Eighteen seminarians from Mount St. Mary’s were on Towson University’s campus Feb. 27 to March 1 at the invitation of the university’s Catholic campus ministry based at the Newman Center. With permission from the secular university, they had opportunities for faith sharing not only with Catholic students, but also with students of many different religions – and of no religion at all.

With Earth Day coming up in April, “Catholic Review Radio” takes a look at the Catholic movement to address climate change, which didn’t start with Pope Francis’ encyclical, “Laudato Si’ – On Care for Our Common Home.”

The relics of St. Bernadette will make a timely stop in Baltimore this May, visiting a cathedral named for the Blessed Virgin Mary, who appeared to the saint more than a century and a half ago.

The Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur tabernacle was installed April 1 at St. John in Hydes in the same sanctuary where a stolen tabernacle once stood. The installation is expected to be fully completed April 2.

Before the Prayer Vigil for Life and Lawmakers March 30 at St. Mary’s Church in Annapolis, Wilmington Bishop William E. Koenig reflected on the importance of prayer and action in confronting abortion and promoting a culture of life.

On the evening of March 30 a few blocks from the Maryland State House, about 90 people gathered to pray for a two-fold purpose at St. Mary’s Church in Annapolis at the Prayer Vigil for Life and Lawmakers. “As people of faith and followers of Christ, we turn to prayer,” said Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori, one of five Catholic bishops  serving Maryland who attended the vigil.

The Baltimore Catholic Campaign for Human Development gathered virtually for its 43rd annual archdiocesan Social Ministry Convocation March 26 with the theme “50 years of CCHD: Rooted in Justice.”

Afghan refugees have endured journeys to the United States and eventually the Archdiocese of Baltimore, where parishioners are providing material and emotional aid in helping them resettle in a new world.

For Father Gray, art is his full-time ministry. He spends hours a day working on a paint-splattered kitchen table to create sacred and secular art.

Heartbroken by the recent theft of a church tabernacle containing the Blessed Sacrament, parishioners of St. John the Evangelist in Hydes are struggling to understand why anyone would commit such a crime, according to Father Pete Literal, pastor.