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March 25, 2010

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien is asking Catholics of the Archdiocese of Baltimore to pray for Archbishop William D. Borders, who is battling colon cancer and receiving hospice care at his home. Archbishop Borders, 96, led the Baltimore archdiocese from 1974 to 1989, when he retired. Pope Paul VI appointed Archbishop Borders to be the founding bishop of the Diocese of Orlando in 1968. Just six years later, the pope transferred him to Baltimore – moving him from the nation’s newest diocese to its oldest. Until recently, Archbishop Borders remained active in ministry throughout his retirement.

Archdiocese Announces Location of First Catholic Dual Language School in Baltimore

Sean Caine

March 22, 2010

Press Release

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, announced today that Archbishop Borders School, a pre-k through 8th grade Catholic elementary school in Highlandtown, will host the first Catholic dual language program in the Archdiocese this fall. The dual language program, also known as a dual immersion program, will focus on English and Spanish and initially […]

The Highways and Byways

Archdiocese Staff

OBrien Articles

The Catholic Review It is advice the Master Himself offers: Go out into the highways and byways and invite! This past year, thanks to the initiative of our indefatigable Vocations Director, Father Jerry Francik, what encouragement I have experienced to travel the highways of the Archdiocese to seven homes—all a good distance from headquarters here […]

Archbishop O’Brien Calls for Revision of Current Health Care Bill

Sean Caine

Press Release

For decades, the Catholic bishops of the United States have been and continue to be consistent and strong advocates for comprehensive health care reform that leads to health care for all, including the weakest and most vulnerable. In anticipation of a possible final vote on the U.S. Senate’s heath care reform bill, Archbishop Edwin F. […]

Vatican official urges confidentiality by confessors on sex abuse sins

VATICAN CITY – A priest who confesses sexual abuse in the sacrament of penance should be absolved and should generally not be encouraged by the confessor to disclose his acts publicly or to his superiors, a Vatican official said.

Medicine makes advances in LASIK surgery

LASIK surgery still can sound intimidating to a lot of people. The procedure involves cutting a flap into a person’s cornea so a laser can be used to vaporize part of the cornea’s midsection. The surgery permanently changes the shape of the clear section of the front of the eye in order to eliminate or reduce the need for glasses or contact lenses.

All can help Catholic schools

March 16, 2010

A way for members of the archdiocese to prevent more school closings is for the more affluent to lend money interest free for a given amount of time. For example, a person could lend $10,000 for five or 10 years interest free. At the end of that time, at the lender’s request, that amount would be returned. Or the lender might decide, at the time for the loan to be returned to him, simply to donate the sum to the archdiocese to prevent more school closings.

Gibbons School will be missed

March 16, 2010

As the wife of a deceased assistant principal, a teacher there for 10 years myself, the mother of two Cardinal Gibbons graduates who received an outstanding preparation for their place in this world and the mother of the cheerleading mascot, who is now Sister Jane Frances, a Nashville Dominican, I say:

Court’s ruling on ‘under God’ in pledge seen as ‘breath of fresh air’

March 15, 2010

SAN FRANCISCO – A federal appeals court’s ruling upholding the constitutionality of the phrase “one nation under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance is a “breath of fresh air from a court system that has too often seemed to be almost allergic to public references to God,” according to the head of the Knights of Columbus.

Mother lauds Ascension, Cardinal Gibbons

March 12, 2010