Deacon Stephen Kirby was in fifth grade when he first thought it would be “cool” to be a priest. The fourth of seven children, Deacon Kirby and his family were active members at St. John the Evangelist in Severna Park where he was an altar boy and in the youth choir.

Deacon Robert L. “Tre” Bart says what inspired him to consider the priesthood is “a short question with a long answer.”

Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Bishop F. Richard Spencer, a 75-year-old former priest of the Archdiocese of Baltimore who served as auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese for U.S. Military Services since 2010. 

“We consecrate our nation, not because it is perfect, but because it is beloved by God. We entrust to the Heart of Christ our achievements and failures, our hopes and anxiety, our present challenges and our future aspirations.”

After an evening that saw the first-ever eucharistic procession in the state capital’s streets, Catholics recorded another first June 11 with the first eucharistic procession across the Chesapeake Bay.

While a thunderstorm greeted everyone as they arrived at St. Mary, only a few raindrops were falling when the eucharistic procession to the State House began. Singing songs and saying prayers in both English and Spanish, participants waved white flags, carried signs saying “Jesus, I Love You” and smiled at those gathered to watch the procession.

Calvert Hall College High School and The Huffman Family Foundation have announced the start of construction on a new $800,000 renovation project that will reimagine existing space in Keelty Hall as a modern hub for academics and athletics.

From one of Baltimore’s most iconic landmarks, the Eucharist was lifted in prayer over the city as part of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage.

With the theme, “One Nation Under God,” the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage arrived in the Archdiocese of Baltimore June 9 at the site of the nation’s first monument to George Washington – a stoic stone tower just off the Appalachian Trail in Middletown.

The Archdiocese of Baltimore submitted a second revised form plan June 5 to settle its Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, increasing the amount proposed to $246 million to settle civil claims from decades of child sexual abuse by clergy or employees of the Church.