Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop 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 third consecutive year in 2011. The campaign, first initiated in the Archdiocese of Washington several years ago, uses a multi-media marketing campaign to encourage...Read More

Announcement Comes at Launch of Principals Leadership Institute Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, today named Dr. Barbara Edmondson Superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Msgr. Richard Woy, Vicar General for the Archdiocese, made the announcement today at Loyola University Maryland’s Graduate Center in Timonium at a gathering of all Catholic...Read More

Today’s court ruling is a clear victory both for pregnant women in need of assistance and for First Amendment principles we treasure in a free society. In my homily at my Mass of Installation in October 2007, I challenged our Church and the citizens of our city and state when I said, “Abortion need not...Read More

Dr. Barbara McGraw Edmondson, Interim Superintendent of Schools for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, announced today that the Archdiocese’s Department of Catholic Schools, has developed a criteria and a process for designating STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Effective the 2011-12 school year, the following schools will offer STEM programs...Read More

Each year, Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore save Maryland taxpayers over $380 million in per pupil expenses and provide an additional $393.3 million into the local economy in income and revenue, economist Anirban Basu told a group of business and community leaders today. Basu delivered his findings at an event hosted by Archbishop...Read More

On behalf of the Haitian people I want first to thank Archbishop O’ Brien for remembering Haiti in such a special way with the sacrifice of the mass, our highest form of prayer. Being invited by the Archbishop to deliver the homily on this unique occasion is for me a very high honor for which...Read More

Noted Baltimore economist, Anirban Basu, will present findings from his 2010 study of the economic benefits provided by Catholic Schools in the Baltimore Archdiocese to their graduates and the greater community, at a breakfast meeting hosted by Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien on Thursday, January 13 at 7:45 a.m. at the Center Club in Downtown Baltimore....Read More

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, at the invitation of Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York and with the approval of the Holy See, will assist in the Apostolic Visitation of Irish seminaries as called for by Pope Benedict XVI in his March 19, 2010 pastoral letter to the people of Ireland. The Visitation...Read More