Approximately 2,000 people will gather at The Baltimore Convention Center on Thursday, September 6, 2007 to honor Cardinal William H. Keeler, whose resignation from the office of Archbishop of Baltimore was accepted by Pope Benedict XVI on July 12, 2007. Catholics from over 150 parishes will join more than 20 Catholic bishops from throughout the...Read More

The Holy See today announced Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, 68, as the new Archbishop of Baltimore. He will succeed Cardinal William H. Keeler, who has served as Baltimore’s 14th archbishop since 1989. Cardinal Keeler offered his resignation to the Holy Father in March 2006, when he turned 75...Read More

Cardinal William H. Keeler, Archbishop of Baltimore, is out of surgery after Dr. Ben Carson, a neurosurgeon at the Johns Hopkins Medical Center, inserted a Right Ventricular-Peritoneal Shunt in the Cardinal’s brain to correct a condition diagnosed as Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus-a build up of excess cerebrospinal fluid on the brain. The operation is expected to...Read More

On May 24, 2007, at 8:45 a.m., Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Baltimore will dedicate Our Daily Bread Employment Center (“ODBEC”), the city’s comprehensive resource center designed to help people escape the impact of poverty on themselves and their families through employment and stable housing. The newly completed three-story, 52,000-square-foot building is located at...Read More

In the past week, the Archdiocese of Baltimore learned of two allegations of sexual abuse of a minor against Monsignor Richard E. Smith, 67, pastor at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Ellicott City. The alleged abuse occurred in mid-late 1960s while Richard Smith was a priest at Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help...Read More

Cardinal William H. Keeler, Archbishop of Baltimore, will visit with students at School of the Incarnation, located at 2601 Symphony Lane in Gambrills (Anne Arundel County), on Wednesday, January 31 at 10:30 a.m. in honor of Catholic Schools Week. During his visit with students and faculty at the school, a group of sixth grade students...Read More

PROCESSION OF CHILDREN IN COSTUME BEFORE MASS The Archdiocese of Baltimore’s annual Mass for Our Lady of Guadalupe will take place Sunday, December 10, 2006 at 3:00 p.m. at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen at 5200 North Charles Street in North Baltimore. Cardinal William H. Keeler, Archbishop of Baltimore, will preside and Most Rev....Read More

The Archdiocese of Baltimore today welcomed the decision by Baltimore Housing Commissioner Paul T. Graziano to approve the Archdiocese’s application to raze the Rochambeau Apartments, a vacant seven-story building located on the southwest corner of Franklin and Charles Streets. “We are grateful to Mayor O’Malley and are pleased with the City’s decision. We look forward...Read More