Blessed Michael J. McGivney was a priest of the Eight Beatitudes because he lived them “so consistently and thoroughly” as a parish priest and as the founder of the Knights of Columbus, said Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori, the Knights’ supreme chaplain.

During National Vocation Awareness Week Nov. 1-7, the Archdiocese of Baltimore will offer daily video reflections.

Archbishop William E. Lori, Supreme Chaplain of the Knights of Columbus will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving for the beatification of Father Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, Nov. 1 at noon from Saint Mary’s Church in New Haven, Conn.

Watch a livestream of the Oct. 31 beatification of Father Michael McGivney beginning at 11 a.m.

Archbishop William E. Lori spoke forcefully in favor of police reform, addressing head-on why the Archdiocese of Baltimore has taken such an active role in supporting recent demonstrations on policing and racial justice.

The student council at Our Lady of Hope/St. Luke School in Dundalk presented Baltimore County police with a wagon full of snacks the morning of Oct. 9 to thank them for their service in the local community.

“Waffles,” “Pickles,” “Spastic Fantastic,” “Tiger Bruce Willis” and “Ramsey” were just a few of the named four-legged celebrities making appearances at the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi blessing of pets Oct. 1 through 4 at parishes around the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

Watch the Sept. 14 livestream of the 7:30 p.m. Chrism Mass, celebrated at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland by Archbishop William E. Lori.

In honor of St. Peter Claver, the patron saint of racial justice whose feast is in September, Archbishop William E. Lori will celebrate the 10 a.m. Sept. 13 Mass at St. Peter Claver Church in West Baltimore.

Gossip is “a plague worse than COVID,” Pope Francis said, asserting that while speaking ill of others comes almost naturally, it is a tool of the devil to divide the church.