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January 19, 2012

Michael Murphy, Catholic architect, dies at 62

In death, Michael Murphy was remembered as a man who breathed new life into everything he touched.
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January 19, 2012

Archbishop O’Brien tours Partners in Excellence schools

Three-fourths of Irvetta Lewis’ third-grade class at St. Katharine, Baltimore, raised their hands when asked if they had been nervous while reciting their greeting in unison to Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien on his first stop of a three-school tour Feb. 26. Yet six eighth-grade student ambassadors, sitting with the archbishop in casual conversation at the...
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January 19, 2012

Church leaders look at involving new generation in ecumenism

VATICAN CITY – Getting a new generation involved in ecumenism will require the churches to show them how efforts to build church unity fit in with young people’s concerns for a broken world, a young Presbyterian minister told a Vatican symposium.
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January 19, 2012

Leaders say interfaith effort to end global poverty growing

SAN FRANCISCO – Eliminating much of the world’s worst poverty within a decade would become a principle of U.S. foreign policy for the first time under a Catholic-led legislative push gathering force with a growing interfaith alliance.
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January 19, 2012

Father Franken seeks to build more ‘family’ ties in Dundalk

After more than 10 years as pastor of St. John the Evangelist, Hydes, Father William F. Franken began to feel as if parishioners were like relatives.
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January 19, 2012

Local boys impart Easter wisdom

Though Catholics come together Easter Sunday to celebrate the resurrection of Christ, children are treated to the spoils of a cotton-tailed rabbit and the promise of spring’s splendor.
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January 19, 2012

German prelate lauds world leaders for hearing church on global crisis

MUNICH, Germany – A German archbishop who joined other church leaders at the recent World Economic Forum in Switzerland has praised government and business leaders for being open to religious voices during the current global economic crisis.
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January 19, 2012

Our kids are killing to be heard

Why are our children so angry that they are killing themselves and others? Another school shooting in Illinois happened, this immediately after our community struggles to understand why a 16-year-old has been charged in connection with the murders of his parents and two younger brothers. We all remember the senseless killings on the campus of...
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January 19, 2012

Archbishop’s Annual Appeal encourages Catholics to answer God’s call

Coming off the heels of its most successful Archbishop’s Annual Appeal collection ever, the Archdiocese of Baltimore is once again hoping people will respond generously to support a range of programs and services helping those in need.
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January 19, 2012

City parish takes aim at urban violence, one gun at a time

What started out as a one-time mission to rid Baltimore’s streets of firepower has become an enduring crusade for city parish St. Gregory the Great. Armed with grant money from a Baltimore attorney, the church has shelled out cash to citizens who’ve turned in guns, totaling more than 50 weapons in the past nine months....
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January 19, 2012

Tickets on sale for Handel Choir concert to benefit Murphy Initiative

The Handel Choir of Baltimore, with Melinda O’Neal conducting, will perform a concert Jan. 31 at 4 p.m. at St. Mary of the Assumption Church in Govans. The concert is a benefit for the Murphy Initiative for Justice and Peace, which honors the legacy of the late Bishop P. Francis Murphy.
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January 19, 2012

St. Paddy’s Day bumped by Holy Week

St. Patrick got bumped by St. Joseph, but both saints find their feast days shifted this year due to a quirk of the calendar. Their feast days fall during Holy Week and must be moved because nothing takes precedence over Holy Week, said Monsignor Robert J. Jaskot, chancellor of the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
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