For families like the Goluekes, fairs, open houses and shadow days across the Archdiocese of Baltimore ease the decision-making process. Fairs bring together representatives from every Catholic high school with information tables and Q-and-A opportunities. Open houses, often held in October and November, let students and parents see schools in action.

Three months after a lightning strike sparked a devastating fire at St. Rita Church in Dundalk, parishioners are weighing in on the future of the heavily damaged building as part of a discernment process that will help Archbishop William E. Lori decide how to move forward.

More than 400 people helped the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton celebrate the 50th anniversary of St. Seton’s designation as the patroness of American service personnel who go to sea.

Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty sat down with columnist Rita Buettner to talk about how she is able to find links between what’s going on at home and what the saints have to say.

Richard A. Zmuda, a parishioner of St. Mary in Annapolis and author of “The Mole of Vatican Council II: The True Story of Xavier Rynne,” tells the tale behind the pseudonym: Redemptorist Father Francis Xavier Murphy, the priest who became Vatican II’s whistleblower. 

The Archdiocese of Baltimore filed a form plan for reorganization in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which sets a proposed amount of contribution from the archdiocese and affiliated organizations, including parishes and schools.

Founded in 1996, the PIE scholarship program, funded by corporate partnerships, foundations and individuals, has awarded 31,2000 tuition-assistance scholarships, more than $42 million in tuition aid.

A funeral Mass was offered Sept. 25 for Sister of St. Francis Lynn Patrice Lavin. The Baltimore native, who served as congregational minister for the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia, died Sept. 16. She was 76 and had been a member of her order for 55 years.

A book that espouses the theology of the Seventh-Day Adventist religion and contains anti-Catholic messaging is causing a bit of stir in some circles in the Baltimore area.

Archdiocese of Baltimore schools will participate in a newly reinstated Maryland Blue Ribbon Schools Program, and the principal of the first local Catholic school to be recognized by the initiative couldn’t be more thrilled.