September 1, 2020
By Daniel Zawodny
Special to the Catholic Review
Photos: Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff
In mid-May, Renee Newberry, an English and Religion teacher at Archbishop Borders School, tuned into an outlet to which the school had pivoted — virtual Mass. Unlike many aspects of a socially-distanced life, however, the homily of then-Father Bruce A. Lewandowski, C.Ss.R., that day was anything but disappointing.
“We are an example of a community that loves each other,” Newberry remembers the pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus/Sagrado Corazón de Jesús saying. In a society polarized by politics, separated by a deadly virus and tense over racial injustice, Newberry was struck by his encouragement to look no further than their own community for an example of people coming together.
Bishop Lewandowski became pastor of the Highlandtown parish, a campus which includes Borders School, in December 2016. Its constituents laud him as a joyful, unifying influence in one of the most historically diverse parishes within the archdiocese.
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