🕊️ 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.

When Capuchin Franciscan Father William Graham arrived for his first day at the Tribunal of the Province of Baltimore in 2009 – a ministry that primarily serves those seeking annulments – he had one simple question.

“Can we make this a fun place to work?”

Father Graham died July 5 at St. Augustine Friary in Pittsburgh. He was 79.

A public visitation and viewing will be held July 24 at 7 p.m., followed by a wake service at 8:30 p.m., at St. Margaret of Cortona Chapel at St. Augustine Friary in Pittsburgh. A second visitation is scheduled for July 25 at 9 a.m., followed by a funeral Mass at 10 a.m. and a repast in Hyacinth Epp Hall.