Press Release

Monsignor Myles McGowan, Longtime Pastor at St. Ursula, Oldest Diocesan Priest, Dies at 96

MONSIGNOR Myles J. McGowan, 96, the oldest priest of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, died Saturday, August 29 at Stella Maris Hospice, after suffering a stroke. Msgr. McGowan was the last of the many Irish born priests who immigrated to this Archdiocese from Ireland during the twentieth century. Born to John and Ellen McGowan in the...
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Archdiocese Responds to Allegation of Abuse Against Cumberland Pastor

In June of this year, the Archdiocese of Baltimore learned of an allegation of sexual abuse of a minor against Monsignor Thomas Bevan, 73, pastor at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Cumberland.  The acts allegedly occurred in the mid-1970s while he was serving as an associate pastor at St. John Catholic Church in Frederick. The...
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Cardinal Keeler Moving Out Of Archbishop’s Residence

Archbishop Edwin O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, and Cardinal William H. Keeler, Archbishop Emeritus, have announced that later this year the Cardinal will move from the Archbishop’s residence located on N. Charles Street adjacent to the Basilica of the Assumption, and into a Catholic retirement community in Baltimore County.  The Cardinal turned 78 in March and...
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Catholic Teens Perform Free Home Repairs

Approximately 275 Catholic teens and adults will participate in a nationally-sponsored “work camp” July 26-31, in which they will perform free home repairs to the houses of 45 elderly, handicapped, and low-income residents in the Baltimore area. The Micah Experience Work Camp is co-sponsored by the Archdiocese of Baltimore and Group Workcamps Foundation. Young people...
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Archbishop O’Brien Celebrates Mass to Commemorate Cardinal James Gibbons’ 175th Birthday

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien will celebrate a Mass to honor the 175th birthday of Baltimore’s ninth archbishop, Cardinal James Gibbons, on July 23 at 12:10 p.m. at the Baltimore Basilica.  Cardinal Gibbons was the longest serving Archbishop of the nation’s first diocese, serving for 44 years from 1877-1921. According to Thomas W. Spalding, author of...
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Statement of Archbishop Edwin O’Brien on the Closing of Towson Catholic High School

I am deeply saddened by the closure of Towson Catholic and troubled by the circumstances that seemed to have left the parish and school board with no other choice. The closing of this beloved institution is a source of pain for students, teachers, alumni and the parish. Every effort is being made to ensure the...
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Towson Catholic High School to Close

Monsignor F. Dennis Tinder, Pastor of Immaculate Conception Church in Towson, has informed Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien that the parish high school, Towson Catholic, will not reopen in the fall due to an insurmountable budget deficit caused by a sharp decline in enrollment. With only 163 students currently enrolled for the coming school year, a...
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Archdiocesan Immigration Coalition Holds Rally in Baltimore Before Departing for Interfaith Prayer Vigil in D.C.

Father Robert Wojtek, C.S.s.R., Pastor of the Catholic Community of St. Michael/St. Patrick and Fr. Joseph Muth, Pastor of St. Matthew Catholic Church, will hold a noon rally in support of comprehensive immigration reform before leading two buses to Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, June 17, for an interfaith prayer vigil with members of congress and...
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Four to Be Ordained to the Priesthood June 13

On Saturday, June 13 at 10:00 a.m., four men will be ordained priests for the Archdiocese of Baltimore by Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore. The Mass of Ordination will take place at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore. The following men are to be ordained: Ernest Cibelli, 27, Columbia, MD—Ernest attended...
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Archbishop O’Brien, Area Faith Leaders Announce Summer Peace Initiative

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, will be joined by area faith leaders on May 27 at 2:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Seminary & University in Baltimore to announce a collaborative faith-based initiative to promote peace in Baltimore this summer. Dr. Arthur Abramson of the Baltimore Jewish Council, Imam Earl El-Amin of the Muslim...
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Archbishop to Read to Kindergarten Students at Catholic School in Towson

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien will read to approximately 60 kindergarten students at Immaculate Conception School in Towson on Wednesday, May 20 at 9:30 a.m. The Archbishop will read from a book about Mary, Mother of Jesus. His visit to the school named in honor of the Blessed Mother, coincides with the Church’s celebration of Mary...
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Opening Session in Cause for Sainthood of Blessed Francis Seelos to Take Place in Baltimore

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, will preside over the opening session in the Diocesan Inquiry into an alleged healing through the intercession of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, C.Ss. R. during the 12:10 Mass at the Baltimore Basilica on Tuesday, May 19. If the healing is deemed miraculous by the Vatican’s Congregation of the...
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