It’s time once again for young adults to get together for some great faith sharing (and maybe a beer or two) at the Greene Turtle in East Baltimore. The Fells Point Theology on Tap group (formerly known as “Tap into Your Faith”) begins its next six-week session tonight. The evening gets going with a ‘Happy Half Hour’ at...Read More

Marlene Lauer, a parishioner of Holy Trinity in Glen Burnie, was a chief organizer of the successful Adore-a-thon March 11. There’s a story about the night at Church of the Crucifixion coming in the March 17 paper. She was kind enough to answer some questions for the blog. Matt: What’s your reaction to how Adore-a-thon...Read More

“Monumental” is the word often used to describe Bach’s St. Matthew Passion. Written to be performed at Good Friday services, the spiritually haunting work retells the story of Christ’s arrest, trial, crucifixion and burial as presented in St. Matthew’s Gospel. It also incorporates other poetry and chorales.  Unveiled in 1727 at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, the composition is...Read More

Loyola Blakefield freshman Joseph T. Gorman died March 9 after two years of battling leukemia.Read More

WASHINGTON – Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of Bishop John H. Ricard of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Fla., and appointed Miami Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski to be the diocese’s apostolic administrator until the installation of a new bishop.Read More

Today, the Maryland House of Delegates has its final debate on a bill legalizing same-sex marriage.  If the delegates vote in favor of the measure, the bill will become law since it has already cleared the Senate and Gov. Martin J. O’Malley has promised to sign it. Supporters of traditional marriage plan to have a...Read More

Conventual Franciscan Father Joseph Benicewicz, president of Baltimore’s Archbishop Curley High School, announced the appointment of Philip Piercy as principal, effective July 1.Read More

Our readers at The Catholic Review are pretty amazing. They’re everywhere and use their cameras to capture some touching, incredible moments. Last week’s ordination of transitional Deacon Warren Tanghe is a perfect example. Kitt O’Brien and Carrie Joneckis, both of St. John the Evangelist in Severna Park, were snapping away and offered to share some...Read More