Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, will celebrate the St. Thomas More Society of Maryland’s 49th annual Red Mass (or Lawyer’s Mass) on October 25, 2007 at 5:30 p.m. at the Baltimore Basilica. The custom for a special Mass for lawyers and judges has been celebrated since the mid-13th century to mark the annual...Read More

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien will lead a prayer service to commemorate the 25th anniversary of My Sister’s Place, a day shelter for homeless and displaced women and their children, on Wednesday, October 24 at 1 p.m. at the Baltimore Basilica. Women who frequent the Catholic Charities program will participate in the prayer service by sharing...Read More

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien will celebrate a Mass for physicians, osteopaths, medical students, allied health professionals (nurses, physician assistants, pharmacists, etc.), dentists/dental surgeons, scientists, and their families on Sunday, October 21, at 1 p.m. at the Baltimore Basilica. Physicians present at the Mass will be invited to have their hands anointed with holy oil. Medical...Read More

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, newly-installed on October 1 as the 15th Archbishop of Baltimore, will celebrate his first public Mass since his installation on Thursday, October 4 at 1 p.m., at Bishop Walsh School in Cumberland. Media planning to attend the Mass must contact Sean Caine, Director of Communications for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, at...Read More

A Mass of Thanksgiving for the service of Cardinal William H. Keeler, 14th Archbishop of Baltimore, will take place on Sunday, September 23 at 11 a.m. at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in North Baltimore. This will be his final public Mass before the installation of Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien as the 15th Archbishop...Read More

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

On Saturday, June 23 at 10:00 a.m., four men will be ordained priests for the Archdiocese of Baltimore by Bishop W. Francis Malooly, Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore. The Mass of Ordination will take place at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, located at 5200 N. Charles Street in Baltimore. The following men will be ordained...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