Nearly 730 people will enter the Catholic Church this Easter in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. A total of 727 catechumens (the unbaptized) and candidates (already baptized in another Christian Church) will participate in the Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion Sunday, March 13 at the following three locations throughout the Archdiocese: Cathedral of...Read More

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, is calling on Catholics in the Archdiocese of Baltimore to affirm traditional marriage by participating in a special day of prayer and fasting on Friday, March 18, 2011. The Maryland House of Delegates is preparing to vote on a bill that would make Maryland only the sixth state...Read More

The Judiciary Committee’s disputed decision to advance legislation that would redefine marriage in Maryland is both regrettable and irresponsible. Instead of strengthening and protecting marriage, our State has moved one step closer to dismantling it altogether, a move that would threaten the stability of society and families for current and future generations. It is only...Read More

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore will celebrate the following Ash Wednesday Masses on March 9, 2011: The Baltimore Basilica, Cathedral Street, Downtown, 12:10 p.m. The Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, 5200 N. Charles Street, 5:30 p.m. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, the 40-day period when the Catholic Church asks the faithful...Read More

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, announced today that the initiative to promote the sacrament of Reconciliation or Penance called, “The Light is on for You,” will return for a third consecutive year in 2011. The campaign, first initiated in the Archdiocese of Washington several years ago, uses a multi-media marketing campaign to encourage...Read More

Announcement Comes at Launch of Principals Leadership Institute Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, today named Dr. Barbara Edmondson Superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Msgr. Richard Woy, Vicar General for the Archdiocese, made the announcement today at Loyola University Maryland’s Graduate Center in Timonium at a gathering of all Catholic...Read More

Today’s court ruling is a clear victory both for pregnant women in need of assistance and for First Amendment principles we treasure in a free society. In my homily at my Mass of Installation in October 2007, I challenged our Church and the citizens of our city and state when I said, “Abortion need not...Read More

Dr. Barbara McGraw Edmondson, Interim Superintendent of Schools for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, announced today that the Archdiocese’s Department of Catholic Schools, has developed a criteria and a process for designating STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Effective the 2011-12 school year, the following schools will offer STEM programs...Read More