Pope Elevates Archbishop O’Brien to College of Cardinals

Pope Benedict XVI today named Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, 72, to the College of Cardinals. As Cardinal, Cardinal-designate O’Brien will serve as an advisor to the Pope and be eligible to vote in a Papal election until his 80th birthday. A consistory to formally elevate the new Cardinals will be held at the Vatican on...
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Archdiocese Announces Leases for Five Former Catholic School Building for us as Charter School, Other Educational Facilities

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, announced today that the Archdiocese has approved leases for five former Catholic school buildings for use as educational facilities in the Baltimore area. Earlier this year, the Archdiocese announced a new policy for processing requests to sell or lease former Catholic school buildings. The...
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Christmas Mass Schedule for Cathedral and Basilica

BASILICA OF THE NATIONAL SHRINE OF THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (Cathedral & Mulberry Streets) Saturday, December 24, Christmas Eve 4:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m., Midnight (Archbishop O’Brien, Celebrant. Choir begins at 11:30 p.m.). Sunday, December 25, Christmas Day 8:00 a.m., 10:45 a.m. CATHEDRAL OF MARY OUR QUEEN (5200 N. Charles Street) Saturday, December...
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Statement of Archbishop Edwin O’Brien on Death of Cardinal John P. Foley

In his almost 50 years as priest and bishop Cardinal John Patrick Foley was totally and singularly dedicated to Christ and His Church. As editor of Philadelphia’s Catholic Standard and Times and later as President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications in the Vatican, the Cardinal’s professionalism and integrity was universally respected among his...
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Baltimore’s Catholic Hispanic Community celebrates Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe

The Archdiocese of Baltimore’s annual Mass for Our Lady of Guadalupe will take place Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 12:30 p.m. at Sacred Heart of Jesus/Sagrado Corazon de Jesus Parish in Baltimore’s Highlandtown neighborhood. Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien will concelebrate the Mass with Bishop Mitchell T. Rozanski, Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore and Vicar for Hispanics,...
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Media Guidelines for Funeral of Bro. James Kelly, Former President of Mount St. Joseph High School

At the request of the administration of Mount St. Joseph High School, members of the media will not be permitted inside the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen during the funeral Mass for Bro. James Kelly, C.F.X. Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 10:30 a.m. Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien will celebrate the Mass. Fr. Christopher Whatley, Pastor...
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Federal Court to Hear Oral Arguments Tuesday in Appeal of Lower Court Ruling in Favor of Baltimore’s Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Fourth Circuit will hear oral arguments in Richmond on Tuesday, December 6, in the appeal of a lower court’s ruling in the case of Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien and the Greater Baltimore Center for Pregnancy Concerns, Inc. (GBCP) v. Baltimore City. The lawsuit stems...
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New Catholic Religious Institute Erected From Former Order of Anglican Nuns, Sisters to Profess Vows at Special All Saints Day Mass

All Saints Sisters of the Poor Believed to be First U.S. Episcopal Order Created into Catholic Religious Community Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, will receive the All Saints Sisters of the Poor, a religious community of nine women once belonging to the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, into the newly-erected...
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St. Ignatius Academy, Tuition-Free Catholic Middle School, Leases Former School Building at St. Mary, Star of the Sea in Federal Hill

Father Patrick Carrion, Pastor of St. Mary, Star of the Sea Parish in Federal Hill and Mr. John Ciccone, President of St. Ignatius Loyola Academy, have announced that the parish and school have entered into a lease agreement that will allow St. Ignatius to move into the former parish school building in time for the...
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Statement Regarding Our Lady of The Fields Parish

Father Eugene Nickol has resigned from the Office of Pastor at Our Lady of the Fields Catholic Church in Millersville. His resignation occurred last week at a meeting with Archdiocesan officials concerning a recent audit of the parish’s financial and child & youth protection records. The audit showed a lack of appropriate controls to ensure...
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600 Catholic School 5th Graders Attend Program To Ponder Priestly, Religious Vocations

On October 27 from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., over 600 5th grade students from Catholic schools throughout the Archdiocese will gather at Notre Dame of Maryland University to participate in a program aimed at discussing vocations to the priesthood and religious life. The program is called Focus 11 and is based on studies that...
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Archdiocesan Catholic Schools, Central Office Receive Full Accreditation; Strategic Plan Commended As Enrollment Decline Is Cut In Half From Last Year

A team of educators spent several days in the Archdiocese of Baltimore last week conducting the final phase of its accreditation review of the archdiocesan Catholic school system. Archbishop Edwin O’Brien announced Saturday that the team from AdvancEd recommended full accreditation for the Archdiocese’s more than 60 Catholic schools and for its central offices. AdvanceEd...
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