The Archdiocese of Baltimore announced today the following events marking the beatification of Pope John Paul II. Sunday, May 1 10:45 a.m. Mass, Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Baltimore 11:45 a.m. Eucharistic Procession from the Basilica to the Pope John Paul II Prayer Garden (Charles and Franklin...Read More

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Lower School will host a prayer service on Monday, March 28 at 1:30 p.m. for its students, faculty and others in the Middle River community to pray for the people of Japan following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The students of the school are responding to the crisis in...Read More

Dr. Barbara McGraw Edmondson, Superintendent of Schools for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, recently met with leaders of 26 dioceses and archdioceses to explore innovative solutions to the financial challenges Catholic schools face. The meeting took place at the National Catholic Educational Association’s Financial Summit on Catholic Schools at Loyola University, Chicago. “The goal of the...Read More

Providing the best education to the students we serve is the goal of not only every Catholic school in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, but likely that of every charter, parochial, public and non-public school.  Education is a personal gift, a civic treasure, and one the Catholic Church places great value in offering the children of...Read More

Leaders of Maryland’s diverse faith communities will unite on Sunday, March 13 to pray for the abolition of capital punishment in our state. The Interfaith Prayer Service to End the Death Penalty comes just days before a March 15 hearing in the House Judiciary Committee on HB 1175, which would repeal the death penalty in...Read More

On St. Patrick’s Day, students arriving at Immaculate Conception School in Towson will be greeted by the live playing of bag pipe and Irish step dancing. Parents dropping their children off at the pre-k to eight Catholic school will receive a prayer card in honor of Ireland’s “Patron Saint.” “We thought it was important to...Read More

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, is calling on Catholics in the Archdiocese of Baltimore to affirm traditional marriage by participating in a special day of prayer and fasting on Friday, March 18, 2011. The Maryland House of Delegates is preparing to vote on a bill that would make Maryland only the sixth state...Read More

Father John Hurley, Executive Director of the Department of Evangelization for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, announced today the recent appointment of Deacon Seigfried Presberry as the new Director of Prison Ministry for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, a part-time position. Prior to beginning his new position last month, Deacon Presberry, a Permanent Deacon of the Archdiocese...Read More