Catholic Review | Archdiocese of Baltimore

Mount St. Mary’s University announces $3 million donation

Mount St. Mary’s University President Timothy E. Trainor announced Feb. 14 that the Bolte Family Foundation will donate $3 million to help expand and renovate the Knott Academic Center, home to the Richard J. Bolte, Sr. School of Business.

Catholic Review Staff

Guests ‘shine’ at Ellicott City special needs prom

Sponsored by the Tim Tebow Foundation, the prom experience was hosted by churches around the world the night of Feb. 8. A first-time host, OLPH was the only Archdiocese of Baltimore parish to participate.

February 13, 2019

Good news abounds at 22nd annual Mother Lange awards

Sponsored by the Office of Black Catholic Ministries, the event honors not just contributors to parish life in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, but Mother Lange, who helped found the Oblate Sisters in 1829.

Paul McMullen

February 12, 2019

Eucharistic prayer retreat inspires faith and provides challenge

More than 1,000 young people attended Mount 2000, an annual eucharistic prayer retreat held at Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg.

Katie Sukeena

February 9, 2019

Sykesville family carries on tradition

When three-month-old Leah Therese Ballor was baptized at St. Joseph Catholic Community in Sykesville Jan. 20, she continued a family tradition by wearing a gown that has roots with an aunt who was a Daughter of Charity who had served in China in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

February 8, 2019

Sister Barbara D’Auria, I.H.M., dies at 86

Sister, Servant of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Barbara D’Auria (formerly known as Sister M. Darius) was a former teacher at St. Rita School in Dundalk.

Catholic Review

Blogs & Commentary

Charity in Truth

Archbishop William E. Lori

A month of purification

May februum, the month of February, be the beginning of that deep purification that will renew and beautify the temple of the church.

Amen

One more benefit of Catholic schools

Catholic Schools Week always serves as a time to reflect upon the many gifts that those institutions give us: a solid education, a deeper faith and lasting friendships.

Open Window

When you throw a pig party for Chinese New Year

Rita Buettner

When we first started celebrating the Chinese New Year, we put a plastic toy tiger on a cake, sliced the cake with a few cousins, and called it a party.

Faces of Faith

Retrouvaille deepens faith, heals marriage of St. John Westminster parishioner

Elizabeth Lowe

In addition to helping his marriage, Lagonigro credits the ministry with deepening his faith. He described Retrouvaille as a “shot of adrenaline” for his faith.

Question Corner

Funeral Mass on Sunday?/ Say rosary during Mass?

Father Kenneth Doyle

Father Doyle fields questions about celebrating funeral Masses on Sunday and praying the rosary at Mass.

Word on Fire

New York, abortion and a short route to chaos

Bishop Robert Barron

Abandoning the convictions of one’s conscience in the exercise of one’s public duties is precisely equivalent to “I’m personally opposed but unwilling to take concrete action to instantiate my opposition.”

The Domestic Church

Find extraordinary in the ordinary

Rita Buettner

We can encounter God in the awesome majesty of a mountaintop sunrise or a scrunched bouquet of dandelion’s in a child’s fist.

Boots Laced

Under Armour and #WeWill

Craig Gould

We can’t just say, “we love the young church.” We have to name them. Jazmine, Michael, Shantay, Jose and all those other young people in your church require adults who can call them by name.

The Narthex

Remembering a Baltimore priest’s ordeal at Dachau

George P. Matysek Jr.

The Polish priest told the Review that the wood strips in the windows separating the glass panes at Dachau seemed like crosses. Every time he looked out a window, he was reminded of the sign of redemption.

Dust and Dewfall

Take my breath away: Skiing, mountains and Christ

Father Collin Poston

No matter how many times we may fall or mess up, Jesus is always right there to patiently lift us up, encourage us and give us new strength with his grace and his mercy!

Baltimore Boomer

The house that Renee Buettner built

Paul McMullen

Amid the many influential coaches managing editor Paul McMullen encountered or worked with, Renee Buettner was a favorite.

The Catholic Difference

Cleansed and conformed to God’s will

George Weigel

We must all intensify prayer and penance. We should all be inviting to church those who have left out of boredom, anger, confusion, or disgust.

Behind the Headlines

A new year, a fresh start

Christopher Gunty

A lot of the typical resolutions have more to do with our exterior than our interior. I’d like to suggest a few resolutions that might improve your spirit and your mind.

Fertile Soil

Something is wrong: The crisis of modern addictions

Hanael Bianchi

Modernity is not a constant movement towards progress. Instead the modern worldview has a gaping hole right in the middle of it.

Guest Commentary

The makings of a long-lasting marriage

Tony Rossi

People often wonder what the secret is to a successful marriage. Based on the Rowe’s relationship, the answer is love, understanding, faith, compassion, and selflessness. They don’t sound like such a secret at all.

Wit & Wisdom

Emulate God, work together

Father Joseph Breighner

There is divinity flowing though us all the time. We just have to believe that. And then winter will turn to spring.

Unconditional

The Butterfly Effect: Remembering Mrs. Pesa

Robyn Barberry

Every year, during our back-to-school liturgies, I scan the pews and say a prayer of gratitude and a petition for a successful school year for each of my colleagues. This year my task was more difficult because as I scanned the congregation, I was forced to recognize that one of us wasn’t there and never...

A More Human Society

Building a wall against life

Richard Doerflinger

In what Gov. Andrew Cuomo calls a "historic victory for New Yorkers," New York has passed what may be the nation's most extreme and irresponsible abortion law.

Snippets of FAith

How to pray all day in 10 easy ways

Suzanna Molino Singleton

Chatting with God is easier than you think.

Our Back Pages

Benefactor’s dreams realized at Good Samaritan Hospital

Paul McMullen

Good Samaritan Hospital came into existence thanks to the generosity of Thomas J. O’Neill, a merchant who famously asked Carmelite nuns to pray that his store be spared during the Great Baltimore fire of February 1904.

The Work of Her Hands

Hometown Saints: Baltimore Hispanic community celebrates St. Oscar Romero

The recent canonization of St. Oscar Romero was a moment of pride for many in our community.

World News

Need to change hearts, not just books, to improve liturgy, pope says

The sacred liturgy is meant to help the people of God conform their heart, mind and actions more closely to Christ, Pope Francis said.

Carol Glatz

Pope reflects on changed attitudes toward liberation theology

Time, experience and reflection have "purified" liberation theology and its attempts to make clear what the Gospel says about social injustice, Pope Francis said.

Cindy Wooden