Bishop Denis J. Madden, Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, will be joined by Baltimore State’s Attorney Patricia Jessamy and representatives of several city churches that comprise the Baltimore Interfaith Coalition (BIC) on Thursday, May 27 at 10 a.m. at the New Huntington Baptist Church, located at 400 E. 31st Street, Baltimore, to announce two anti-violence initiatives....Read More

In Rome earlier today, Pope Benedict XVI named Father F. Richard Spencer, a priest of the Archdiocese of Baltimore currently serving as an Army Chaplain and stationed in Germany, Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Archdiocese and Titular Bishop of Auzia. Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore and former Archbishop of the Archdiocese for the...Read More

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, announced today the hiring of William J. Baird III of Towson to serve as the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director of the Department of Management Services for the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Mr. Baird will be responsible for directing and coordinating the Archdiocese’s stewardship of resources in carrying...Read More

At the request of the family, members of the media will not be permitted on the property of the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen the day of the funeral for Yeardley Love, Saturday May 8, 2010. The family is grateful for the media’s compliance with this request. If you have any questions, please contact Sean...Read More

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, announced today that St. Ambrose Catholic School in Park Heights will become the first school in Maryland to adopt elements of the New American Academy (NAA) instructional model. The NAA, developed by Mr. Shimon Waronker as a doctoral student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, is an...Read More

In an online survey conducted last week, students at five area Catholic schools were asked to name the newly created Catholic elementary school that will open its doors in time for the 2010-11 school year. The name receiving the largest vote total was: Holy Angels Catholic School. Holy Angels, to be initially located in the...Read More

Archbishop Edwin O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, announced today that Archbishop William D. Borders, 13th Archbishop of Baltimore, died this morning at 10:03 at Stella Maris in Timonium. He was 96 years old. “Archbishop Borders was a man of deep faith, great humility and great love for God, the Church and this Archdiocese,” Archbishop O’Brien said....Read More

Dr. Ronald J. Valenti, Superintendent of Schools for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, informed school administrators and families of students in Archdiocesan schools this week that the Archdiocese’s Division of Schools and all Archdiocesan Catholic schools have been awarded accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement (SACS CASI),...Read More