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

Archbishop William E. Lori will celebrate a “Blue and Red Mass” Oct. 23 at St. Joseph’s Monastery Parish in Irvington at 11 a.m. The Mass honors law enforcement officers, firefighters, paramedics and all emergency responders, both retired and active duty.

Archbishop William E. Lori will administer the sacrament of confirmation Oct. 23 to approximately 50 baptized, practicing Catholics who have never received the sacrament.

A funeral Mass for School Sister of Notre Dame Sarah Thomas “Sally” Neale was offered Aug. 27 at Villa Assumpta in Towson. Sister Sally died Aug. 17. She was 87.

Father A. Henry Kunkel III, the beloved longtime pastor of St. Mary in Pylesville who led his rural church with a “family-centered” approach, died Sept. 18 at WellSpan York Hospital in Pennsylvania. The native of Peru was 79 and had been battling a number of ailments, including skin and prostate cancer.

It’s been seven years since the death of Monsignor Arthur Valenzano, former rector of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and a longtime pastor of St. John in Westminster. Father Brian Nolan and Paul Gallagher, director of faith formation at Sacred Heart in Glyndon, shares memories of an amazing priest.

Archbishop William Lori announced clergy changes for the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

The Institute for Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies named Jesuit Father Francis X. Clooney as the inaugural Silber-Obrecht Lecturer at Loyola University Maryland.

After 127 years as primarily an all-women’s undergraduate college, change is on the way at Notre Dame of Maryland University.

Notre Dame of Maryland University officials held a wall-breaking ceremony Sept. 8 and then delivered a breakdown of their planned $9 million renovation of the college’s Knott Science Center.