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The Catholic Review This year, the Church’s celebration of the miraculous and timeless story of Jesus’ birth on Christmas Day coincided, just one day later, with our observation honoring the loving and powerful witness of the Holy Family of Jesus and his parents, Mary and Joseph. At Masses throughout the Archdiocese that day after Christmas, […]

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Archbishop O Brien, Bishop of Pittsburgh Place Wager on Saturdays game

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, and Bishop David A. Zubik, Bishop of Pittsburgh, have placed a friendly “wager” on Saturday’s Baltimore Ravens-Pittsburgh Steelers game. The wager requires the losing (Arch) Bishop to make a donation to the Catholic charity of the winning (Arch) Bishop’s choice. Archbishop O’Brien has designated Catholic Charities’ Our Daily […]

Catholic School Graduates Earn Over $225,000 More; Schools Save State Over $380 Million Annually

Each year, Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore save Maryland taxpayers over $380 million in per pupil expenses and provide an additional $393.3 million into the local economy in income and revenue, economist Anirban Basu told a group of business and community leaders today. Basu delivered his findings at an event hosted by Archbishop […]

Haiti Homily – Deacon Rodrigue Mortel

On behalf of the Haitian people I want first to thank Archbishop O’ Brien for remembering Haiti in such a special way with the sacrifice of the mass, our highest form of prayer. Being invited by the Archbishop to deliver the homily on this unique occasion is for me a very high honor for which […]

Archbishop to Celebrate Mass on One-Year Anniversary of Haiti Earthquake

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