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Baltimore Basilica

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, Eucharist, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview

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, Eucharist, Feature, Local News, News

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.

St. John Paul II’s historic visit to Baltimore 25 years ago put spotlight on Premier See

October 7, 2020
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Baltimore Basilica, Feature, Local News, News, Our Back Pages

The visit of St. John Paul II to Baltimore 25 years ago marked a watershed moment in the history of the first diocese in the United States.

Archbishop Rozanski, newly installed head of St. Louis archdiocese, finds strength in Baltimore roots

August 26, 2020
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski, Baltimore Basilica, Feature, Local News, News, World News

Archbishop Rozanski’s Baltimore roots run deep, and they have grounded his ministry with a distinctive focus on pastoral outreach, dialogue, charity and openness.

Pope clears way for beatification of Knights of Columbus founder

May 27, 2020
By Cindy Wooden
Filed Under: Baltimore Basilica, Knights of Columbus, News, World News

Pope Francis has approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of Father Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, clearing the way for his beatification.

A comeback for confession? Baltimore priests working to revive reconciliation

February 25, 2020
By Tim Swift
Filed Under: Baltimore Basilica, Feature, Lent, Local News, News

Some priests of the Archdiocese of Baltimore are pushing back against empty confessionals in novel ways. It’s time for confession to make a comeback, they say.

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