The bishops of the Province of Baltimore and the Archdiocese of Washington announced June 2 that they would be lifting the dispensation of the Sunday and holy day Mass obligation that was granted at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020. A joint statement from Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington; Baltimore Archbishop […]

Archbishop William E. Lori, 16th archbishop of Baltimore, celebrated a Mass May 31 to mark the 200th anniversary of the dedication of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Immediately after the Mass, he dedicated a chapel in the basilica’s undercroft for perpetual eucharistic adoration, making the spiritual practice available for the first time ever in the city, as far as parish leaders and researchers can determine.

The high school class of 2021 in the Archdiocese of Baltimore will include nearly 40 students whose education included the assistance of scholarships that began in, of all places, Minnesota.

Sister Agnes Borkowski, a Baltimore native and professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 72 years, died May 25.

More than one recipient found comfort while waiting for a COVID-19 vaccination May 28, thanks to the grace-filled setting of St. Joseph’s Passionist Monastery Church in Baltimore’s Irvington community.

“I want the basilica to become the parish to the parishes of Baltimore,” Father Boric said. “I want this to be the place where all the parishes know they can come to pray and experience the beauty of our Catholic tradition.”

“Monumental” is an apt description of Monsignor Joseph L. Luca’s accomplishments at St. Louis Parish in Clarksville.

Eighteen seminaries – including St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore and Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg – have committed to meeting five sexual misconduct policy benchmarks developed by a group of laypeople, seminary leaders and bishops.

Father Stephen D. Gosnell, a Knight of the Holy Sepulcher and former pastor of the parishes of All Saints in Liberty Heights, Prince of Peace in Edgewood, and St. Andrew by the Bay in Annapolis, died May 23 in his apartment at Mercy Ridge in Timonium.

Since his ordination as a priest in 1974, Father Joe Muth said his favorite part of parish ministry has been “suddenly and intimately” connected with people’s lives.