James B. Sellinger, chancellor of education for the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Department of Catholic Schools for nearly eight years, will retire June 30, Archbishop William E. Lori announced May 2.

Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg is joining the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference July 1, the university announced May 2.

“Rise Up! Middle School Day” at Mount St. Joseph High School in Irvington May 1 featured a day of games, faith and fellowship. More than 175 middle school students and their parents from 27 parishes from across the Archdiocese of Baltimore participated in the day-long event.

Sister Cathy Wright, a Little Sister of Jesus and author of “St. Charles de Foucauld: His Life and Spirituality,” joins us to talk about the amazing life of a man who was a cavalry officer in the French Army, an explorer, a reformed sinner, a hermit and a priest who showed the importance of what Pope Francis has called a “culture of encounter.”

While the return to all in-person learning in the 2021-22 academic year was greeted with sighs of relief by many throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore, it was not without some level of anxiety among students.

When the long-awaited Mother Mary Lange Catholic School opened its doors in West Baltimore in 2021 as the first new Catholic school built in the city in 60 years, Archbishop William E. Lori walked into every classroom from pre-k to eighth grade to greet students.

Father Louis Bianco, now rector of the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland, said he observed firsthand how Archbishop William E. Lori made his priests a priority no matter what was on his agenda.

In his 10 years leading the Archdiocese in Baltimore, Archbishop William E. Lori has made the fight against racism one of his central themes.

Archbishop William E. Lori is a well-known figure in Maryland’s political circles. Known for his gentle manner and for being a steady advocate for issues of concern to Catholics in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, he meets and speaks regularly with a variety of leaders from both sides of the political aisle.

Archbishop William E. Lori attended Mass at Sacred Heart of Jesus-Sagrado Corazón de Jesús in Highlandtown to provide his support to Catholic immigrants.