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Archbishop to Speak at Press Conference Announcing First Umbilical Cord Blood Bank Program Aimed at Curing Diseases Through Adult Stem Cells

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, will join executives of Mercy Medical Center and a New Jersey-based blood bank, on Monday, October 11 at 10 a.m. at Mercy Medical Center (Weinberg Center, 2nd Floor, Truman Semans Conference Room) to announce Maryland’s first public umbilical cord blood banking program. Umbilical cord blood contains adult stem […]

A Wake Up Call Part 2

The Catholic Review A Wake Up Call, Part 1     Awake Yet? Meeting the spiritual needs of the Catholic people of the Archdiocese of Baltimore In the face of an aging and dwindling presbyterate was the challenge I laid before you in last week’s column. To recap: 72 of our 153 active duty priests will become eligible […]

A Wake-up Call

The Catholic Review My Dear People of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Last week, our priests gathered over three days to pray and to discuss issues of common concern facing the presbyterate, our parishes and the Church in Baltimore. The issue that loomed largest in our conversations was that of the shortage of priests—both today and […]

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