Parishes

DC choir’s message to Baltimore County parish: ‘We’re all family’

Inspired by Archbishop Lori’s pastoral reflections on racism, the pastor of St. Joseph, Fullerton invited a Gospel choir from Washington, D.C., to the parish.
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Vacation Bible school: No lions, tigers and bears, but horses, games, snacks – and Scripture

As Cherry Hill, Hydes and Linthicum Heights show, the concept of Vacation Bible School encompasses many approaches and activities.
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Catholic Community of South Baltimore merges into one parish

Three churches in South Baltimore have formalized a union that has been more than four decades in the making.
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Baltimore Archdiocese hosts middle school youth day

Middle-schoolers from around the Archdiocese of Baltimore gather at St. Louis School in Clarksville May 12 for the archdiocese’s first-ever youth day geared to young adolescents.
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South Carroll County parish celebrates 150 years

St. Joseph in Sykesville is celebrating 150 years. The parish has seen many changes since its cornerstone was laid in 1868.
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St. Alphonsus Shrine entrusted to Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter

“It’s a real pleasure and a real joy to be able to offer Mass in such a historic, beautiful church,” said Father Kiefer, a former Army captain who was deployed to Mogadishu in Somalia and Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
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Rebuilt 2.0: Nativity parish dedicates new church

A Catholic parish that was practicing the New Evangelization before the term was branded celebrated the opening of its new worship space Sept. 8.
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In Ellicott City, raging waters remembered one year later

A dozen faith communities in Howard County came together at St. Paul Church in Ellicott City July 30 to remember the devastation that ravaged this quaint historic town last summer.
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After nearly 66 years in ministry, Monsignor Bastress retires

Pastor of the National Shrine of St. Alphonsus Liguori in Baltimore since 1998, Monsignor Bastress has ministered throughout the archdiocese since his May 19, 1951, ordination at the Baltimore Basilica.
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Renovations, new altar dedicated at Church of the Ascension

“We’ve got a consecrated altar now,” Father John Williamson, exclaimed to a parishioner greeting him in the narthex of the Church of the Ascension after a Mass May 28 in which the altar was blessed and the new sanctuary was dedicated.
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‘Richly Blessed’: St. Lawrence Martyr opens new parish complex

While a church being replaced with a beerhall is sadly not uncommon in this day and age, the reverse is newsworthy.
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Westminster priest hopes summer convocation sparks missionary renewal

For Father Mark Bialek, being a priest means enabling his parishioners to evangelize in new ways.
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