It’s been about a year since Archbishop William E. Lori established the Office of Parish Renewal to help strengthen faith communities throughout the archdiocese and support parishes in forming missionary disciples.

A 25-foot statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary was returned July 20 to her perch at the National Shrine Grotto overlooking Mount St. Mary’s University, but not yet as a finished product.

A funeral Mass for Daughter of Charity Sister Mary Clare (Anne Clare) Hughes was offered June 30 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg. Sister Mary Clare died June 25. She was 97.

Approximately 50 pro-life leaders gathered in Baltimore July 18-20 for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Diocesan Pro-Life Leadership Conference, livestreamed for remote participants.

A funeral Mass for School Sister of Notre Dame Barbara Mary Slaney was offered June 29 at Villa Assumpta in Towson. Sister Barbara Mary died June 22. She was 86.

The chairmen of two U.S. bishops’ committees said a measure passed by the House July 15 is “the most unjust and extreme abortion on demand bill our nation has ever seen.”

Matt Brady is a founding core team leader for “That Man is You” since its beginning at Our Lady of the Fields seven years ago.

Quo Vadis, an annual event organized and staffed by seminarians in their pastoral year of formation, brings together young men who share an interest in their common Catholic faith and who are interested in discerning God’s call in their lives,

The Women’s Education Alliance, which serves Catholic schools in Baltimore City in underprivileged communities, hired veteran principal Valerie A. Sandoval as its director of student outcomes and program evaluation.

With 22 awards at the 2022 Catholic Media Conference July 7, the Catholic Review completed the year with 73 awards from three professional organizations – the Catholic Media Association, the Associated Church Press and the Maryland-Delaware-DC Press Association. The total is the second-highest in at least the last 13 years.