Announcement Comes at Launch of Principals Leadership Institute Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, today named Dr. Barbara Edmondson Superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Msgr. Richard Woy, Vicar General for the Archdiocese, made the announcement today at Loyola University Maryland’s Graduate Center in Timonium at a gathering of all Catholic...Read More
The Home and School Association at Monsignor Slade Catholic School was awarded the 2011 NCEA Distinguished Home and School Association Award. The recipients – including four other school parent associations – will be honored at the upcoming 2011 NCEA Convention to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana from April 26-28, 2011. The HASA has been...Read More
Today’s court ruling is a clear victory both for pregnant women in need of assistance and for First Amendment principles we treasure in a free society. In my homily at my Mass of Installation in October 2007, I challenged our Church and the citizens of our city and state when I said, “Abortion need not...Read More
Dr. Barbara McGraw Edmondson, Interim Superintendent of Schools for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, announced today that the Archdiocese’s Department of Catholic Schools, has developed a criteria and a process for designating STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Effective the 2011-12 school year, the following schools will offer STEM programs...Read More
On behalf of the Haitian people I want first to thank Archbishop O’ Brien for remembering Haiti in such a special way with the sacrifice of the mass, our highest form of prayer. Being invited by the Archbishop to deliver the homily on this unique occasion is for me a very high honor for which...Read More
Each year, Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore save Maryland taxpayers over $380 million in per pupil expenses and provide an additional $393.3 million into the local economy in income and revenue, economist Anirban Basu told a group of business and community leaders today. Basu delivered his findings at an event hosted by Archbishop...Read More
Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, and Bishop David A. Zubik, Bishop of Pittsburgh, have placed a friendly “wager” on Saturday’s Baltimore Ravens-Pittsburgh Steelers game. The wager requires the losing (Arch) Bishop to make a donation to the Catholic charity of the winning (Arch) Bishop’s choice. Archbishop O’Brien has designated Catholic Charities’ Our Daily...Read More
Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, will celebrate Mass at 5:30 p.m. at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, January 12, 2011 – the one year anniversary of the earthquake that devastated Haiti last year. In announcing the Mass, the Archbishop invites Catholics and others in the Archdiocese to stand in prayerful solidarity with...Read More
Noted Baltimore economist, Anirban Basu, will present findings from his 2010 study of the economic benefits provided by Catholic Schools in the Baltimore Archdiocese to their graduates and the greater community, at a breakfast meeting hosted by Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien on Thursday, January 13 at 7:45 a.m. at the Center Club in Downtown Baltimore....Read More
Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, at the invitation of Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York and with the approval of the Holy See, will assist in the Apostolic Visitation of Irish seminaries as called for by Pope Benedict XVI in his March 19, 2010 pastoral letter to the people of Ireland. The Visitation...Read More
The Archdiocese of Baltimore announced the formation of a new archdiocesan school board to oversee implementation of the Blue Ribbon Committee on Catholic Schools’ Strategic Plan released in June 2010. The Archdiocesan Catholic School Board will hold its first meeting on Monday, January 10, at 2 p.m. at St. Mary’s Seminary in Roland Park. Archbishop...Read More
Through media reports the Archdiocese of Baltimore learned today of the apparent death of Laurence Brett, a former priest of the Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut, who was defrocked after several individuals reported they were sexually abused by Brett when they were children in the early 1970s. Today, the prayers of the Archdiocese are with the...Read More