Page 2009 – Archdiocese of Baltimore

Obama offers strange ‘thanks’

March 30, 2009

Whether you call it sarcasm or simply facing facts, President Barack Obama is offering a strange “thanks” to Catholics for the support they provided his election. Persons who represented themselves at exit polls as “Catholic” and as having voted for him, did so at a higher rate than any other notable segment of voters.

Many are Seeing the Light

Archdiocese Staff

March 26, 2009

OBrien Articles

The Catholic Review In the classic baseball movie, Field of Dreams, Kevin Costner’s character hears a voice that assures him, “If you build it, they will come.” These words affirmed the baseball-loving character’s leap of faith in digging up the Iowa corn fields that provided his living and replacing it with a baseball field on […]

South African cardinal expresses shock after Dalai Lama denied visa

Catholic Review

March 24, 2009

News

DURBAN, South Africa – Durban Cardinal Wilfrid Napier expressed “shock and regret” that the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader and head of its self-proclaimed government-in-exile, was denied a visa to attend a meeting in South Africa.

In Angola, pope encourages postwar spiritual and material recovery

Catholic Review

March 20, 2009

News

LUANDA, Angola – Arriving in Angola on the second stage of his African pilgrimage, Pope Benedict XVI encouraged the country to continue on the path of reconciliation after a devastating civil war.

The Irish Brigade

Archdiocese Staff

March 19, 2009

OBrien Articles

The Catholic Review The poet W.B. Yeats, spoke of a fellow Irishman: “Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.” This week we celebrated St. Patrick’s Day. I was grateful to receive the St. Patrick Award from the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of Baltimore at […]

Cardinal Gibbons, Seton Keough Partner to Strengthen Catholic Education in SW Baltimore

Sean Caine

March 19, 2009

Press Release

The administrations of The Cardinal Gibbons School and The Seton Keough High School, located on adjacent campuses in Southwest Baltimore, have announced an innovative partnership between the two schools that leverages their proximity to each other, as well as strategic alliances with area corporations, enabling the schools to both reduce operating costs and offer dynamic […]

The Light Is On for You is a wonderful invitation

Catholic Review

March 19, 2009

News

I am writing to thank Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien and The Light is on for You campaign, regarding the sacrament of confession.

Israeli Foreign Ministry says pope can wear cross at Western Wall

Catholic Review

March 18, 2009

News

JERUSALEM – “In accordance with rules of hospitality and dignity,” Israel will not prevent Pope Benedict XVI from wearing his pectoral cross when he visits the Western Wall, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said.

Obama, president of U.S. bishops hold private meeting

Catholic Review

March 17, 2009

News

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama met for half an hour March 17 with Chicago Cardinal Francis E. George, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the White House and the USCCB announced.

Catholics Celebrate Feast of St. Patrick in the Archdiocese of Baltimore

Sean Caine

March 13, 2009

Press Release

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien has been named Honorary Grand Marshall for Baltimore’s annual St. Patrick’s Parade and will march with a group of Catholic school children in honor of 200 years of Catholic education. The Archbishop recently announced an initiative to strengthen Catholic schools in the Archdiocese. The parade takes place Sunday, March 15, with […]

Catholic Schools Blue Ribbon Committee Holds First Meeting on Wednesday, March 18

Sean Caine

March 13, 2009

Press Release

The Blue Ribbon Committee established by Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien to develop a strategic plan for the long-term sustainability of Catholic education in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, will hold its first meeting on Wednesday, March 18, at 2 p.m. at Archbishop Curley High School. Archbishop O’Brien and members of the Committee will be available to […]

Catholics rally against effort to legislate parish financial control

Catholic Review

March 13, 2009

News

HARTFORD, Conn. – About 5,000 people gathered outside Connecticut’s state Capitol in Hartford March 11 to protest a bill – pulled from the Legislature the previous day – that would have given laypeople financial control of their parishes.

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