Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Ellicott City will be featured on NBC Night News this evening for its recent participation in a National Football League (NFL) program that offers more than 16,000 elementary schools the chance to win one of 35 $10,000 grants and a visit from an NFL player. Schools must show...Read More

St. Louis Catholic School in Clarksville, Howard County, was named a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education earlier today, becoming the 14th Catholic school in the Archdiocese of Baltimore to receive the honor.  The designation is the highest academic honor bestowed upon a school by the U.S. Department of Education. “St....Read More

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, the 40-day period when the Catholic Church asks the faithful to give themselves to prayer and to the reading of the Scripture, to fasting and to giving alms, in an effort to sharpen their senses and focus mind and heart on the reign of God. Easter is Sunday,...Read More

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, will preside over the closing session of the diocesan inquiry of the Cause for Sainthood of Father Patrick Peyton, CSC during the 12:10 p.m. Mass at the Baltimore Basilica on Tuesday, July 20. Father Peyton is best known as the “Rosary Priest,” who encouraged families through his radio...Read More

Archbishop Edwin O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, is alerting area Catholics and others of a fake check scam bearing the name of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. The Archdiocese has received notice from the Better Business Bureau of Greater Maryland, as well as consumers around the country, informing it of the deception. The scam involves fraudulent sweepstakes...Read More

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, announced today that he has named Msgr. Arthur F. Valenzano Rector of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.  Msgr. Valenzano, a native of Frostburg, has, since 1993, served as Pastor of St. John Church in Westminster and had previously served...Read More

The committee empanelled by Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, in March of 2009 to develop a strategic plan for the long-term sustainability of Catholic education in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, has completed its work and issued a report today with 56 recommendations to the Archbishop at a press conference at the Catholic Center...Read More

Archbishop Edwin O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, has informed the leadership of the St. Thomas More Academy (STMA) in Buckeystown, Frederick County, that he has granted the independent school’s request to be recognized as a Catholic school within the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Under Church law, a school must receive permission from the local bishop before it...Read More