Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, announced today that St. Ambrose Catholic School in Park Heights will become the first school in Maryland to adopt elements of the New American Academy (NAA) instructional model. The NAA, developed by Mr. Shimon Waronker as a doctoral student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, is an...Read More

All funeral ceremonies will take place at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, 5200 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21210. Thursday, April 22, 2010 10:00 am: Reception of the Body (Bishop Denis Madden will receive the body) 10:30 am-9:00 pm: Public Visitation (The body of Archbishop Borders will lie in state) 7:30 pm: Office for...Read More

Archbishop Edwin O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, announced today that Archbishop William D. Borders, 13th Archbishop of Baltimore, died this morning at 10:03 at Stella Maris in Timonium. He was 96 years old. “Archbishop Borders was a man of deep faith, great humility and great love for God, the Church and this Archdiocese,” Archbishop O’Brien said....Read More

Dr. Ronald J. Valenti, Superintendent of Schools for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, informed school administrators and families of students in Archdiocesan schools this week that the Archdiocese’s Division of Schools and all Archdiocesan Catholic schools have been awarded accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement (SACS CASI),...Read More

Holy Saturday, April 3, 2010 Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, issued the following statement in response to Father Raniero Cantalamessa’s Good Friday comments at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome: Father Cantalamessa’s words on Good Friday, somehow linking the Catholic Church’s sexual abuse scandal with anti-Semitism, were unfortunate and reprehensible. They pose harm to...Read More

Cathedral of Mary Our Queen 5200 N. Charles Street, Baltimore April 1: Holy Thursday, Mass of the Lord’s Supper, 7:30 p.m.* April 2: Good Friday, the Passion of the Lord, 3 p.m.* April 3: Holy Saturday, Easter Vigil, 8 p.m.* April 4: Easter Sunday, Mass, 8 a.m., 9:15 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m. Basilica of...Read More

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, announced today several principal appointments, as well as the designation of the first school to host the PRIDE (Pupils Receiving Inclusive Diversified Education) Plus program, which serves students with minimal learning disabilities. Ms. Kathleen Filippelli has been appointed principal of the new Catholic elementary school to be initially...Read More

More than 1400 Catholic young people will join Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, Auxiliary Bishops Mitchell T. Rozanski and Denis J. Madden in an annual pilgrimage through Baltimore on Saturday, March 27th, marking the largest turnout in the event’s 17-year history. The annual pilgrimage marks the start of Holy Week. The journey will...Read More