A funeral Mass for Sister Joan Marie Thompson (formerly known as Sister M. St. Vincent) of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary was offered June 21 at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Dunmore, Pa. Sister Joan Marie died June 16. She was 85.

Archbishop Lori announces appointments, including new pastors and administrators.

Not even the anger and sadness that have hit the congregation since the archdiocese finalized the Seek the City to Come plan that includes the merger of St. Mary with the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland Dec. 1 – during St. Mary’s 175th year – can keep the parish family from appreciating what it has had together.

Joyous applause rang out during several moments in the nearly two-and-a-half-hour Mass, especially after the Communion prayer when nearly 2,000 people accepted Archbishop William E. Lori’s invitation to show their love for the newly ordained priests

George Matysek looks at Safe Streets with Kevin Keegan, who leads Catholic Charities’ Family Services Division, under which Safe Streets is housed.Also joining the interview is Greg Marshburn, director of Catholic Charities’ four Safe Streets sites.

John Calipari, a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, was the keynote speaker at the Baltimore Catholic League Hall of Fame ceremony at Turf Valley Resort. The BCL honored 10 of its standouts at the ceremony and banquet.

According to longtime parishioner Jo Anne Stanton, “All are Welcome” is not just a slogan, but a way of life for the community of St. Matthew in Northwood, celebrating its 75th anniversary this year.

For Deacon Zachary Essex Watson, ministering as a priest for the Archdiocese of Baltimore will be an opportunity to serve a church he calls a beacon of hope to the world.

The idea of an itinerant preacher, traveling through the mountains on horseback to deliver the Good News of the Gospel, may seem like a cinematic ideal; but for Deacon Lenin Andres Suarez, it was the way he spent most of his seminary holidays in the Andes Mountains of Colombia.

Church of the Resurrection, with 2,400 registered families, is linked to history that dates to 1838, when St. Paul (Resurrection’s “mother church”) was founded in Old Ellicott City, where it remains today. St. Paul and Church of the Resurrection became a pastorate in 2019.