Jose Feliz, a seventh grader at St. John Regional Catholic School, Frederick, held a wooden rosary given to him by his grandmother for his birthday as he and some 250 fifth- through eighth-grade students sat on the grass and prayed in the school’s Mary Garden May 23.

History came alive an annual fifth-grade class project at St. Mary Catholic School in Hagerstown, known as the “Wax Museum.” After several weeks of research and preparation, students dressed up as their given historical figure, stationed themselves around the school’s gym on May 24 and prepared to educate the museum’s guests.

The Archdiocese of Baltimore will conclude its Year of Eucharist with a fitting celebration on the Feast of Corpus Christi June 19 at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland. On the same day, the U.S. bishops will launch a three-year National Eucharistic Revival.

Baltimore native Deacon Juan Pablo Ruiz is one of four Jesuits of the USA Central and Southern Province (UCS) who will be ordained to the priesthood June 11, 2022, in St. Louis, Mo.

Sulpician Father Daniel F. Moore was elected provincial superior of his religious society at a meeting in Baltimore May 19.

Sister M. Anine Hopkins of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, died May 21 at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton, Pa. She was 89.

The Archdiocese of Baltimore ordained nine men May 21 to the diaconate, the final step for them before they expect to be ordained to the priesthood next year.

With the Supreme Court considering overturning Roe v. Wade, Monsignor James Farmer speaks about the dignity of all human life and the call to be witnesses for life. Monsignor Farmer is the pastor of St. Thomas More in Baltimore and a longtime spiritual director to Respect Life in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

Archbishop William E. Lori announced clergy appointments for the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

Imploring God to shine over Baltimore and the Preakness with the “brightness of a Black-eyed Susan,” Bishop Bruce Lewandowski toured Pimlico May 19 and offered prayerful reflection to hundreds gathered for an almost 100-year-old racetrack tradition.