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In this special section of The Catholic Review, we salute the 2,620 graduating seniors of 21 Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Congratulations to the Class of 2008!

Guided by her faith and passion for life, The Catholic High School of Baltimore senior Suzanne Remeikis has succeeded both inside and outside of the classroom.

Neethu Abraham doesn’t suffer from a lack of ambition.

Maria Kroat was a second-grader the last time she saw a “B” on her report card. For the next decade, the parishioner of Our Lady of Hope in Dundalk earned nothing but straight As – making her one of the top students at Our Lady of Hope-St. Luke School in Dundalk and the Institute of Notre Dame in Baltimore.

After Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf of Mexico, 17-year-old Cory Grimes joined a mission group of area Catholics to restore two storm-damaged homes in New Orleans.

While others may have been busy playing video games or watching television, 17-year-old Glenn Bullock helped develop voice-control computer software for cars.

Zack Burke, the head boys’ lacrosse coach for Archbishop Spalding High School in Severn, is the father of two young sons, with one on the way.

In the athletic history of Calvert Hall College High School, Gerard McCarron was a standard-bearer.

Ahmed Childs sat in the upper level of Catholic Charities’ Our Daily Bread Employment Center looking like a content man.

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien will participate in two major gatherings this month that are expected to touch on important issues including prayers in the liturgy, stem-cell research, clergy sex abuse and the Eucharist.