When Father J. Collin Poston arrived at St. Mary’s in Hagerstown a year ago as administrator, he was struck by the parish’s deep spirituality.Read More
Cardinal William H. Keeler, former archbishop of Baltimore, blessed a new showroom on South Charles Street featuring the Peruvian woodwork of the Artesanos Don Bosco June 3.Read More
VATICAN CITY– News that U.S. President Barack Obama had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was met with high hopes from the Vatican spokesman.Read More
A funeral Mass for Brother Earl Vincent Kent, S.S.J., will be offered May 28 at St. Francis Xavier, Baltimore. Brother Earl, who chronicled Josephite life through his photography and served as an associate at St. Francis Xavier and St. Veronica, Cherry Hill, died May 22 following a long illness at St. Joseph Manor, where he...Read More
WASHINGTON – Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and four other bishops, including Cardinal William H. Keeler, retired archbishop of Baltimore and the USCCB’s liaison to the Jewish community, issued a “Statement of Principles for Catholic-Jewish Dialogue” Oct. 5.Read More
VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI has named Father Neil Tiedemann, a Brooklyn-born member of the provincial council for the Passionist order, as bishop of Mandeville, Jamaica.Read More
The Congregation of the Sisters of Bon Secours are relocating their international headquarters from Paris to Marriottsville, according to an Oct. 2 news release. The offices for the Sisters of Bon Secours in the United States, Bon Secours Spiritual Center and Bon Secours Health System all reside on the Marriottsville campus.Read More
St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore’s Sarah’s Hope, a 24-hour shelter and resource center serving homeless families and single women, will no longer operate from the Eastern Family Resource Center in Rosedale, effective June 30.Read More