The Archdiocese of Baltimore announced today that Mr. Leonard Strom, 58, of Cockeysville, has been named Director of Human Resources for the Archdiocese. Mr. Strom retired in March of this year from the Black and Decker Corporation, where he worked for 20 years, serving 18 years as the company’s senior vice-president of human resources. He...Read More

INSTALLATION MASS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 AT 11 A.M. Father J. Kevin Farmer will be installed the next pastor of Holy Family Catholic Community, Middletown at an 11 a.m. Mass on Sunday, September 12 at the church, located at 7321 Burkittsville Road in Middletown. Father Farmer, 39, was appointed on July 24 to the pastorate in...Read More

Cardinal William H. Keeler, Archbishop of Baltimore and Chairman of the Maryland Catholic Conference, released the following statement on behalf of the Catholic bishops of the three Maryland-serving dioceses-the Archdioceses of Baltimore and Washington, D.C., and the Diocese of Wilmington: In the wake of last week’s filing of a legal action by Marylanders who seek...Read More

Pope John Paul II named Bishop Gordon D. Bennett, S.J., currently an auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Bishop of the Diocese of Mandeville, Jamaica, in the West Indies. He will fill the vacancy created by the recent retirement of Bishop Paul M. Boyle, C.P., whose request for retirement was accepted by the Holy...Read More

The Archdiocese of Baltimore announced today the creation of a new parish in Anne Arundel County, as the status of Holy Apostles in Gambrills was elevated after five years as an independent mission. More than 375 families belong to Holy Apostles and nearly 500 students are enrolled in the inter-parish school, which draws children from...Read More

The culmination of a yearlong celebration of the 175th anniversary of the founding of the Oblate Sisters of Providence takes place Thursday and Friday, with Cardinal William H. Keeler, Archbishop of Baltimore, celebrating a Mass of Thanksgiving on July 1, 2004 at 6 p.m. at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of...Read More

The Archdiocese of Baltimore announced today that a fire destroyed the 133-year-old church located on the grounds of St. Peter the Apostle in Libertytown, Frederick County. No one was injured in the fire, which broke out shortly after 1 p.m. today. The cause is still under investigation. Cardinal William H. Keeler, who is out of...Read More

The Archdiocese of Baltimore announced today that the Board of Trustees of St. Maria Goretti High School has accepted a proposal by the Archdiocese of Baltimore that will change the school’s designation from an independent school to an archdiocesan school. “This is the best thing that could have happened for Catholic education in Washington County,”...Read More