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November 3, 2011

FRIBOURG, Switzerland – The patriarch of the Coptic Catholic Church in Egypt blamed Islamic fundamentalists for the increasing number of attacks on Christians and criticized a growing division between Muslims and Christians since the country’s February revolution.

Milwaukee Archdiocese says pension recipients being paid on time

November 3, 2011

MILWAUKEE – All employee benefits have been paid on a timely basis and pension plans will continue to pay all benefits in the immediate future, the Archdiocese of Milwaukee assured pension recipients and contributors in a “media clarification” issued Oct. 26.

A look back at the NCYC 2009 fun

November 2, 2011

Are you going to NCYC, but still don’t know what you’re in for? Check this out. I filmed this back in 2009 when Baltimore took a group out to Kansas City for NCYC. I can’t promise there will be less Backstreet Boys in Indianapolis this time.

US Supreme Court turns down case over roadside crosses in Utah

November 1, 2011

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court declined to take up a case from Utah in which a federal appeals court ruled it unconstitutional to allow memorial crosses on state land along highways.

Baltimore’s NCYC blessing– 15 days to heading West!

November 1, 2011

Tim Janiszewski, youth minister at Lake Shore’s Our Lady of the Chesapeake, helped end Baltimore’s NCYC delegation meeting on a high note Dec. 30. He shared a blessing he does with his children with everyone. I thought it was particularly touching and worthy of sharing with you in the video below. I’ll be covering NCYC […]

New Catholic Religious Institute Erected From Former Order of Anglican Nuns, Sisters to Profess Vows at Special All Saints Day Mass

October 31, 2011

All Saints Sisters of the Poor Believed to be First U.S. Episcopal Order Created into Catholic Religious Community Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, will receive the All Saints Sisters of the Poor, a religious community of nine women once belonging to the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, into the newly-erected […]

St. Ignatius Academy, Tuition-Free Catholic Middle School, Leases Former School Building at St. Mary, Star of the Sea in Federal Hill

October 31, 2011

Father Patrick Carrion, Pastor of St. Mary, Star of the Sea Parish in Federal Hill and Mr. John Ciccone, President of St. Ignatius Loyola Academy, have announced that the parish and school have entered into a lease agreement that will allow St. Ignatius to move into the former parish school building in time for the […]

Statement Regarding Our Lady of The Fields Parish

October 30, 2011

Father Eugene Nickol has resigned from the Office of Pastor at Our Lady of the Fields Catholic Church in Millersville. His resignation occurred last week at a meeting with Archdiocesan officials concerning a recent audit of the parish’s financial and child & youth protection records. The audit showed a lack of appropriate controls to ensure […]

(Audio) Mike Whittles’ players talk about his courage

October 29, 2011

Spalding football coach Mike Whittles is literally fighting for his life and you can read his story in The Catholic Review print edition next week and right now on CatholicReview.org. Whittles has Stage IV pancreatic cancer, but is still coaching the Cavaliers during his treatments. He recently missed a game, though, and his players emotionally […]

Gala: A Night to Remember

Archdiocese Staff

October 27, 2011

OBrien Articles

The Catholic Review This past Saturday, approximately 1,100 people came together at the Baltimore Convention Center to raise money for tuition assistance for the children of our Catholic schools. If those who attended the third annual Archdiocese of Baltimore Gala were as impressed by the program as I was, they left the event with far […]

600 Catholic School 5th Graders Attend Program To Ponder Priestly, Religious Vocations

October 26, 2011