A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Fourth Circuit will hear oral arguments in Richmond on Tuesday, December 6, in the appeal of a lower court’s ruling in the case of Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien and the Greater Baltimore Center for Pregnancy Concerns, Inc. (GBCP) v. Baltimore City. The lawsuit stems...Read More
All Saints Sisters of the Poor Believed to be First U.S. Episcopal Order Created into Catholic Religious Community Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, will receive the All Saints Sisters of the Poor, a religious community of nine women once belonging to the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, into the newly-erected...Read More
Father Patrick Carrion, Pastor of St. Mary, Star of the Sea Parish in Federal Hill and Mr. John Ciccone, President of St. Ignatius Loyola Academy, have announced that the parish and school have entered into a lease agreement that will allow St. Ignatius to move into the former parish school building in time for the...Read More
Father Eugene Nickol has resigned from the Office of Pastor at Our Lady of the Fields Catholic Church in Millersville. His resignation occurred last week at a meeting with Archdiocesan officials concerning a recent audit of the parish’s financial and child & youth protection records. The audit showed a lack of appropriate controls to ensure...Read More
On October 27 from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., over 600 5th grade students from Catholic schools throughout the Archdiocese will gather at Notre Dame of Maryland University to participate in a program aimed at discussing vocations to the priesthood and religious life. The program is called Focus 11 and is based on studies that...Read More
A team of educators spent several days in the Archdiocese of Baltimore last week conducting the final phase of its accreditation review of the archdiocesan Catholic school system. Archbishop Edwin O’Brien announced Saturday that the team from AdvancEd recommended full accreditation for the Archdiocese’s more than 60 Catholic schools and for its central offices. AdvanceEd...Read More
On Tuesday, October 25th, St. Margaret School in Bel Air will kick off its new anti-bullying program, “Rachel’s Challenge,” named after Rachel Scott, the first person killed at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999. The program is a comprehensive and proactive approach to encouraging kind and compassionate behavior and involves the entire school community....Read More
More than 1,100 people will celebrate Catholic schools at the 3rd annual Archdiocese of Baltimore Gala Saturday, October 22, 2011, at 6 p.m. at the Baltimore Convention Center. The event is expected to raise $700,000 in tuition assistance for students attending Catholic schools. The event will also pay tribute to Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, 15th...Read More
Archbishop Edwin O’Brien, Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, will dedicate the newly-renovated and expanded Stella Maris International Seafarers’ Center, located at 6 Dunmanway in Dundalk, on Saturday, October 15 at 11 a.m. The Center, which provides an array of sacramental and welcoming services to seafarers passing through the Port of Baltimore, will expand...Read More
“Mrs. Modell was a woman of deep faith and she lived her Catholic faith with great joy and always with kindness and compassion for others. This was reflected in her support of Catholic schools and many charitable efforts in the Baltimore area, those supported by Catholic Charities, as well as other Catholic causes. “On behalf...Read More
Students and teachers at St. Ambrose Catholic School in Baltimore’s Park Heights community will gather around the school’s new “peace pole” when it is blessed on Thursday, October 6 at 10 a.m. “We decided to plant a peace pole as part of our focus on peace in our community,” said Pamela Sanders, Principal. “In the...Read More
St. Pius X School in Rodgers Forge will host a ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening of its new Montessori Program on Friday, August 26 at 10 a.m. at the school, located at 6432 York Road 21212 In May 2010, Archbishop O’Brien announced that St. Pius X was chosen to be the first school in...Read More