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Baltimore sculptor honors Brooksie

A statue of Brooks Robinson is unveiled Oct. 22 outside Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore. (CR/George P. Matysek Jr.) Before the new statue of Baltimore’s beloved Brooks Robinson was unveiled last weekend beneath a blast of black, orange and white confetti outside Oriole Park, the bronze behemoth rested in a foundry in Pietrasanta, Italy. Standing right next to […]

Archdiocesan Catholic Schools, Central Office Receive Full Accreditation; Strategic Plan Commended As Enrollment Decline Is Cut In Half From Last Year

A team of educators spent several days in the Archdiocese of Baltimore last week conducting the final phase of its accreditation review of the archdiocesan Catholic school system. Archbishop Edwin O’Brien announced Saturday that the team from AdvancEd recommended full accreditation for the Archdiocese’s more than 60 Catholic schools and for its central offices. AdvanceEd […]

Archdiocese 3rd Annual Gala For Catholic Schools Expected To Raise $700K For Tuition Assistance, Pay Tribute To Archbishop O’Brien

More than 1,100 people will celebrate Catholic schools at the 3rd annual Archdiocese of Baltimore Gala Saturday, October 22, 2011, at 6 p.m. at the Baltimore Convention Center. The event is expected to raise $700,000 in tuition assistance for students attending Catholic schools. The event will also pay tribute to Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, 15th […]

Positive Signs for Schools

The Catholic Review As reported in last week’s Catholic Review, we are moving full speed ahead with a process for parish planning in the Archdiocese. Though it will be vastly different from the process undertaken for the reorganization of Catholic schools, it may have many asking where we are with the implementation of the schools […]

Nix the Nazi talk

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 […]

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