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Four paintings of the Gospel evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, were recently uncovered by workers at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The distempered water-based paintings were discovered while the architect of the Basilica’s restoration project was performing a routine tapping check of the panels above […]

BEL AIR, MD – St. Margaret Church will mark its 100th year on Saturday, October 1 at 5:30 p.m. by celebrating an Anniversary Mass. Cardinal William H. Keeler, Archbishop of Baltimore, will be the principle celebrant. There are currently 18,000 registered members at St. Margaret and as many as 7,000 people attend Mass on any […]

FREDERICK, MD – St. John Regional Catholic School will be formally dedicated on Sunday, October 2 at 3:30 p.m. by Cardinal William H. Keeler, Archbishop of Baltimore. The school, originally located in the historic district of downtown Frederick, moved to a new 27-acre site on Opossumtown Pike this summer. The new building provides the space […]

Cardinal William H. Keeler, Archbishop of Baltimore, will celebrate Mass at 12:10 p.m. on Friday, September 16 at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church at Park and Saratoga Streets in Baltimore, for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. On September 8, the White House issued a proclamation by President George W. Bush that September 16 be set aside […]

Students of St. William of York Catholic School in West Baltimore have collected water, Gatorade, canned goods, school supplies and toiletries for the victims of Hurricane Katrina and the husband of principal, Noreen Heffner will be driving the collected items to a distribution site in Lake St. Charles, LA, tomorrow. Students, parents and members of […]

Nineteen students, displaced from their homes along the Gulf Coast by Hurricane Katrina, are enrolled in Catholic schools of the Archdiocese of Baltimore and Cardinal William H. Keeler, Archbishop of Baltimore and Dr. Ronald J. Valenti, Director of Catholic Education Ministries and Superintendent of Schools, are urging all Catholic schools of the Archdiocese to accept […]

The Archdiocese of Baltimore has recently learned of an allegation of child sexual abuse against a teacher who most recently taught middle school students at Immaculate Heart of Mary School. Steve Brotzman, who died on August 31, taught students at St. Louis School in Clarksville prior to teaching at Immaculate Heart. In the past week, […]

Cardinal William H. Keeler, Archbishop of Baltimore, has asked each parish in the Archdiocese to take up a collection to help with the immediate relief and long-term rehabilitation in the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina in the Southern United States. Funds generated by the collection will be turned over to Catholic Charities USA which […]

Bishop-elect Denis J. Madden will be ordained an Auxiliary Bishop for the Archdiocese of Baltimore on August 24, 2005. He will also serve as Urban Vicar to the more than 56,000 Catholics in 50 parishes in Baltimore City. Bishop Madden’s ordination Mass will begin at 2:00 p.m. at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, 5200 […]

Members of the Archdiocese of Baltimore World Youth Day delegation will be honored at a special Mass on Friday, August 12th at 11 am at St. Pius X Church in Towson. The Mass will be celebrated by Fr. John Williamson, associate pastor of Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, and will include the procession of the […]