Baltimore-area faithful will have a rare opportunity to worship alongside one of the Vatican’s most influential liturgical leaders when Cardinal Arthur Roche is present for the opening Mass of a major national conference at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland Sept. 30.

Notre Dame of Maryland University became the nation’s first comprehensive university with a school solely dedicated to integrative health on its campus, with the announcement Sept. 3 of a merger with the former Maryland University of Integrative Health.

Every child is creative and can have moments of joy. That is what motivates Marlena Murtagh, an art teacher at Maryvale Preparatory school in Lutherville, every day.

In his will, Monsignor Collins left St. Frances Academy a $660,000 bequest – enough to cover the chapel renovation and strengthen the school’s endowment.

As a teacher at Archbishop Curley High School for the last four years, Natalie Hax wants to make sure each student feels “valuable and supported.”

Father Michael Heine, provincial leader of the Our Lady of the Angels Province, and Matt Jones, manager of Little Portion Farm, talk with George Matysek about Little Portion Farm.

A funeral Mass will be held Sept. 4 for Sister of Mercy Ruth Handren. Sister Ruth, formerly known as Sister Mary Scholastica, had been a Sister of Mercy for 81 years. She died Aug. 27 at Mercy Springwell retirement home. She was 104.

Lori Hicks, who was recently named Elementary School Teacher of the Year by the Archdiocese of Baltimore, quoted St. Teresa of Kolkata in explaining her first-grade teaching position at St. Francis of Assisi School in Baltimore.

Since 1998, the Dragon Boat races have been a biennial tradition, except for a pandemic pause. The event was born from a visit to China by Hal Smith, a former executive director of Catholic Charities of Baltimore.

Calvert Hall’s Tyler Ward is among coaches at four area Catholic high schools who will be trying to get their new teams to the highest level. In addition to Tyler Ward, Richard Holzer will take over at Loyola Blakefield in Towson; Rich Stichel Jr. at Archbishop Curley High School in Northeast Baltimore; and Josh Ward (not related to Tyler Ward) at Our Lady of Mount Carmel School in Essex.