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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: All Souls’ Day 2025
November 3, 2025Archbishop William E. Lori
As we celebrate All Souls’ Day, let us remember our beloved dead—parents, grandparents, spouses, friends, even our enemies, and let us pray earnestly for the happy repose of their souls.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Solemnity of All Saints, 150th Anniversary of Capuchins in Mountain Maryland and Installation of Fr. Stephen Fernandes
November 3, 2025Archbishop William E. Lori
Let this celebration of All Saints and this 150th anniversary of the presence of the Capuchins, combined with the installation of your new pastor – let it all conspire to bring about a renewal of hope in our hearts, as together, we journey towards the Kingdom of the Beatitudes.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Installation of Father Michael Romano, Feast of Sts. Simon and Jude
October 29, 2025Archbishop William E. Lori
It is always a pleasure to visit my alma mater, but I could not have come on a more propitious day than this – the day on which your new Rector is to be installed and the feast day of St. Simon and Jude, Simon the Zealot and Jude the Patron of Hope.
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Archbishop Lori Urges Action to Support Those Most Affected by Shutdown – Help is Available from Catholic Parishes and Organizations
October 28, 2025Archbishop William E. Lori
As the effects of the prolonged government shutdown continue to unfold across the nation, my heart turns to Maryland and to those who are already struggling and will feel its effects most deeply in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: White Mass 2025, 30th Sunday
October 27, 2025Archbishop William E. Lori
Humility, love for the poor, zeal for the truth – three qualities drawn from the Scriptures and exemplified in your professional lives and in the healthcare institutions you represent. Thank you for your service.
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“We are called to be a light brightly visible, not to proclaim ourselves but to proclaim Christ Jesus as Lord.”
– Archbishop William E. Lori

Archbishop William E. Lori offers his homily during the opening Mass of the 136th Supreme Convention of the Knight of Columbus at the Baltimore Convention Center August 7. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

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Archdiocese of BaltimoreFriday, November 7th, 2025 at 12:01pm

Housed in an ornate 300-pound reliquary, the objects have journeyed from St. Thérèse’s native France as part of a pilgrimage marking both the 100th anniversary of her canonization and the Catholic Church’s Jubilee Year.

Relics of St. Thérèse of Lisieux coming to Baltimore - Catholic Review

Catholics in the Archdiocese of Baltimore will again have the opportunity to pray in the presence of St. Thérèse’s relics – some of the bones of the beloved saint – when they return to the Carmelite Monastery Nov. 25-26.

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Archdiocese of BaltimoreFriday, November 7th, 2025 at 9:37am

What a beautiful gesture, by Baltimore Police Department in support of Our Lady of Mount Carmel School's Senior John Szymanowaki and his family, in honor of his father. 💙

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Archdiocese of BaltimoreThursday, November 6th, 2025 at 2:00pm

Hace 236 años, se estableció la Arquidiócesis de Baltimore, la primera diócesis católica romana de Estados Unidos. Se convirtió en arquidiócesis en 1808 y fue la primera (y, durante un tiempo, la única) del país, con John Carroll nombrado como el primer obispo católico de Estados Unidos.

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Archdiocese of BaltimoreThursday, November 6th, 2025 at 9:00am

236 years ago, the Archdiocese of Baltimore was established as the first Roman Catholic diocese in the United States. It became an archdiocese in 1808 and was the first (and for a time, the only) one in the country, with John Carroll appointed as the first Catholic bishop in the United States.

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Archdiocese of BaltimoreThursday, November 6th, 2025 at 8:40am

"It's all about celebrating excellence in Catholic Schools," said St. Louis Principal Deborah Thomas.

Blue Ribbon flies high at St. Louis School in Clarksville - Catholic Review

Students and faculty at St. Louis School in Clarksville burst into the school gym in waves Nov. 5, wearing blue spirit T-shirts, sunglasses and wielding pom-poms to celebrate the Howard County Catholic school's designation as one of Maryland's Blue Ribbon schools.

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FROM THE ARCHBISHOP

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: All Souls’ Day 2025

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Solemnity of All Saints, 150th Anniversary of Capuchins in Mountain Maryland and Installation of Fr. Stephen Fernandes

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Installation of Father Michael Romano, Feast of Sts. Simon and Jude

Archbishop Lori Urges Action to Support Those Most Affected by Shutdown – Help is Available from Catholic Parishes and Organizations

Archbishop Lori’s Homily: White Mass 2025, 30th Sunday

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