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March 18, 2011

NPR has a truly remarkable story of self-sacrifice. Valentina Komarov, the widow of Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov, kisses a photograph of her dead husband during his official funeral, held in Moscow's Red Square on April 26, 1967. (AFP/Getty Images) So there’s a cosmonaut up in space, circling the globe, convinced he will never make it […]

Do Ashes Make a Difference?

Archdiocese Staff

March 17, 2011

OBrien Articles

The Catholic Review As is usually the case, churches across the Archdiocese were especially well attended this Ash Wednesday, a helpful sign that some Catholics whom we do not see at Mass too often are still aware of their faith. Please God, the Lord used the opportunity to draw them more closely into His life […]

Statement of Archbishop O’Brien on Use of Former Catholic School Facilities

March 17, 2011

Providing the best education to the students we serve is the goal of not only every Catholic school in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, but likely that of every charter, parochial, public and non-public school. Education is a personal gift, a civic treasure, and one the Catholic Church places great value in offering the children of […]

Shock or awe?

March 16, 2011

Participants in the Maryland March for Life carried yellow balloons with a positive pro-life message. (CR Staff/Owen Sweeney III) Kay Cole of Holy Family in Davidsonville distributes signs before the Maryland March for Life March 14. (CR Staff/Owen Sweeney III) Moments before the Maryland March for Life kicked off March 14, I watched a handful […]

Catholic Churches Asked To Hold Special Collection For Victims of Japan Quake, Tsunami

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, has asked all Catholic churches in the Archdiocese of Baltimore to hold a special collection for the victims of last week’s devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan. In a March 14 letter to all parishes, the Archbishop also called on Catholics to pray for “the suffering people of […]

Religious Leaders To Unite In Prayer March 13 For End To Death Penalty

Leaders of Maryland’s diverse faith communities will unite on Sunday, March 13 to pray for the abolition of capital punishment in our state. The Interfaith Prayer Service to End the Death Penalty comes just days before a March 15 hearing in the House Judiciary Committee on HB 1175, which would repeal the death penalty in […]

Immaculate Conception Celebrates St. Patrick’s Day

On St. Patrick’s Day, students arriving at Immaculate Conception School in Towson will be greeted by the live playing of bag pipe and Irish step dancing. Parents dropping their children off at the pre-k to eight Catholic school will receive a prayer card in honor of Ireland’s “Patron Saint.” “We thought it was important to […]

Theology on Tap kicks off new session in Fells Point

It’s time once again for young adults to get together for some great faith sharing (and maybe a beer or two) at the Greene Turtle in East Baltimore. The Fells Point Theology on Tap group (formerly known as “Tap into Your Faith”) begins its next six-week session tonight. The evening gets going with a ‘Happy Half Hour’ at […]

Marlene Lauer on the success of Adore-a-thon

Marlene Lauer, a parishioner of Holy Trinity in Glen Burnie, was a chief organizer of the successful Adore-a-thon March 11. There’s a story about the night at Church of the Crucifixion coming in the March 17 paper. She was kind enough to answer some questions for the blog. Matt: What’s your reaction to how Adore-a-thon […]

Father Jesse L. Bolger: Youths provide hope

March 14, 2011

I’m working on a story for the March 17 edition of The Catholic Review on Adore-a-thon, an event held at Church of the Crucifixion in Glen Burnie this past weekend. I also will have a video in the coming days on the event here at Matt Palmer’s blog. But, I wanted to share some of […]

Carney parish explores Bach’s St. Matthew Passion

March 13, 2011