholic Media Association, the Associated Church Press and the Maryland-Delaware-DC Press Association. The total is the second-highest in at least the last 13 years.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Black Catholic Nuns July 11, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Books, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Radio Interview In “Subversive Habits: Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle,” Dr. Shannen Dee Williams provides the first full history of Black Catholic nuns in the United States. We speak with Dr. Williams about what inspired her to write this history and what she learned in her extensive research, which included a look at the Baltimore-based Oblate Sisters of Providence.
Actor is ‘transformed’ by portraying Father Tolton in theater production July 8, 2022By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice After nearly 300 performances of “Tolton: From Slave to Priest,” actor Jim Coleman said his life has been transformed.
Camp GLOW continues summer ministry July 7, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Disabilities Ministry, Feature, Local News, News The Archdiocese of Baltimore hosted its annual Camp GLOW (God Loves Our World) gatherings this summer.
Shrine plans museum renovation and new visitor center to enhance story of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton July 7, 2022By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints A $4 million investment has been made to renovate the museum and build a new visitors center at the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg.
Synod process hears from thousands July 6, 2022By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Synodality Leaders of the Archdiocese of Baltimore have been doing a lot of listening over the last several months as part of the global synod process.
‘All the desires of my heart’: Vocation to religious life fostered at St. Mary in Hagerstown July 5, 2022By Erik Zygmont Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Local News, News, Vocations, Western Vicariate Sister Isabelle Maina of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance, who professed her first vows June 21 at the Our Lady of Sorrows Monastery in Toronto, Ohio, says she began to feel the stirrings of her vocation as a youngster at St. Mary Catholic School in Hagerstown.
