Throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore, pets received special blessings the weekend of Oct. 4-5 in commemoration of the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi. Some parishes holding pet blessings were St. Charles Borromeo in Pikesville, St. Casimir in Canton and Ss. Philip and James, Charles Village.Read More
Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien visited the Archdiocese of Louisville, Ky., one of Baltimore’s daughter dioceses, Sept. 28 to celebrate its 200th anniversary with a special outdoor Mass at the Basilica of St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral.Read More
LONDON – English officials exhuming the body of Cardinal John Henry Newman in preparation for his likely beatification discovered that his body had disintegrated completely.Read More
To honor their maintenance man of more than 30 years, Dave Geraghty, who died Sept. 16, the faculty of Sacred Heart of Mary School, Dundalk, created the “Mr. Dave Project.”Read More
CAMBRIDGE – The vast majority of priests in the Archdiocese of Baltimore are happy in their ministry and committed to serving the entire archdiocese, according to the results of a new survey obtained by The Catholic Review.Read More
CAMBRIDGE – The vast majority of priests in the Archdiocese of Baltimore are happy in their ministry and committed to serving the entire archdiocese, according to the results of a new survey obtained by The Catholic Review.Read More
Mother Seton School, Emmitsburg, is sponsoring a reunion and luncheon for the class of 1957 on Oct. 8, 11 a.m. at the school. They continue to try and reach alumni from this first graduating class. For more information, contact the development office at 301-447-3165 or visit www.mothersetonschool.org.Read More
RANCHI, India – A group of tribal people in India has burned effigies of Ranchi Cardinal Telesphore Toppo, holding him responsible for a Protestant Bible they say insults their indigenous religion.Read More
Some of them hadn’t sung their school song in half a century, but as soon as a few sopranos led the way, 115 graduates of Villa Regina Academy in Baltimore flooded a Fallston home with a joyful rendition of “Hail, Regina, Hail” Sept. 20.Read More
Sulpicians from across the East Coast converged on St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Roland Park Sept. 19 to celebrate the 400th birthday of Father Jean-Jacques Olier, a French priest who founded the Society of St. Sulpice and is credited with developing the modern seminary education system.Read More
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy – Pope Benedict XVI urged international leaders to tackle global poverty “with courage” when they meet at the United Nations to verify implementation of the Millennium Development Goals.Read More