Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien will celebrate a Mass for physicians, osteopaths, medical students, allied health professionals (nurses, physician assistants, pharmacists, etc.), dentists/dental surgeons, scientists, and their families on Sunday, October 21, at 1 p.m. at the Baltimore Basilica. Physicians present at the Mass will be invited to have their hands anointed with holy oil. Medical...Read More

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, newly-installed on October 1 as the 15th Archbishop of Baltimore, will celebrate his first public Mass since his installation on Thursday, October 4 at 1 p.m., at Bishop Walsh School in Cumberland. Media planning to attend the Mass must contact Sean Caine, Director of Communications for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, at...Read More

A Mass of Thanksgiving for the service of Cardinal William H. Keeler, 14th Archbishop of Baltimore, will take place on Sunday, September 23 at 11 a.m. at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in North Baltimore. This will be his final public Mass before the installation of Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien as the 15th Archbishop...Read More

Approximately 2,000 people will gather at The Baltimore Convention Center on Thursday, September 6, 2007 to honor Cardinal William H. Keeler, whose resignation from the office of Archbishop of Baltimore was accepted by Pope Benedict XVI on July 12, 2007. Catholics from over 150 parishes will join more than 20 Catholic bishops from throughout the...Read More

On Saturday, June 23 at 10:00 a.m., four men will be ordained priests for the Archdiocese of Baltimore by Bishop W. Francis Malooly, Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore. The Mass of Ordination will take place at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, located at 5200 N. Charles Street in Baltimore. The following men will be ordained...Read More

Cardinal William H. Keeler, Archbishop of Baltimore, is out of surgery after Dr. Ben Carson, a neurosurgeon at the Johns Hopkins Medical Center, inserted a Right Ventricular-Peritoneal Shunt in the Cardinal’s brain to correct a condition diagnosed as Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus-a build up of excess cerebrospinal fluid on the brain. The operation is expected to...Read More

Washington, D.C.— The National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) will open its 104th annual convention and exposition Tuesday, April 10, at the Baltimore Convention Center. NCEA is meeting in Baltimore for only the third time in the association’s 104-year history. Previous conventions were held in the city in 1916 and 2000. Convention keynote speakers are Most...Read More

In the past week, the Archdiocese of Baltimore learned of two allegations of sexual abuse of a minor against Monsignor Richard E. Smith, 67, pastor at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Ellicott City. The alleged abuse occurred in mid-late 1960s while Richard Smith was a priest at Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help...Read More