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October 18, 2011

Hate someone with a passion? Call them a Nazi. It’s not exactly a new thing, but people are tossing about the term willy nilly lately. In the end, it says more about the person saying it than the person they’re targeting. In an effort to criticize House Majority Leader John Boehner’s golf meeting with President […]

Deacon Flamini lived call to service

October 17, 2011

Deacon Michael Flamini prays at his May 17, 2003 ordination at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland. (CR File) When Redemptorist Father Robert Wojtek invited mourners to pray the Our Father at the end of a short prayer service the day before Deacon Michael Flamini was laid to rest, a beautiful cacophony emerged […]

(Audio) Archbishop O’Brien on hearing of his appointment

October 15, 2011

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien celebrated Mass for a World Youth Day reunion Saturday at Mount de Sales and he shared an often humorous and touching story of how he heard about his new appointment as pro-grand master of the Equestrian Order (Knights) of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem. Here’s the audio of that. Stay until […]

Pope calls on Italian officials to govern with dignity, responsibility

October 14, 2011

VATICAN CITY – In the midst of major economic problems and continuing moral scandals, Italy’s prime minister was facing a confidence vote in parliament as Pope Benedict XVI called on Italian public officials to exercise their offices with dignity and responsibility.

The amazing tale of Father Oppitz and the sinking ship

October 14, 2011

In this week’s Catholic Review, I wrote an obituary for Father Joseph Oppitz. One of the reasons I was enthusiastic about doing it was his tale of surviving a massive ship crash in the Atlantic. Here, in full, is his written recounting of nearly losing his life, thanks to the obituary on the Redemptorist site. […]

Real Work Begins

Archdiocese Staff

OBrien Articles

The Catholic Review It has been one year since I first wrote about the need for a plan that addresses the challenges facing our parishes and seizes opportunities to create more vibrant faith communities in our Archdiocese. At our priests’ convocation last fall many of the priests present voiced concerns about the aging presbyterate (72 […]

Archbishop O’Brien Dedicates Expanded Seafarers Center Near Port of Baltimore

Sean Caine

Press Release

Archbishop Edwin O’Brien, Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, will dedicate the newly-renovated and expanded Stella Maris International Seafarers’ Center, located at 6 Dunmanway in Dundalk, on Saturday, October 15 at 11 a.m. The Center, which provides an array of sacramental and welcoming services to seafarers passing through the Port of Baltimore, will expand […]

Magliano bashes United States

Unlike other articles in The Catholic Review that express love of God and God’s love for us, every one of Tony Magliano’s columns that I have read expresses his apparent dislike of the United States of America and its policies and actions over the last 200 years or so.

Baltimore-native Father Oppitz survived famous ship’s sinking

Fifty-five years after he narrowly avoided losing his life on board a sinking ship, Father Joseph W. Oppitz died under the care of the Redemptorist order he joined as a young man.

Statement of Archbishop Edwin O’Brien on Death of Mrs. Patricia Modell

Sean Caine

October 12, 2011

Press Release

“Mrs. Modell was a woman of deep faith and she lived her Catholic faith with great joy and always with kindness and compassion for others. This was reflected in her support of Catholic schools and many charitable efforts in the Baltimore area, those supported by Catholic Charities, as well as other Catholic causes. “On behalf […]

David Goodspeed Q&A

October 12, 2011