Several Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore are planning to mark the visit of Pope Francis in creative and faith-inspiring ways. ARCHBISHOP CURLEY HIGH SCHOOL (BALTIMORE) Students will participate in the Feet for Francis initiative by collecting 1,000 pairs of shoes.The school is also sending a bus with students and faculty members to attend...Read More

A priest of the Archdiocese of Baltimore and the managing editor of the official newspaper of the Archdiocese, The Catholic Review, will lead a 20-person Pilgrimage of Love and Mercy, a 108-mile walk from Baltimore to Philadelphia. They will honor Pope Francis’ first visit to the United States and raise funds for both the archdiocese...Read More

Archbishop William E. Lori, Jim Sellinger, Chancellor of Education, and Dr. Barbara Edmondson, Superintendent of Schools, will greet students and their families at St. Clement Mary Hofbauer School, Rosedale, on Monday, August 24 at 7:30 a.m. to celebrate the start of the new school year. At 9:30 a.m., they will visit St. Francis of Assisi Catholic...Read More

Archbishop William E. Lori will celebrate Mass and offer a blessing to 1,600 Catholic school principals, teachers, and staff members who will gather at the Lyric Opera House in Baltimore on Thursday, August 20 at 9:00 a.m. prior to the August 24th start of the 2015-16 school year. Following Mass and an awards ceremony for...Read More

Archbishop William E. Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore and Chancellor of Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland, has appointed Monsignor Andrew R. Baker, a priest of the Diocese of Allentown, Pennsylvania, Rector of Mount St. Mary’s Seminary. Monsignor Baker succeeds Monsignor Steven Rohlfs, who served as Rector of the Seminary since February 2005. Monsignor Baker’s...Read More

Archbishop William E. Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore and Chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Liberty, issued the following statement today regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on marriage: “Today’s ruling does not just affect one law but in fact hundreds, if not thousands, of federal, state, and local...Read More

Earlier this week, Archbishop William E. Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore, wrote to pastors of the Archdiocese’s 154 parishes asking them to hold special collections at all Masses the weekend of June 20-21 to support Baltimore City’s summer jobs program. The Archbishop committed $100,000 to the program, which needs $1.5 million to reach its goal of providing...Read More

Today, Archbishop William E. Lori, along with Catholic school administrators, principals, and students, announced an initiative that will place 3-D printers in every Archdiocesan Catholic elementary and high school. The announcement was made at St. Philip Neri Catholic School, which has been using the cutting edge technology which allows students to create three dimensional objects...Read More