The Family Prayer Project is an initiative of Ablaze Ministries designed to encourage families to embrace their faith more deeply through eucharistic adoration.

Archbishop William E. Lori has announced clergy appointments, including new pastors for St. Joseph in Emmitsburg and Sacred Heart of Jesus-Sagrado Corazón de Jesús in Highlandtown.

Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Baltimore required a COVID-19 vaccine for students, teachers and staff when it resumed classroom instruction for the first time in more than 520 days Aug. 23.

Father Brendan Fitzgerald anticipates being in a world of hurt Sept. 5, but it will be nothing compared to the physical pain he endured on the day of his priestly ordination – all because of his affinity for long-distance cycling.

Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Denis J. Madden will step down from his role as urban vicar for the Archdiocese of Baltimore effective Oct. 1. Auxiliary Bishop Bruce Lewandowski, C.Ss.R., will become the new urban vicar while continuing his work as episcopal vicar for Hispanic Catholics.

The Hispanic community based at St. Clement I is dominated by people from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico. It includes families from Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador and Peru. The parish acknowledges unique devotions, such as Our Lady of the Cloud (Ecuador) and the Black Christ of Esquipulas (Guatemala).

After three months of virtual classes in spring 2020, and a 2020-21 year that included hybrid learning, schools welcomed children for regular school hours that will continue five days a week.

The resumption of all in-classroom instruction comes as enrollment has increased approximately 6 to 7 percent from last year.

Acts of terror are an attack against all of us and have no place in a civilized or just society.

Two leaders who helped the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Catholic schools navigate the pandemic were honored with the Doris Musil Award, the highest honor the Catholic school system bestows each year.