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Baird Named New CFO for Archdiocese

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, announced today the hiring of William J. Baird III of Towson to serve as the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director of the Department of Management Services for the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Mr. Baird will be responsible for directing and coordinating the Archdiocese’s stewardship of resources in carrying...
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Media Guidelines for Funeral of Yeardley Love

At the request of the family, members of the media will not be permitted on the property of the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen the day of the funeral for Yeardley Love, Saturday May 8, 2010. The family is grateful for the media’s compliance with this request. If you have any questions, please contact Sean...
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Archbishop Creates New Department of Evangelization, Taps Paulist Priest to Serve as Executive Director

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, announced today the creation of a Department of Evangelization within the central services offices of the Archdiocese, and introduced Paulist Father John Hurley as its first Executive Director. Evangelization, a primary focus of the Archbishop since his arrival in October 2007 and one of five mission priorities of...
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Baltimore City Catholic School to Pilot Educational Model in Fall

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...
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Catholic School Students, Families Choose Name for New Catholic Elementary School

In an online survey conducted last week, students at five area Catholic schools were asked to name the newly created Catholic elementary school that will open its doors in time for the 2010-11 school year. The name receiving the largest vote total was: Holy Angels Catholic School. Holy Angels, to be initially located in the...
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Funeral Arrangements for Archbishop William D. Borders

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...
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Statement of Archbishop Edwin O’Brien on the Death of Archbishop William D. Borders

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....
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Archdiocese Affiliates With New Accreditation Organization to Strengthen Academic Oversight of Catholic School System

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),...
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Statement of Archbishop Edwin O’Brien on BOAST Maryland Tax

Archbishop Edwin O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore and Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Maryland Catholic Conference, issued the following statement today: Last night’s 11th hour vote by the House Ways and Means Committee to kill the BOAST Maryland Tax Credit illustrated the sad triumph of special interests over the needs of low-income students,...
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Statement from Archbishop O’Brien

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...
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Holy Week Mass Schedule

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...
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Archdiocese, Pregnancy Center File Suit in Federal Court Over New City Ordinance

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, and representatives of the Greater Baltimore Center for Pregnancy Concerns, Inc. (GBCP), announced today the filing of a lawsuit today in U.S. District Court which states a new Baltimore City ordinance violates the pro-life pregnancy centers’ first amendment rights by requiring the posting of a sign that says...
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