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January 19, 2012

Archbishop calls summit to plan successful future of Catholic schools

In the wake of declining enrollment and increasing financial challenges, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien is convening a January education summit of priests to help strengthen Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
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January 19, 2012

Pope meets bishops, discusses decision on pre-Vatican II liturgy

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI spent about an hour with an international group of bishops June 27 discussing his decision to allow greater use of the Tridentine Mass. Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley of Boston, who attended the meeting, confirmed to Catholic News Service that the purpose of the encounter was to inform the bishops...
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January 19, 2012

Archdiocese reaches deal on sale of St. Rose of Lima School, convent to Children’s Guild

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien announced March 24 that The Children’s Guild, a non-profit organization which operates two public charter schools in Maryland, has signed a contract to purchase the former St. Rose of Lima Catholic School and convent in Brooklyn from the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
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January 19, 2012

Catholic Daughters aid Jamaican sister parish

Catholic Daughters of the Americas, St. John the Evangelist Court 2350, recently hosted a welcome luncheon for Father Joe Mndambo of the St. Philomena Mission Church in Clarendon, Jamaica, West Indies – a sister parish of St. John’s.
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January 19, 2012

Four men ordained to the priesthood

When Jesse Bolger was an infant, his musically inclined parents would occasionally place their son in a guitar case on the church altar while they practiced. On June 23, Barbara and Brian Bolger’s son was once again on the altar – this time being ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Father Bolger, 34,...
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January 19, 2012

U.S. bishops reiterate statement New Ways Ministry is not Catholic group

WASHINGTON – The publication of a recent booklet about a “Catholic approach” to same-sex marriage by New Ways Ministry prompted the chairmen of two bishops’ committees to reaffirm a year-old statement that the organization cannot be considered a Catholic group.
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January 19, 2012

The two Americas

By the dawn’s early light on Nov. 5, two distinct Americas hove into view. The two Americas are not defined by conventional economic, ethnic or religious categories; it’s not rich America vs. poor America, black America vs. white America, or Catholic America vs. Protestant America. No, what this year’s election cycle clarified decisively is that...
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January 19, 2012

Norms issued for Catholic fundraising in U.S.

WASHINGTON – With Vatican approval, the head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued national norms governing all church-related fundraising appeals. “Fundraising appeals are to be truthful and forthright,” says the opening line of the norms.
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January 19, 2012

Five accused in sex abuse scandal appear in court in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA – A March 14 preliminary hearing for three priests, a former priest and a male former lay teacher was recessed until March 25 by presiding Common Pleas Judge Renee Cardwell Hughes.
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January 19, 2012

Archbishop enjoins young adults to be Christ’s disciples

As more than 50 young adults sipped brew and munched on appetizers at O’Lordan’s Irish Pub and Restaurant in Westminster, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien urged them to follow Christ in all they do.
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January 19, 2012

Anti-racism training for Catholic leaders called historic step

WASHINGTON – In what one participant called “truly a moment of historical significance for the U.S. church,” two dozen leaders of national Catholic organizations recently gathered outside Washington for two and a half days of training on how to recognize and dismantle institutional racism.
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January 19, 2012

Ravens’ Matt Birk speaks up for life

ANNAPOLIS – Planned Parenthood almost seemed like a permanent fixture in the Minnesota community where Baltimore Raven Matt Birk grew up. Located just two miles from his home in St. Paul, the abortion clinic operated for three straight decades.
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