Page 1955 – Archdiocese of Baltimore

January 12, 2011

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, will celebrate Mass at 5:30 p.m. at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, January 12, 2011 – the one year anniversary of the earthquake that devastated Haiti last year. In announcing the Mass, the Archbishop invites Catholics and others in the Archdiocese to stand in prayerful solidarity with […]

Collared in Wilmington

January 12, 2011

Some deacons are getting collared in the Wilmington Diocese. Wilmington Bishop W. Francis Malooly (former auxiliary bishop of Baltimore) has given the greenlight for permanent deacons of Delaware and Maryland’s Eastern Shore to wear Roman collars in certain situations. Gary Morton has the scoop in the Jan. 13 issue of The Dialog. The story points out […]

Local Economist Presents Findings of Analysis of Economic Benefits of Catholic Schools to Graduates, Community

January 11, 2011

Noted Baltimore economist, Anirban Basu, will present findings from his 2010 study of the economic benefits provided by Catholic Schools in the Baltimore Archdiocese to their graduates and the greater community, at a breakfast meeting hosted by Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien on Thursday, January 13 at 7:45 a.m. at the Center Club in Downtown Baltimore. […]

Notre Dame Prep meets challenge grant to build field in honor of Yeardley Love

January 11, 2011

Notre Dame Preparatory School has met a $500,000 challenge grant from The Charles T. Bauer Foundation that will allow the Towson school to begin two projects honoring deceased alumna Yeardley Reynolds Love: The Yeardley Reynolds Love Field and a scholarship in Love’s name.

Remembering the real Matthew Snyder

January 11, 2011

Lance Corporal Matthew Snyder It’s a sad reality that Lance Corporal Matthew Snyder has become linked to the Westboro Baptist Church. The 20-year-old Marine was killed nearly five years ago when his Humvee overturned in Iraq. During his funeral, Westboro protesters held anti-gay and anti-Catholic signs outside St. John in Westminster – inexplicably insisting that Snyder’s death was […]

Archbishop O’Brien to Participate in Apostolic Visitation of Irish Seminaries

January 10, 2011

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, at the invitation of Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York and with the approval of the Holy See, will assist in the Apostolic Visitation of Irish seminaries as called for by Pope Benedict XVI in his March 19, 2010 pastoral letter to the people of Ireland. The Visitation […]

Eye-opening enrollment trends signal need for BOAST

January 10, 2011

The Maryland Catholic Conference is gearing up once again to make a major push for passage of a business tax credit known as BOAST (Building Opportunities for All Students and Teachers). Long a top priority of the legislative lobbying arm of the state’s Catholic bishops, BOAST would give businesses a 75 percent state income-tax credit […]

Archbishop O’Brien will participate in Irish visitation

January 9, 2011

Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien Baltimore Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien is heading to Rome and Ireland early this year as part of an Apostolic Visitation of Irish seminaries called by Pope Benedict XVI in his ?March 19, 2010 pastoral letter to the people of Ireland. Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York is leading the visitation of […]

Statement of Death of Defrocked Priest Laurence Brett

January 7, 2011

Through media reports the Archdiocese of Baltimore learned today of the apparent death of Laurence Brett, a former priest of the Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut, who was defrocked after several individuals reported they were sexually abused by Brett when they were children in the early 1970s. Today, the prayers of the Archdiocese are with the […]

Archdiocese Announces School Board Members, First Meeting Monday January 10

January 7, 2011

The Archdiocese of Baltimore announced the formation of a new archdiocesan school board to oversee implementation of the Blue Ribbon Committee on Catholic Schools’ Strategic Plan released in June 2010. The Archdiocesan Catholic School Board will hold its first meeting on Monday, January 10, at 2 p.m. at St. Mary’s Seminary in Roland Park. Archbishop […]

Romanian witches fight new taxes

January 7, 2011