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Exhausted immigrants, recently released from U.S. custody, sleep on the floor of a Catholic Charities-run respite center in McAllen, Texas, July 1, as several U.S. bishops tour the facility. The Esperanza Center in East Baltimore is among the agencies helping unite children separated from their parents at the border with other relatives living in Maryland. (CNS photo/Chaz Muth) 

‘Esperanza’ – hope – amid immigration crisis

Emily Rosenthal Alster
July 3, 2018
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When employees of Esperanza Center visit with children who have been reunited with family members, they ask the children their goals. Overwhelmingly, the answer is to feel safe.

Bishop Joseph C. Bambera of Scranton, Pa., left, and Auxiliary Bishop Robert J. Brennan of Rockville Centre, N.Y., talk to a member of the media following a July 2 news conference at the Basilica of Our Lady of San Juan del Valle in San Juan, Texas. During the news conference, the bishops told reporters about the detention center for immigrants they visited earlier in the day in Brownsville, Texas. (CNS photo/Chaz Muth)

Bishops end border visit calling for urgent reunification of children

Rhina Guidos
July 3, 2018
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A group of Catholic bishops witness the relief from migrants who had been recently released by authorities but also the more “somber” side of keeping children away from their families.

Dr. Donna Hargens, newly appointed superintendent of Catholic schools for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, most recently served as superintendent of Jefferson County Public Schools in Louisville, the largest school system in Kentucky. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Kentucky educator named superintendent of Catholic Schools for Archdiocese of Baltimore

Catholic Review Staff
July 2, 2018
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James Sellinger, Chancellor of Education for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, announced July 2 the appointment of Dr. Donna Hargens, Ed.D., as Superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

Andrew Martini plans to study Japanese at the Essex campus of the Community College of Baltimore County, albeit with an eye on turning his interest in nanotechnology into a career in medical research. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Graduation profile: Mount Carmel graduate speaks volumes – and not just in English

Paul McMullen
July 1, 2018
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Some teens waste time on video games. Not Andrew Martini, who has used them to further his interest in foreign culture and language.

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