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October 13, 2008

Father Rickle’s column on Hispanics (CR, Sept. 25) failed to note some important points.

Don’t forget Catholic High founder

October 13, 2008

“Connect to Catholics” (CR, Sept. 25) was informative and historically interesting. Having taught in the archdiocese for eighteen years (4 at St. Stephen, Bradshaw and 14 at The Catholic High School of Baltimore), I would like to draw attention to another person who made a difference here – Mother Mary Generosa McCafferty, provincial of The Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia.

Taking Stock

Archdiocese Staff

October 9, 2008

OBrien Articles

The Catholic Review These are uncertain times. Banks are failing, Wall Street is reeling, and the cost of just about everything seems to be through the roof. Talk of bailouts and mergers, record declines and a looming recession—not to mention the fast-approaching presidential election– has much of the nation in a frenzy of uncertainty and […]

Pets receive blessings

October 9, 2008

Throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore, pets received special blessings the weekend of Oct. 4-5 in commemoration of the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi. Some parishes holding pet blessings were St. Charles Borromeo in Pikesville, St. Casimir in Canton and Ss. Philip and James, Charles Village.

Archbishop celebrates Bardstown anniversary

October 9, 2008

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien visited the Archdiocese of Louisville, Ky., one of Baltimore’s daughter dioceses, Sept. 28 to celebrate its 200th anniversary with a special outdoor Mass at the Basilica of St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral.

Undertakers find English cardinal’s body had disintegrated

October 8, 2008

LONDON – English officials exhuming the body of Cardinal John Henry Newman in preparation for his likely beatification discovered that his body had disintegrated completely.

Respect Life Sunday is October 5th

Sean Caine

Press Release

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, of Baltimore, will celebrate the Archdiocese’s annual Respect Life Mass on Sunday, October 5, at 11 a.m. at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen. While the Respect Life program is year-round, October is observed as Respect Life Month and the first Sunday in October is designated as Respect Life Sunday by […]

Catholic Church Honors Feast of St. Francis With Blessing of Animals

Sean Caine

Press Release

In honor of the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals, the Basilica in Baltimore will celebrate a Blessing of Animals at 3 p.m. on the front lawn. All are welcome to bring their pets or animals (on leashes or in appropriate cages). St. Francis of Assisi founded the Franciscan order in […]

Survey reveals priestly attitudes on unity

CAMBRIDGE – The vast majority of priests in the Archdiocese of Baltimore are happy in their ministry and committed to serving the entire archdiocese, according to the results of a new survey obtained by The Catholic Review.

Survey reveals priestly attitudes on unity

Students honor school maintenance man through books

To honor their maintenance man of more than 30 years, Dave Geraghty, who died Sept. 16, the faculty of Sacred Heart of Mary School, Dundalk, created the “Mr. Dave Project.”

Apple Dumpling Day

September 30, 2008