Archbishop William E. Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore, will spend part of his day on October 4, 2013, blessing the dogs and cats awaiting adoption at the Maryland SPCA, located in Baltimore’s Hampden neighborhood. October 4 is the day Catholics throughout the world celebrate the Feast of Saint Francis, the 13th century Italian friar who is...Read More

Earlier today, the U.S. Department of Education announced that three Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore are among a select group of schools nationwide to receive the National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence Award. Saint Joseph School, Cockeysville, St. Margaret School, Bel Air and St. Mary’s School, Annapolis bring the total number of Catholic...Read More

Archbishop William E. Lori and Dr. Barbara Edmondson, Superintendent of Schools, will greet students and their families at Our Lady of Grace, Parkton, St. Joseph School, Cockeysville, and Immaculate Conception School, Towson, on Monday, August 26, for the start of the new school year. Our Lady of Grace School, St. Joseph School, and Immaculate Conception...Read More

Archbishop William E. Lori will offer his blessing on the new school year and on the 1,200 Catholic educators who will gather for the 2013 Catholic Schools Convocation, held at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, on Monday, August 19 at 9:15 a.m. The convocation, which will open with remarks by Dr. Barbara Edmondson, Superintendent of...Read More

The following guidelines apply to media covering the funeral of Mr. Arthur Donovan, to be held on Friday, August 9, 2013 at 11 a.m. at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, 5200 N. Charles Street in Baltimore. ACCESS: Electronic media will have access to the funeral Mass via the pool station, WBAL-TV. Contact Beverly Epstein...Read More

At the request of the family, no media members will be permitted at Church of the Resurrection in Ellicott City on Monday, August 5, for the funeral of Bernard and Leanna Kelly, the father and daughter who were among five people killed in a helicopter crash Saturday, July 26 in Pennsylvania. As well, St. Paul...Read More

“We are confident that today’s procedural ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit will eventually lead to a ruling that affirms pregnant women in need of assistance and the First Amendment principles we treasure in a free society,” Archbishop Lori said. “A three-judge panel of this same Court affirmed a 2011...Read More

Archbishop William E. Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore, today issued the following statement responding to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions striking down Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act. “The Supreme Court’s decisions to overturn Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act are the latest in a troubling trend of decisions by lawmakers, judges,...Read More