NEWS
By Frederick N. Rasmussen, The Baltimore Sun | July 16, 2012
Sister Mary Annita Link, a member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame who had been a primary educator, died July 10 of heart disease at her order's Maria Health Care Center in the Woodbrook section of Baltimore County. She was 89. Catherine Elaine Link was born in Baltimore and raised in Canton. She was a graduate of the Institute of Notre Dame and entered the School Sisters of Notre Dame in 1941. She took the religious name of Mary Annita and professed her vows in 1944.
NEWS
By Mary Gail Hare, The Baltimore Sun | November 1, 2011
The Archdiocese of Baltimore added a new religious order of nuns Tuesday, its first in decades and one that began as an Anglican community. The All Saints' Sisters of the Poor left the Episcopal Church for the Roman Catholic Church two years ago. By a decree from the Vatican, they are now an official diocesan priory, or order, the same designation carried by the School Sisters of Notre Dame or the Daughters of Charity. "We feel we have broken ground," said Mother Christina Christie, leader of the community and a nun since 1966.
NEWS
By Jacques Kelly, The Baltimore Sun and Baltimore Sun reporter | May 1, 2011
Sister Mary Aurea Kimball, who taught in parochial schools for four decades, died of a stroke April 15 at her order's Villa Maria Health Care Center in Woodbrook. She was 82. Rose Marie Kimball was born in Annapolis and grew up on a farm outside the capital. She attended St. Mary's School and entered the School Sisters of Notre Dame. She received the religious name Mary Aurea and professed her first vows in 1950. She earned a bachelor's degree in education from the College of Notre Dame of Maryland and had a master's degree from Seton Hall University in South Orange, N.J. Sister Aurea's first teaching post was at St. Mark's School in Catonsville, where she taught from 1950 to 1965.
NEWS
By Jacques Kelly, The Baltimore Sun | November 14, 2010
Sister Agnes Miriam Hradsky, a retired teacher and member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame for 61 years, died of pneumonia Nov. 3 at Maria Health Care Center, her order's motherhouse in Woodbrook. She was 95. Agnes Beatrice Hradsky was born in Baltimore to Czechoslovakian parents who had arrived in the United States during their teens. She grew up on Collington Avenue and attended St. Wenceslaus Catholic School, taught by the School Sisters of Notre Dame. In 1928 she graduated from grammar school with perfect attendance and went on to the Institute of Notre Dame.
SPORTS
By Kevin Cowherd, The Baltimore Sun | November 5, 2010
The School Sisters of Notre Dame made it official yesterday: their all-time favorite major leaguer is definitely Honus Wagner. That's because a rare T206 Honus Wagner baseball card, bequeathed to the order by a benefactor who died this year, fetched a whopping $262,900 in an online auction late Thursday night. The card, which dates back to 1909, was bought by Doug Walton of Knoxville, Tenn., the managing partner of Walton Sports and Collectibles LLC. Excluding a 19.5 percent buyer's premium, the sisters will soon be receiving a check for a whopping $220,000.
SPORTS
By Kevin Cowherd, The Baltimore Sun | November 3, 2010
In her line of work, Sister Virginia Muller does a lot of praying. She prays for the homeless, the sick, the spiritually downtrodden. And Thursday, she'll throw in a special prayer for a certain T206 Honus Wagner baseball card. That's because the School Sisters of Notre Dame, an international order with administrative offices in Baltimore, are auctioning off the rare Wagner card and bidding ends Thursday night. By the time the online auction ends, the card is expected to sell for $220,000 -- which was the highest bid as of Wednesday night -- or more.