July 13, 2020 — Annapolis, MD
KEY SUPREME COURT
DECISIONS
The Supreme Court of the United States ended its session with a
number of significant decisions that impact religious liberty in
education, conscience in health care, stability for young immigrants
brought to the United States as children, abortion regulations, and
environmental protection.
Click here to see our round up of key Supreme
Court decisions.
THIS WEEK:
TAXES, SCHOLARSHIPS
& HEALTH CARE
Wednesday, July 15 is the
deadline for:
The state will be awarding $7.5 million
in need-based scholarships for students attending non-public schools
this fall. The first scholarship awards are expected to be made later
this month.
POLICE REFORM AND
ACCOUNTABILITY
The bipartisan Workgroup to Address Police Reform and
Accountability formed last month held its first meeting via Zoom on
June 23. Please see the agenda
with background information, Zoom
recording, and some of the news
coverage.
The Maryland Catholic Conference has been actively engaged on
justice reform for many years and will be monitoring reform efforts
this year. The next workgroup virtual meeting is July 16.
COVID-19 AND CATHOLIC
SCHOOLS
When shut-down orders were announced, Catholic schools in Maryland
quickly moved online and were up and running in two days. This
impressive showing was not enough, though, to prevent the closing of
at least two schools impacted deeply by the pandemic - the Institute
of Notre Dame in Baltimore and Holy Family in Hillcrest Heights.
Meanwhile, construction on Mother Mary Lange Catholic School, the
first new school to open in the City of Baltimore in over 60 years,
continues and the
first principal was just appointed. The school will accommodate up
to 400 students when it opens in 2021.
The Maryland Catholic Conference is working with the Maryland State
Department of Education as MSDE manages distribution of state and
federal school assistance funds.
ECUADOR COVID RELIEF
The Maryland Catholic Conference is part of a coalition of leaders
working to send 20 tons of medical and cleaning supplies to help
relieve the suffering from the coronavirus in our sister state of
Ecuador.
Donation sites are located in the Archdiocese of Washington. Online
donations also are being accepted. Donate by July 18! Click for details and links.
IN MEMORIAM
This spring, St. Camillus parish and the affiliated St. Francis
International School took the lead in organizing and providing 54,000
meals for low-income immigrants in Langley Park and Silver Spring.
Sadly, the 58-year-old pastor, Fr. Chris Posch, OFM, died in early
July following a battle with pneumonia. He previously led Hispanic
ministry in the Diocese of Wilmington for many years and is profiled
here. Please pray for the response of his soul and for the parish
and local community.
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