Interim Superintendent of Catholic Schools Dr. Barbara Edmondson has announced the appointment of three key administrators to the Department of Catholic Schools. The changes in school administration address recommendations outlined in the Strategic Plan for Catholic Schools released in June 2010 by the Blue Ribbon Committee on Catholic schools, following its 16-month study of Catholic...Read More

Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Cathedral and Mulberry Streets) Friday, December 24 VIGIL OF CHRISTMAS: 4:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Midnight (Archbishop O’Brien, Celebrant) Saturday, December 25 CHRISTMAS DAY: 8:00 a.m. 10:45 a.m. Cathedral of Mary our Queen (5200 N. Charles Street) Friday, December 24 VIGIL OF CHRISTMAS:...Read More

The High School Admissions/Placement Test (HSPT) will be offered at three locations on January 8, 2011 for students who missed the previous testing dates. Advance registration is mandatory. Students wishing to take the make-up text must register before January 8 by calling the school where he/she will take the exam. Additional questions about the exam...Read More

Students at Monsignor Slade Catholic School, located in Glen Burnie, organized a toy drive to benefit children living in a migrant farming community located in Apopka, Florida. The students collected 38 boxes of toys weighing almost 800 pounds, which were then transported by Southwest Airlines to Florida. Monsignor Slade has supported “The Christmas Store” project,...Read More

A sister and brother were presented with the highest awards given by the Girl and Boy Scouts of America at a joint ceremony held at their home parish, St. Michael’s Church in Overlea on December 5th. Elizabeth and Jacob Kempske, residents of Perry Hall, received the Gold and Eagle Scout awards, considered among the highest...Read More

At St. John Regional Catholic School in Frederick, Maryland, the students honored and gave thanks to United States military veterans and active duty soldiers during the month of November. As a visual reminder of their thanks, student’s adorned the school’s doorways with “stars” they created in honor of their military friends and family. Middle school...Read More

St. Philip Neri School, a Catholic grade school in Linthicum, Anne Arundel County, won the Maryland Gazette Readers Choice 2010 Award for Best Private School. Readers were asked to cast their vote for the “best of the best” on the newspaper’s website. “The faculty and staff of St. Phillip Neri School are elated and very...Read More

Ms. LaUanah King-Cassell, principal of Ss. James & John School in East Baltimore for the past 27 years, has received the Bank of America Local Hero Award and a $5,000 grant, which she designated to the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s inner city scholarship program, Partners in Excellence. Bank of America’s Neighborhood Excellence Local Heroes program seeks...Read More