The Marion I. & Henry J. Knott Foundation announced Oct. 31 its executive director, Kelly Medinger, will leave the foundation at the end of 2022 and the charitable organization is beginning a search for her replacement.

Alzheimer’s disease accounts for 60-80 percent of dementia cases. On average, a person with Alzheimer’s lives four to eight years after diagnosis, but can live as long as 20 years.

As the Solemnity of All Saints approaches Nov. 1, we talk with the authors of two new books from The Word Among Us Press about why we should care about the saints.

The “Bible Draft,” an inventive and interactive faith-sharing experience, is catching on in parish communities in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

A funeral Mass for Franciscan Sister Dorothy Elizabeth Real (formerly Sister Marie Patricia) was offered Oct. 26 at Assisi House in Aston, Pa. Sister Dorothy died Oct. 19.

A funeral Mass for School Sister of Notre Dame Mary Theodore Baccala was offered Sept. 21 at Villa Assumpta in Towson. Sister Mary Theodore died Sept. 14. She was 89.

Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore said President Joe Biden’s was “gravely wrong” in his recent comments pledging to make it a top priority to codify a national right to abortion.

For the second consecutive year, St. Ann in East Baltimore will host a special All Saints Day Mass Nov. 1 that will offer prayers for the canonization causes of six Black Americans.

Deacon Ralph Trautwein Sr. died Oct. 20 at age 82. Ordained June 15, 1996 at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland, he had served his entire diaconate at St. Ignatius in Hickory.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Todd Bowles recently completed his bachelor of science degree in youth and community development through the Center for Accelerated and Adult Education at Mount St. Mary’s University.