The Archdiocese of Baltimore will conclude its Year of Eucharist with a fitting celebration on the Feast of Corpus Christi June 19 at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland. On the same day, the U.S. bishops will launch a three-year National Eucharistic Revival.
Finding solace in faith after shootings provide another reminder of horrific day
The latest tragedies in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, N.Y., arrive less than a month before my personal anniversary of gloom on June 28 – the date four years ago when five of my newspaper colleagues were shot to death in an Annapolis newsroom.
Emmitsburg grotto awaits return of statue of Blessed Virgin Mary
A 25-foot statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary is expected to be returned to its high perch at the National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes overlooking the campus and surrounding countryside this summer.
Baltimore area Catholic high schools add special touch to acceptance letters
Catholic high school admissions directors and administrators throughout the area take extra care to make their acceptance letters a little bit more of a special moment for the anxious applicants.
‘Rise Up!’ event rises above expectations for participants
“Rise Up! Middle School Day” at Mount St. Joseph High School in Irvington May 1 featured a day of games, faith and fellowship. More than 175 middle school students and their parents from 27 parishes from across the Archdiocese of Baltimore participated in the day-long event.
Faithful companion: Bayley helps Archbishop Lori unwind
After a busy day leading the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Archbishop William E. Lori can count on his 6-year-old golden retriever Bayley to help him decompress.
Baltimore schools drive home pope’s message for sustainable environment
Baltimore-area schools are doing their best, though, to transform the landscapes and practices on campuses to find ways to embrace Pope Francis’ leadership for a seven-year journey toward “Integral Ecology” that he announced in his encyclical letter “Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home.”
Marriage proposal in RCIA class a first for Harford County parish
Matthew Sennett, a parishioner of St. Margaret in Bel Air, chose a much less glamorous, but meaningful path for his proposal. He proposed to girlfriend, Bethany Smith, during her Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults class at their Harford County parish.
Maryland Catholic Conference says ‘phenomenal’ advocacy made difference in legislative session
The Maryland Catholic Conference, Annapolis-based public-policy arm of the state’s Catholic bishops, worked diligently throughout Maryland’s recently completed 444th legislative session to push its support for a variety of bills and also try to help defeat a bill that will expand abortion in the state.
St. Bernadette relics tour to stop in Baltimore May 12-15
The relics of St. Bernadette will make a timely stop in Baltimore this May, visiting a cathedral named for the Blessed Virgin Mary, who appeared to the saint more than a century and a half ago.
Changes possible for St. Clare in Essex
Father Hector Mateus-Ariza said two words best describe the situation for St. Clare in Essex – “challenging” and “limbo.”
Margaret Brogden, a ‘force’ in Baltimore-area youth ministry, dies at 57
Margaret Brogden, a former Mission Helper of the Sacred Heart who was a champion of youth ministry in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, died of cardiac arrest March 4. She was 57.