Ante la pandemia del coronavirus, quienes más sufren sus consecuencias son sin duda los más vulnerables. En los Estados Unidos de América, los hispanos pertenecen a ese grupo.

Archbishop Lori’s consecration prayers will be streamed from the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland at 3 p.m. on the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Facebook page and its online Mass page

In recognition of his dedication, support and commitment to excellence in Catholic education, Lawrence Callahan, president of Our Lady of Mount Carmel School in Essex, was awarded the 2020 “Lead, Learn, Proclaim” award from the National Catholic Educational Association.

This week’s guests are Lee Martin of Our Daily Bread Employment Center and Father Collin Poston of St. Anthony Shrine in Emmitsburg and Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Thurmont.

The Franciscan Center in Baltimore has more than tripled the number of people it feeds during the coronavirus pandemic and expects those numbers to keep climbing as more people experiencing poverty or homelessness struggle with access to food.

Father G. Richard “Dick” Dimler, a former professor of German literature at what is now Loyola University Maryland and an expert on Jesuit emblems, died April 14. He was 88.

With social distancing rules in effect and in-person interactions with parishioners suspended, priests of the Archdiocese of Baltimore are filling their time in a variety of ways, some expected and others less so.

Pastoral musicians and liturgical music publishers have jumped in to help struggling church musicians through “As Music Heals,” an emergency assistance fund.

Jesuit Father Francis X. Moan, a Baltimore native who eventually became a headmaster at his alma mater, Loyola Blakefield, and later tirelessly worked to improve the lives of refugees in America, died April 17 from complications of COVID-19, his family said. He was 93.

Dr. Robert Wicks, a clinical psychologist, bestselling author and professor emeritus at Loyola University Maryland, was our guest on the April 19 “Catholic Baltimore” radio show. He offers some advice for ways of dealing with the stresses and anxieties brought on by the coronavirus pandemic and also discusses the role of spirituality in alleviating those stresses.