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August 6, 2012
August 6, 2012

Life and Freedom: Address to Pro-Life Leaders

Introduction: A Local Struggle with Large Implications Arriving in Baltimore just a few months ago, I found that the Archdiocese together with pro-life pregnancy centers in the city were joined together in a struggle against the City of Baltimore. Some time earlier, the administration had decided that these centers would be obliged to inform the...
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August 6, 2012

Sister Helen Christensen, R.S.M., dies at 85

A funeral Mass for Sister of Mercy Helen Christensen, a longtime Loyola University Maryland mathematics professor, was offered Aug. 6 at Mercy Villa in Baltimore. Sister Helen died Aug. 2. She was 85.
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August 6, 2012

Calvert Hall alumnus receives Bronze Star Medal

United States Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Collin J. Goldsmith, a 2005 Calvert Hall graduate, was awarded the Bronze Star Medal Aug. 3.
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August 6, 2012

Monsignor Nalepa, longtime pastor, dies at 70

UPDATED 11 a.m. St. Gregory the Great pastor put his heart and soul into his ministry.
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August 6, 2012

‘Fortnight’ did not go far enough

The Catholic Church’s “Fortnight for Freedom” did not go far enough because more than religious freedom is under assault.
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August 6, 2012

The perfect summer job

You may have been able to guess from my previous posts that I come from a fishing family. What you most likely didn’t know is that I have family near Ocean City, MD. Putting the two together I’ve come across a perfect “summer job” for myself. For the rest of
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August 6, 2012

Pastor encouraged spirit of giving

  In September 2002, I was assigned to cover a Mass at St. Gregory the Great Church on North Gilmor Street near North Avenue. I had never been to Mass at a predominantly black Catholic parish, and I had no idea what I was about to experience. Parishioners from northern Baltimore County’s
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August 6, 2012

Do “Human Development” organizations need serious oversight?

What is there to praise about a “bottled-water free zone” in John Paul II Collegiate as recently reported on the Catholic Review Web page? I thought we stopped public water fountains (i.e. refill stations) years ago because they were health risks and wasted water.
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August 6, 2012

Pastor of W. Baltimore Parish Dies Unexpectedly Saturday at Age 70

Monsignor Damien G. Nalepa, longtime pastor of St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church in West Baltimore, was found dead inside the parish rectory Saturday, August 4. Police were called when Msgr. Nalepa failed to appear for evening Mass and found his body slumped over in a chair in his bedroom. Though the cause of death...
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August 6, 2012

St. Joseph Medical Center on track for final sale in fall

St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson is moving closer to completing its sale to the Baltimore-based University of Maryland Medical System, which is expected to be completed this fall.
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