Cardinal William H. Keeler, Archbishop of Baltimore, will preside at a candlelight vigil and interfaith prayer service to raise awareness of the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan, tonight at 6:30 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Cathedral and Mulberry Streets. The vigil, hosted by Catholic Relief...Read More

Cardinal William H. Keeler, Archbishop of Baltimore, has been selected by the U.S. Department of State to attend the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Conference on Tolerance and the Fight against Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination, being held September 13-14 in Brussels, Belgium. The concept of the Conference is to create dialogue and partnerships...Read More

A public prayer service will be held on Saturday, September 11 at 6:30 p.m. at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in honor of Bishop Gordon D. Bennett, S.J., who will be installed as Bishop of Mandeville, Jamaica on September 26. On July 6, Pope John Paul II named Bennett the Bishop of Mandeville, where...Read More

The Archdiocese of Baltimore announced today that Mr. Leonard Strom, 58, of Cockeysville, has been named Director of Human Resources for the Archdiocese. Mr. Strom retired in March of this year from the Black and Decker Corporation, where he worked for 20 years, serving 18 years as the company’s senior vice-president of human resources. He...Read More

Cardinal William H. Keeler, Archbishop of Baltimore, will celebrate Mass on Sunday, August 29 at 10 a.m. at St. Martin’s Catholic Church, Fulton Ave. and Fayette Street in West Baltimore, to celebrate the reconfiguration of three area parishes. The Tri-Parish Catholic Community of St. Jerome, St. Martin, and St. Peter the Apostle has agreed to...Read More

Cardinal William H. Keeler, Archbishop of Baltimore and Chairman of the Maryland Catholic Conference, released the following statement on behalf of the Catholic bishops of the three Maryland-serving dioceses-the Archdioceses of Baltimore and Washington, D.C., and the Diocese of Wilmington: In the wake of last week’s filing of a legal action by Marylanders who seek...Read More

Pope John Paul II named the Rev. Msgr. Mitchell T. Rozanski, currently pastor of St. John the Evangelist in Severna Park, an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore today. He will also serve in the role of Eastern Vicar for parishes in Anne Arundel, Baltimore and Harford Counties in Maryland. He will fill the...Read More

The Archdiocese of Baltimore announced today the creation of a new parish in Anne Arundel County, as the status of Holy Apostles in Gambrills was elevated after five years as an independent mission. More than 375 families belong to Holy Apostles and nearly 500 students are enrolled in the inter-parish school, which draws children from...Read More