"More than 2,000 people said yes to Christ and entered the Catholic Church here in the Archdiocese of Baltimore this Easter." — Archbishop William E. Lori
Add 60+ seminarians — our strongest numbers in years — and it's clear: renewal isn't a hope. It's happening.
Be part of it 👉 https://ow.ly/zWo350ZlHo9

Read Archbishop's Full Message about Hope and the Annual Appeal here 👉 https://ow.ly/TVS350ZlHo6

Archbishop William E. Lori has spent nearly 50 years in Church leadership as a priest and bishop, over 20 years as chaplain to the Knights of Columbus, and 14 years as Archbishop of Baltimore, the first Catholic diocese in the United States. His 2026 pastoral letter, In Charity and Truth: Toward a Renewed Political Culture, names something most American Catholics feel but rarely say out loud: our political culture has gone toxic, and we've stopped seeing each other as brothers and sisters.

Host Jonathan Lewis talks with Archbishop Lori about where that forgetting comes from, what it costs a parish, a presbyterate, and a country.

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When a "gut feeling" saves a priest's life. 🙏
Father J. Collin Poston's secretary noticed he didn't look right on the way to a routine appointment — and that instinct led to emergency surgery that saved him from a brush with death.
This Holy Week, he walked back into St. Bartholomew in Manchester to applause from the parish that never stopped praying.
"I could have died, but I'm here — so I guess that means God has a good plan for me." 💛
Read his story of faith and healing 👇

🕊️ Rest in peace, Sister Kathleen Marie Engers, SSND — 1925–2026
For over 50 years, Sister Kathleen Marie brought the wonder of theater to generations of Baltimore's children as founder of the beloved Pumpkin Theater. She saw the stage as a ministry — a way to give young hearts a lifelong love of beauty and the arts. When the program's future was threatened, she fought to keep it alive, finding it new homes again and again out of sheer devotion.
She is remembered as a woman of deep prayer and even deeper love for her students.
She died June 10 at Stella Maris. She was 101.
Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord. 🙏
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The Archdiocese of Baltimore will host its annual gun buyback event Aug. 8, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Westside Shopping Center, 2413 Frederick Ave., Baltimore.

Donors will receive funds for up to two guns surrendered, though individuals may donate as many weapons as they want. A total of 1,056 guns were collected over the past three years and more than $220,000 has been raised from Catholic parishes and individual donors for the buybacks.

Surplus funds raised from the gun buyback program will be donated to the archdiocese’s grief ministry, which aids families affected by violence with burial costs and other critical needs.