Archbishop Edwin O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, and Cardinal William H. Keeler, Archbishop Emeritus, have announced that later this year the Cardinal will move from the Archbishop’s residence located on N. Charles Street adjacent to the Basilica of the Assumption, and into a Catholic retirement community in Baltimore County.  The Cardinal turned 78 in March and...Read More

Approximately 275 Catholic teens and adults will participate in a nationally-sponsored “work camp” July 26-31, in which they will perform free home repairs to the houses of 45 elderly, handicapped, and low-income residents in the Baltimore area. The Micah Experience Work Camp is co-sponsored by the Archdiocese of Baltimore and Group Workcamps Foundation. Young people...Read More

I am deeply saddened by the closure of Towson Catholic and troubled by the circumstances that seemed to have left the parish and school board with no other choice. The closing of this beloved institution is a source of pain for students, teachers, alumni and the parish. Every effort is being made to ensure the...Read More

Monsignor F. Dennis Tinder, Pastor of Immaculate Conception Church in Towson, has informed Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien that the parish high school, Towson Catholic, will not reopen in the fall due to an insurmountable budget deficit caused by a sharp decline in enrollment. With only 163 students currently enrolled for the coming school year, a...Read More

On Saturday, June 13 at 10:00 a.m., four men will be ordained priests for the Archdiocese of Baltimore by Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore. The Mass of Ordination will take place at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore. The following men are to be ordained: Ernest Cibelli, 27, Columbia, MD—Ernest attended...Read More

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, will be joined by area faith leaders on May 27 at 2:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Seminary & University in Baltimore to announce a collaborative faith-based initiative to promote peace in Baltimore this summer. Dr. Arthur Abramson of the Baltimore Jewish Council, Imam Earl El-Amin of the Muslim...Read More

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, will preside over the opening session in the Diocesan Inquiry into an alleged healing through the intercession of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, C.Ss. R. during the 12:10 Mass at the Baltimore Basilica on Tuesday, May 19. If the healing is deemed miraculous by the Vatican’s Congregation of the...Read More

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien will ordain 12 permanent deacons and one transitional deacon during a Mass on May 23 at 10 a.m. at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen. The number marks the second largest class of new deacons to be ordained in the past 10 years. Transitional deacons go on to become priests, while...Read More