A Quiet Vigil with Jesus 🕯️
Picture this: it's just past midnight. Most of Maryland is asleep. But inside the adoration chapel at Immaculate Conception in Towson, Janine Sterner kneels before the Blessed Sacrament — alone with Jesus.
"I feel like you're surrounded by the angels," she says. "I just feel heaven is there."
Across the Archdiocese, faithful adorers keep watch around the clock — some singing hymns silently in their hearts, some praying the Rosary, some simply sitting in the stillness. Judy Kline calls it "a breath of fresh air." Beth Van Natta says she loves the quiet moments when it's "just me and Jesus."
We want to know: What do you do during your Holy Hour? 💬
Do you bring your prayer book? Sit in silence? Pray for people by name? Tell us in the comments — your answer might just inspire someone to sign up for their own hour of adoration.
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Catherine "Kate" Gietka, a woman of deep faith who helped turn a lottery jackpot into a legacy of giving, has died at 98.

After her daughter Bernadette won a $183 million Mega Millions jackpot in 2003 — a prize she'd prayed for at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen — Catherine partnered with her to direct nearly $2 million in grants to local parishes and pro-life causes.

A longtime Holy Rosary parishioner, she's remembered for a lifetime of quiet, faithful prayer.

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"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 👇