Collin Kourtz, a 34-year-old Virginia native who earned an engineering degree from Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore, took on his new role this fall in the archdiocese’s Institute for Evangelization, succeeding Erin Younkins.

Jesuit Father Robert E. Hamm died Oct. 25 at Manresa Hall in Merion Station, Pa. He was 88, a Jesuit for 70 years and a priest for 57 years.

In a federal courtroom in Baltimore Nov. 5, 10 people stepped up to give impact statements about the effects of their abuse as minors by people connected to the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Their stories included tears and frustration, as well as signs of hope and healing.

Students and faculty at St. Louis School in Clarksville burst into the school gym in waves Nov. 5, wearing blue spirit T-shirts, sunglasses and wielding pom-poms to celebrate the Howard County Catholic school’s designation as one of Maryland’s Blue Ribbon schools.

The shortest final document of the Second Vatican Council, “Nostra Aetate,” redefined the way the Catholic Church relates to Jews, Muslims and other non-Christian faiths, in part by stating that “the Catholic Church rejects nothing that is true and holy in these religions.”

Catholics in the Archdiocese of Baltimore will again have the opportunity to pray in the presence of St. Thérèse’s relics – some of the bones of the beloved saint – when they return to the Carmelite Monastery Nov. 25-26. 

In this All Souls Day episode, Michael Ruck Sr., president of Ruck Funeral Homes and parishioner of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore, joins Rita Buettner for a heartfelt conversation about the evolving ways families remember those they’ve lost.

Archbishop William E. Lori celebrated the 150th anniversary of the Capuchins’ arrival with a special Nov. 1 Mass at Ss. Peter and Paul on the Feast of All Saints.

Mother Mary Lange Catholic School stands as a thriving center of learning in West Baltimore, deeply committed to the community and serving nearly 400 students from more than 60 ZIP codes from pre-kindergarten (age 3) through grade eight. 

Proclaiming his profession of faith and taking an oath of fidelity during his Oct. 28 installation Mass as rector of Mount St. Mary’s Seminary, Father Michael Romano’s promises echoed through the historic Immaculate Conception Chapel.