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St. Ignatius Loyola Academy in Baltimore announced John Ciccone will serve as the third president of the school, effective July 1.

Five Oblate Sisters of Providence were elected to four-year leadership positions during the order’s Chapter of Election April 17 at the motherhouse in Catonsville.

After many, many years of contributing and receiving the Catholic Review, we wish to cancel our subscription to your paper. “Obama lays out economic steps, plans at Georgetown” (CR, April 23) put us over the edge.

Cardinal Shehan School in Baltimore recently established the Father Wayne Funk Scholarship Award to provide tuition assistance to Catholic students enrolled in the school. The late Father Funk served as pastor of St. Matthew, Northwood, when Cardinal Shehan School was formed by the merger of St. Matthew and St. Thomas More Schools in 1989. Paula Redman, principal of Cardinal Shehan, said the priest was “beloved by many.” She said interested donors to the scholarship award will be acknowledged in school publications and the St. Matthew bulletin. Contributions may be sent to Ms. Redman at the school, 5407 Loch Raven Blvd, Baltimore, MD 21239.

Dave Reeder can always count on it.

Henry H. Lewis, the man who founded a construction company that erected more buildings in the Archdiocese of Baltimore than any other in recent decades, died April 16.

In his column, “Obama’s invitation to talk,” (CR, April 16) Father Eugene Hemrick fails to come to grips with what is truly at issue concerning President Obama’s speaking at Notre Dame University.