A funeral Mass will be offered June 12 in Aston, Pa., for Sister Francis Anita Rizzo, a member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 75 years. Sister Francis Anita, who ministered in the Archdiocese of Baltimore for more than 18 years, died at Assisi House June 10. She was 95.

Rebuilt Conference 2025, with the theme “Can You Imagine,” asked the priests, parish leaders and volunteers present from all around the country and beyond, to imagine their congregations thriving with active parishioners and sufficient funding.

Dominican Sister Albertine Cevallos serves as a science teacher at Mount de Sales Academy in Catonsville while living the charism of her religious community, the Dominican Sisters of St. Celicia of Nashville.

Sister Albertine has been teaching at Mount de Sales, which has been administered by the Dominicans since the 1980s, for four years. She teaches physics, chemistry and AP computer science, and she helps with the robotics team and the Ultimate Frisbee club. 

After a grueling one and a half hours and 200 words, the 2025 archdiocesan schools spelling bee ended with an unusual twist: the contest ran out of prepared words.

Maryland’s bishops released a pastoral letter on artificial intelligence June 5, urging Catholics to harness the use of emerging technologies while always putting “human dignity” at the forefront.

Archbishop William E. Lori in December received a photograph of Ruth in his prime taken during a visit with his New York Yankees teammates to St. Mary’s Industrial School in Southwest Baltimore. Ginny Black of Mount Pleasant, S.C., who discovered it among her late mother’s possessions, mailed the photo to Archbishop Lori.

St. Frances Academy in East Baltimore will welcome its first middle schoolers at the start of the 2025-26 school year after receiving approval in May from the Maryland State Department of Education and accreditation by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.

To show support for the work done by Catholic Charities, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Catholic Relief Services, the Archdiocese of Baltimore will hold a Mass for the Preservation of Peace and Justice at 7:30 p.m., June 11, at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland.

For a priest who never expected to focus his ministry on vocations, Father Michael Romano has become a leading figure in shaping the next generation of Catholic clergy – and now he’ll do it from the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, as rector of Mount St. Mary’s Seminary.