A new initiative announced by the Archdiocese of Baltimore in late September will focus on renewing parish ministry in the city, called “Seek the City to Come.”

Remembered as a dedicated shepherd to his flock, Monsignor Joseph Luca, pastor emeritus of St. Louis in Clarksville and St. Francis of Assisi in Fulton, died Oct. 1 after a long battle with cancer. He was 79.

The westernmost corner of the Archdiocese of Baltimore now has a prominent monument to lost innocent life thanks to parishioners of Garrett County’s St. Peter the Apostle in Oakland.

The two-year listening and discernment process will focus on the 57 parishes in the city and a few near-in parishes in Baltimore County, with the goal of more vibrant ministry, although likely with fewer churches open for worship.

A funeral Mass for Franciscan Sister Susan Kathleen Dentz (formerly Sister Marie Mercedes) was offered Sept. 27 at Assisi House in Aston, Pa.

Andrew Maggio and his fiancé, Lillian Miller, have distributed 85,000 scapular kits. They started with 150 VA hospitals around the country.

Bob Uhl was one of more than 70 men from Our Lady of the Chesapeake and St. Jane Frances de Chantal in Riviera Beach who gathered for a night of axe throwing and log splitting Sept. 24 at St. Jane Frances.

Father Steven Roth speaks with Father Kevin Ewing about ministry to college students. Father Ewing is the Catholic campus minister at Towson University.

More than 80 Hispanic Catholics, mostly immigrants, processed from Sacred Heart of Jesus/Sagrado Corazón de Jesús in Highlandtown to various stops while carrying wooden crosses, praying the Stations of the Cross and reflecting on immigrants’ testimonies about arriving to a new country.

The Archdiocese of Baltimore will host a series of information sessions for those interested in learning more about the deacon formation program.