Archbishop William E. Lori celebrated Holy Thursday and Good Friday liturgies in the eerily empty Cathedral of Mary our Queen in Homeland in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.


Archbishop William E. Lori celebrated Holy Thursday and Good Friday liturgies in the eerily empty Cathedral of Mary our Queen in Homeland in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

For Immediate Release Saturday, April 11, 2020 Following Easter Sunday Mass at 12pm at Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Archbishop William E. Lori will travel to Sacred Heart Parish in Glyndon to help the parish distribute 400 boxes and bags of food to families and individuals in need. Many area families have been impacted by […]

Holy Saturday is such a powerful day. It’s a day of quiet. A day of transition. Today we stand between the sorrow of Good Friday and the joy of Easter. It is a peaceful, hopeful, expectant day.

How my heart aches that I cannot share these Easter Sacraments with you in person, and how ardently I look forward to the day when we can celebrate them together.

For Immediate Release Saturday, April 11, 2020 On Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at 11 a.m., Archbishop William E. Lori, his two auxiliary bishops, Denis Madden and Adam Parker, and longtime Pastor of St. Mark, Catonsville, Rev. Christopher Whatley, will simultaneously conduct blessings at four Baltimore-area hospitals, asking God’s care and protection over those who work […]

Click play above to watch a livestream of 7 a.m. Holy Saturday morning prayer from the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland.

For the first time in his papacy, Pope Francis led the Way of the Cross from St. Peter’s Square rather than Rome’s Colosseum, where it has been held annually for more than five decades.

Standing at the foot of the cross on Good Friday with Mary, we look upon her crucified Son, asking God, “Why did he have to die? Couldn’t there be some other way?” Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles said in a homily April 10.

Since by his death, Jesus has defeated the forces of sin and death, let us approach God confidently with our needs, and those of our families and our world.

Click play above to watch a livestream of the 6 p.m. Stations of the Cross with Archbishop Lori from the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland. For a worship aid, click here. For a schedule of the cathedral’s other upcoming livestreaming liturgies during Holy Week, click here.

Click play above to watch a livestream of 7 a.m. Holy Thursday morning prayer from the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland.

Somehow in this time of anxiety and indefinite quarantine, when so much seems uncertain, we seem to be primed for those moments of happy discovery—those moments when we see how much we are loved by God and by others.
