Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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