Cardinal-designate Edwin F. O’Brien will “visit” with Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic School students live from Rome on Friday, February 17th at 10:30 a.m. using Skype video conferencing technology. The Cardinal-designate is one of 22 new Cardinals to be elevated by Pope Benedict XVI at a ceremony on Saturday, February 18, at St. Peter’s...Read More

Cardinal-designate Edwin F. O’Brien, Apostolic Administrator of Baltimore, announced today that the initiative to promote the sacrament of Reconciliation or Penance called, “The Light is on for You,” will return for a fourth consecutive year in 2012. The campaign, first initiated in the Archdiocese of Washington several years ago, uses a multi-media marketing campaign to...Read More

The Archdiocese of Baltimore will be awash in red as it celebrates the February 18, 2012 elevation of Cardinal-designate Edwin F. O’Brien to the College of Cardinals by Pope Benedict XVI. During a 10:30 a.m. consistory (4:30 a.m. EST), the Pope will give 22 new cardinals the symbols of their new office, including a red...Read More

During Catholic Schools Week, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic School in Baltimore County and Verizon Wireless are celebrating a new partnership that has introduced cutting-edge, mobile learning devices to the classroom. Earlier this month, 30 Samsung Galaxy tablets were introduced in four classrooms at Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Freshman and sophomores are currently...Read More

St. John Regional Catholic School in Frederick kicks off Catholic Schools Week by showing off their new 1:1 computing program which provides every eighth grade student in the school with an iPad. The iPads will be used by teachers for daily lesson instruction and to take “virtual field trips” to enhance classroom instruction. The iPads...Read More

Cardinal-designate Edwin F. O’Brien will visit several area Catholic schools during the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s celebration of Catholic Schools Week, January 29 – February 4. Among his stops, the Cardinal-designate will visit St. Casimir Catholic School, St. Michael the Archangel, and Archbishop Curley High School on Tuesday, January 31. Seventy Catholic elementary and high schools...Read More

Cardinal-designate Edwin F. O’Brien, Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Baltimore and Pro Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem, will speak to members of the media and Archdiocesan employees at a press conference January 25 at 11:30 a.m. at the Catholic Center, located at 320 Cathedral Street. The press...Read More

Health and Human Services Edict Requires Virtually All Health Plans Include Sterilization, Abortifacients and Contraception From Rome earlier today, Cardinal-designate Edwin F. O’Brien, Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, condemned the Obama administration’s decision to leave unchanged a Health and Human Services mandate that virtually all health plans provide for sterilization, abortifacients and contraception....Read More