In January, Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, is expected to begin construction and site excavation for a new $400 million patient tower with an anticipated completion date of fall of 2010. According to Thomas Mullen, president and CEO of Mercy Medical Center, the current tower, which was designed in the 1950s, is beginning to “age out,”...Read More

So, “a growing number of the faithful” are responsible for the “demoralizing of priests” in the aftermath of the sexual abuse of minors in the church (CR, June 21)?Read More

The Cardinal’s Lenten Appeal exceeded its $6 million goal for 2007, marking the first time the Archdiocese of Baltimore has met and surpassed its annual fundraising benchmark in its 16-year history.Read More

A steady spring rain may have darkened the skies and soaked some parishioners, but it failed to dampen the musical exuberance that sparkled inside St. Louis Church, Clarksville, June 3. Soon after Edward Polochick confidently raised his white baton to lead an orchestra and choral singers from Concert Artists of Baltimore, the musicians filled the...Read More

A funeral Mass for Sister Miriam Regina Brosnan, C.S.C., 80, will be offered June 9 at Holy Cross Church, Garrett Park. Sister Miriam Regina died June 6.Read More

Congratulations to the 2,655 graduating seniors of the 21 Catholic high schools of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Archbishop Curley High School, Baltimore A baccalaureate Mass was celebrated May 23 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Baltimore, and commencement exercises were held May 25 at the Cathedral...Read More

Growing up with two grandfathers and two uncles who served in the U.S. Army, Kyle Hanratty, valedictorian for the 2007 graduating class at The John Carroll School, Bel Air, hopes to carry on the tradition. The 18-year-old applied and was accepted to the United States Military Academy at West Point, the United States Naval Academy...Read More

A priest who graduated from St. Rose of Lima School, Baltimore, in the 1960s was recently elected superior general of the Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity.Read More