While the coronavirus pandemic canceled the Aug. 27 awards luncheon sponsored by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s office for the U.S. Catholic bishops’ domestic anti-poverty program will nonetheless be involved in the awarding of $210,000 in national and local grants.

To mark the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in the U.S., the Maryland-serving bishops of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, the Archdiocese of Washington and the Diocese of Wilmington are celebrating the pioneering women who fought for the right to vote, but they also acknowledge even a century later more work needs to be done to ensure equality for women.

Sister Dorothy Franz, a Baltimore native who served in the Archdiocese of Baltimore for 58 of her 60 years as a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia, died Aug. 7 at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson. She was 80. Formerly Sister Edward Miriam, she was raised in the Shrine of the Little […]

Over the years, Marian House has served thousands of women through its transitional and permanent housing as well as its support services programs that include counseling, educational services, employment assistance and life skills training.

A funeral Mass was offered Aug. 19 at Assisi House in Aston, Pa., for Sister Margaret St. Hugh Keenan. A professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 69 years, she died Aug. 13, at age 90.

Christopher Gunty talks with Dick Lyles, one of the producers of the movie, “Fatima,” about the challenges of the project and the blessings that have come from it already.

Archbishop William E. Lori ordained five men to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Baltimore: Fathers Zachary Crowley, Brendan Fitzgerald, Justin Gough, Evan Ponton and Jeremy Smith.

Monsignor Paul Byrnes, who was known for years as the “super pastor” of Western Maryland, died Aug. 19 at his home along Deep Creek Lake. He was 84.

Franciscan Sister Marie Cecilia Irwin, who for nearly two decades led what is now the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, died Aug. 17 at Assisi House in Aston, Pa., the Motherhouse of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia. She was 89. Known for her warm bedside manner and dedication to […]

“Ordination Week” in the Archdiocese of Baltimore concludes Aug. 22, when Archbishop William E. Lori ordains five men to the priesthood at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland.