Congratulations to the 2,655 graduating seniors of the 21 Catholic high schools of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Archbishop Curley High School, Baltimore A baccalaureate Mass was celebrated May 23 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Baltimore, and commencement exercises were held May 25 at the Cathedral...Read More
Good Samaritan Hospital, Baltimore, a member of MedStar health, has earned the Gold Seal of Approval from the Joint Commission for Primary Stroke Centers.Read More
Growing up with two grandfathers and two uncles who served in the U.S. Army, Kyle Hanratty, valedictorian for the 2007 graduating class at The John Carroll School, Bel Air, hopes to carry on the tradition. The 18-year-old applied and was accepted to the United States Military Academy at West Point, the United States Naval Academy...Read More
A priest who graduated from St. Rose of Lima School, Baltimore, in the 1960s was recently elected superior general of the Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity.Read More
Two articles on the passing of Father John Delclos, one in The Baltimore Sun, mentioned that he was an “emotional preacher.” In my opinion that can be misleading.Read More
A funeral Mass was offered June 2 at Immaculate Conception Church, Elkton, for Sister Cecilia Mary Grimes, O.S.F. Sister Cecilia Mary died May 30. She was 76 and had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 54 years.Read More
The Archdiocesan Holy Name Union awarded (11) $500 tuition grants to students who will attend Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.Read More
Thank you for the recent section, “Remembering World War II” (CR, May 24). All those who served in that war deserve our gratitude. Sadly, there are two groups whose time in uniform during that war has been often unrecognized: women and racial minorities.Read More
HONG KONG – One of two Chinese priests jailed for “illegal exit” after a trip abroad was released provisionally for medical treatment in mid-May, about one and a half months before the end of his sentence.Read More
JERUSALEM – A new Web site set up by a group of Palestinian and Cypriot Christians has allowed thousands of Christians worldwide to virtually light a candle at the Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth. “There are many Christians who are not able to come to the Holy Land for lack of money, lack of...Read More