School Sister of Notre Dame Patricia McLaughlin is stepping down after 22 years of ministry at the Caroline Center in Baltimore.

The Maryland Catholic Conference announced March 28 that Jennifer Briemann will succeed Mary Ellen Russell as the conference’s new executive director in June.

April 4 marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whose principles of nonviolence in the pursuit of civil rights inspired Archbishop William E. Lori’s most recent pastoral letter.

More than 24 gallons of oil were distributed to parishes and other Catholic institutions at the archdiocesan chrism Mass at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland March 26.

It was Lent in 2012 when Laura Mattheiss heeded the call of the Holy Spirit to feed those in need.

The more deeply Veronica Balick probes cellular and molecular biology, the more firmly she believes in the existence of God.

Ben Carson, the secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), on March 23 visited Sarah’s House, a Catholic Charities of Baltimore shelter for families dealing with homelessness.

The formal program opened at noon with the choir from Cardinal Shehan School in Baltimore backing Andra Day and Common on “Rise Up.”

Bishop Denis J. Madden, urban vicar and auxiliary bishop emeritus of Baltimore, will lead a prayer walk for peace March 28 at St. Francis Xavier in East Baltimore (1501 E. Oliver Street). 

A poll released March 13 showed a support for an increase in funding for the State of Maryland’s Broadening Options and Opportunities for Students Today (BOOST) Scholarship Program.