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Baltimore Basilica

Baltimore Catholics pray for homeless man whose skull was fractured in attack

July 23, 2021
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Baltimore Basilica, Feature, Local News, News, Urban Vicariate

A homeless man befriended by Catholic urban missionaries suffered serious injuries when his skull was fractured in an attack late July 12 or early July 13.

The oldest cathedral and the newest challenge

June 2, 2021
By George Weigel
Syndicated Columnist
Filed Under: Baltimore Basilica, Commentary, The Catholic Difference

It’s now the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, but for native Baltimoreans of a certain vintage (like me) it is, was, and always will be “the Old Cathedral:” the first of its kind in the United States

Baltimore Basilica marks bicentennial with new perpetual adoration chapel

June 1, 2021
By Christopher Gunty
Catholic Review
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Baltimore Basilica, Feature, Local News, News, Uncategorized, Year of the Eucharist

Archbishop William E. Lori, 16th archbishop of Baltimore, celebrated a Mass May 31 to mark the 200th anniversary of the dedication of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Immediately after the Mass, he dedicated a chapel in the basilica’s undercroft for perpetual eucharistic adoration, making the spiritual practice available for the first time ever in the city, as far as parish leaders and researchers can determine.

Baltimore Basilica looks to next 200 years

May 28, 2021
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Baltimore Basilica, Feature, Local News, News

“I want the basilica to become the parish to the parishes of Baltimore,” Father Boric said. “I want this to be the place where all the parishes know they can come to pray and experience the beauty of our Catholic tradition.”

Baltimore Basilica’s outreach to neighbors expands

May 26, 2021
By Tim Swift
Catholic Review
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Baltimore Basilica, Coronavirus, Feature, Local News, News

While other social services have been curtailed during the pandemic, the basilica’s missionaries have actually expanded their program to include homeless women

Latrobe, who designed US Capitol, added similar distinction to Baltimore

May 24, 2021
By Mary K. Tilghman
Catholic Review
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Baltimore Basilica, Feature, Local News, News

The first Catholic cathedral in the United States could have been a Gothic structure, but the first bishop for the Catholic Church in America wanted something forward-looking for the new country.

RADIO INTERVIEW: A look at the Baltimore Basilica’s architecture and upcoming perpetual adoration

May 17, 2021
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Baltimore Basilica, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Year of the Eucharist

We take a look at the architecture of America’s first cathedral with Duncan Stroik, professor of architecture at the University of Notre Dame. Father James Boric, basilica rector, also tells us about the inauguration of perpetual eucharistic adoration.

Baltimore Basilica: Illuminating two centuries of church history

May 17, 2021
By Erik Zygmont
Catholic Review
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Baltimore Basilica, Feature, Local News, News

The basilica’s history ties in directly with the history of the church in America, shaped by the principle of religious freedom.

Baltimore Basilica prepares for perpetual adoration inside chapel named for St. John Paul II

April 29, 2021
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Baltimore Basilica, Feature, Local News, News, Year of the Eucharist

In what church leaders believe will be a first in the history of Baltimore City, the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary will begin offering perpetual adoration of the Blessed Sacrament May 31, the same day America’s first cathedral celebrates its 200th anniversary.

Cardinal Gibbons’ death moved many

March 22, 2021
By Paul McMullen
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Baltimore Basilica, Feature, Local News, News, Our Back Pages

A sub-headline in the April 2, 1921, issue of the Review “Estimated that more than 150,000 persons viewed the body of his eminence as he lay in state at the cathedral,” America’s oldest, now the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Archbishop Lori celebrates Mass of thanksgiving for Father McGivney’s beatification

November 24, 2020
By Christopher Gunty
Catholic Review
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Archbishop's Ministry, Baltimore Basilica, Feature, Knights of Columbus, Local News, News, Saints

Archbishop William E. Lori celebrated Mass Nov. 24 in the chapel of St. Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore in thanksgiving for the beatification of Father Michael J. McGivney, an alumnus of the seminary, the oldest in the United States.

Radio fundraiser features giant puzzle of Baltimore basilica’s Mary

November 24, 2020
By Christopher Gunty
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Baltimore Basilica, Feature, Local News, News

Radio station WMET 1160 AM – the local affiliate of the Guadalupe Radio Network, serving parts of Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia – launched a new fundraiser that features a massive puzzle featuring the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven.

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