Pope Francis calls on Catholics worldwide to observe day of prayer and fasting for peace in Syria, throughout the world. Archbishop William E. Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore, today is calling on Catholics throughout the Archdiocese to join Pope Francis and Catholics throughout the world in observing a day of prayer and fasting for peace in...Read More
Archbishop William E. Lori and Dr. Barbara Edmondson, Superintendent of Schools, will greet students and their families at Our Lady of Grace, Parkton, St. Joseph School, Cockeysville, and Immaculate Conception School, Towson, on Monday, August 26, for the start of the new school year. Our Lady of Grace School, St. Joseph School, and Immaculate Conception...Read More
Archbishop William E. Lori will offer his blessing on the new school year and on the 1,200 Catholic educators who will gather for the 2013 Catholic Schools Convocation, held at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, on Monday, August 19 at 9:15 a.m. The convocation, which will open with remarks by Dr. Barbara Edmondson, Superintendent of...Read More
Served as 4th Bishop of Raleigh 1975-2006 after leaving Baltimore Bishop Joseph Gossman, who led the Diocese of Raleigh for 31 years following 20 years of service to the Archdiocese of Baltimore as a priest and Auxiliary Bishop under Lawrence Cardinal Shehan, died Monday in North Carolina at age 83. Joseph Gossman was born in...Read More
The following guidelines apply to media covering the funeral of Mr. Arthur Donovan, to be held on Friday, August 9, 2013 at 11 a.m. at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, 5200 N. Charles Street in Baltimore. ACCESS: Electronic media will have access to the funeral Mass via the pool station, WBAL-TV. Contact Beverly Epstein...Read More
At the request of the family, no media members will be permitted at Church of the Resurrection in Ellicott City on Monday, August 5, for the funeral of Bernard and Leanna Kelly, the father and daughter who were among five people killed in a helicopter crash Saturday, July 26 in Pennsylvania. As well, St. Paul...Read More
Archbishop William E. Lori, current Archbishop of Baltimore, who served as Bishop of Bridgeport, Connecticut, from 2001 to 2012, issued the following statement today in response to the appointment of Bishop Frank J. Caggiano as the fifth Bishop of Bridgeport. “With great joy I welcome the news of Bishop Caggiano’s appointment as the next Bishop...Read More
“We are confident that today’s procedural ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit will eventually lead to a ruling that affirms pregnant women in need of assistance and the First Amendment principles we treasure in a free society,” Archbishop Lori said. “A three-judge panel of this same Court affirmed a 2011...Read More
Archbishop William E. Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore, today issued the following statement responding to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions striking down Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act. “The Supreme Court’s decisions to overturn Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act are the latest in a troubling trend of decisions by lawmakers, judges,...Read More
Mass will kick-off national initiative of Catholic Church aimed at promoting faith in public life, educating people on threats to religious liberty Archbishop William E. Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore and Chairman of the U.S. Bishops’ Ad hoc Committee for Religious Liberty, will celebrate the opening Mass for the Catholic Church’s national religious liberty initiative, Fortnight...Read More
On Saturday, June 8 at 10:00 a.m. at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore, Archbishop William E. Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore, will ordain two new Catholic priests for the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Deacon Hamilton Okeke, 33, and Deacon Angel Marrero, 46, will be ordained to the priesthood following the completion of their studies...Read More
St. Philip Neri School in Linthicum will dedicate its new observatory on Monday, May 20, 2013 at 1:00 PM. The Philip Deines-Jones Memorial Observatory is a gift of Courtney Deines-Jones in memory of her husband, Philip, a NASA astrophysicist. The observatory was specifically designed for telescopic viewing in suburban light and includes a building which...Read More