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October 30, 2014

Red Mass – Archdiocese of Baltimore

Our Need for the Holy Spirit’s Guidance I stand before you as the U.S. bishops’ point person on religious liberty; I lead a committee comprised of bishops & lay experts (including lawyers) that seeks to offer the Church’s teaching on religious freedom in the context of a nation where that freedom is constitutionally guaranteed, while...
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Celebrating on All Souls’ Day

On its face, the feast of All Souls is a pretty somber day in the life of the church.
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Sister Ann Lucille Bohn dies

A funeral Mass for Sister Ann Lucille Bohn was offered Oct. 15.
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Father Richard C. Schmidt, S.J., dies

The prefect of discipline in the 1960s at what is now Loyola Blakefield in Towson, Jesuit Father Richard C. Schmidt died Oct. 11.
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Shrine of the Little Flower – a look at parish life in the 1950s

The largest parishes in the Archdiocese of Baltimore are found in the suburbs, reflecting a decades-long migration from city to county.
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to be Honored by Catholic Legal Society Following Annual Mass for Judges and Lawyers

Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, will be honored by an organization of Catholic legal professionals in Maryland at an awards banquet hosted by the group at the Grand Historic Venue, located at 225 N. Charles Street in Baltimore. Alito will be honored by the St....
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Archdiocese to Celebrate 225th Anniversary as Nation’s First Catholic Diocese Sunday

Archbishop William E. Lori will be joined by Edwin Cardinal O’Brien, former Archbishop of Baltimore, Cardinal Seán O’Malley of Boston, Archbishop Charles Chaput, O.F.M., Cap. of Philadelphia, and several bishops from throughout the Mid-Atlantic region for a Mass celebrating the 225th anniversary of the establishment of the Archdiocese as the first Catholic diocese in the...
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Catholic Review Column: Celebrating on All Souls’ Day

On its face, the feast of All Souls is a pretty somber day in the life of the church. It is the day when Catholics throughout the world pray for the sanctification of the souls of those who have died so that they might enjoy life everlasting with God in Heaven, the reward for a...
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Holy Sepulchre – Homily at Vespers

Introduction In homes all around us, families and children are celebrating Halloween. For weeks, our neighborhoods have been draped with cobwebs, carved pumpkins, and images of ghosts, goblins, and other scary looking characters. Tonight children, dressed in costume and carefully supervised, are trick or treating among their friends, neighbors, and family members. But we are...
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Charles Village Oct. 31 saints celebration an effort to ‘take back’ Halloween

Expect “gobs of candles” – as well as young adults – at Ss. Philip and James Oct. 31.
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