Catholic Charities’ Sarah’s House in Fort Meade will benefit from a fundraising event at Remomo’s restaurant in Arundel Mills Mall in Hanover May 16, simply by enjoying a meal between 5 and 9 p.m.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI and Italy’s president and prime minister condemned threats made against Archbishop Angelo Bagnasco of Genoa, president of the Italian bishops’ conference.Read More
The Catholic Review received several top honors for news writing, photography, page design and advertising from the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association at the regional press association’s annual awards convocation, April 26-27 in Ellicott City. The Catholic Review competed in a division with non-daily newspapers with a circulation of 20,000 or more.Read More
VATICAN CITY – The international community needs farsighted individuals and institutions capable of promoting values that will increase dialogue, justice and peace, said former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. The almost 84-year-old professor said he agreed to come to the Vatican and address the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences because he was interested in...Read More
Sixty-three graduating seniors representing 21 Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore were recognized as “distinctive scholars” for their academic excellence and leadership. The awards were presented April 24 during convocation at Towson Catholic High School. Three students from each school received the award. Bishop W. Francis Malooly, western vicar, led a vespers service...Read More
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI accepted an invitation to visit U.N. headquarters in New York City, but Vatican sources said the trip looked unlikely for this year.Read More
SALT LAKE CITY – The April 16 shooting rampage on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., was felt by alumni who live far from the university. Daniel O. Adams, a Virginia Tech alumnus who is director of the composite mechanics laboratory at the University of Utah, was shocked by the events that took...Read More
A new project at St. Athanasius, Curtis Bay, is expected to bring a little more green to the planet, parish grounds and church coffers. With the delivery of a green and orange dumpster in the St. Athanasius parking lot last month, parishioners have been eagerly disposing their discarded paper products by the ton in a...Read More
The Baltimore Archdiocesan Holy Name Union annual convention was held at the Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Conference and Retreat Center, Emmitsburg, on April 15. Some 80 members were in attendance, from a total of 24 different parishes. Father Joseph Breighner had planned to be the conference moderator but was...Read More
A funeral Mass for James P. Lazzati, a founder of the Monsignor Clare J. O’Dwyer Youth Retreat House in Sparks, was offered April 21 at St. Leo, Little Italy. Mr. Lazzati died at Good Samaritan Hospital, Baltimore, April 17. He was 90 and the last living founder of the retreat house.Read More
A funeral mass was offered April 21 at St. Joseph Manor in Baltimore for Father Henry Dickson, S.S.J. Father Dickson, 73, died April 17 at St Joseph Manor in Baltimore, Maryland.Read More