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Josephite Father Henry Harper, a longtime associate pastor of St. Peter Claver in Baltimore whose ministry focused on outreach to the poor, died March 29 from complications following a fall. He was 86. An 11 a.m. funeral Mass will be offered April 2 at St. Peter.

Dr. Nancy S. Grasmick, superintendent of Maryland public schools, meets with Dr. Ronald J. Valenti, former superintendent of Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, in 2006. (CR file photo/Owen Sweeney III) Today’s announcement that Dr. Nancy S. Grasmick is stepping down as the longtime superintendent of Maryland public schools may well be a loss for […]

Tony Magliano (CR, March 24) cherry-picks the social doctrine of the church to suit his political ideology. Taking to task only the Tea Party and the Republican-controlled House of Representatives for its budget cuts, he reserves for himself the definition of fairness with respect to the “universal destination of goods.” He uses disparity of wealth as a singular proof of unfairness, failing to note that with his definition we might even count the Catholic Church as seriously flawed in its practice of what it preaches.

This week you’ll see a story in The Catholic Review about Baltimore Catholics keeping the faith when it comes to the Orioles. You’ll meet Calvert Hall English teacher Brendan Bailey, a 28-year-old super fan, who grew up in St. Joseph, Fullerton, and current is a parishioner of St. Ursula in Parkville. Here’s a Q&A I […]

Well, that took almost as long as a real pregnancy. Back on July 19, 2010, I sent a missive via email to the editorial staff of The Catholic Review. Think Jerry McGuire’s Mission Statement without the goldfish. The subject was nebulous, but grand. “Millennials Multi-Story Idea.” It sounded like I was either going to write […]