catholic Archives - Archdiocese of Baltimore

October 17, 2026

Saint John Paul II Shrine to host special walking pilgrimage

Since 2019, the Shrine has hosted a special walking pilgrimage which draws up to 150 participants. Pilgrims will gather in Maryland and prayerfully walk to the shrine along a 7.5-mile route through Rock Creek Park. Parishes, school groups, families and individuals are invited to pray and sing in both English and Spanish.

Abby Taylor

Heidi Campbell, a communications professor at Texas A&M University in College Station, speaks Oct. 18, 2019, during a conference titled "Religion Beyond Memes" at the University of Notre Dame's Ansari Institute for Global Engagement in Washington.

October 28, 2019

The dark side of memes: spreading untruths about religion

The image seems inoffensive on the surface: a figure of a gray-haired man, presumably God, with text that says: “I gave you free will so use it exactly as I command you to.” It was one example of an image known as a meme offered by Heidi Campbell, a communications professor at Texas A&M University,...