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We will visit the sites where these words were spoken

Bishop Denis J. Madden of Baltimore and 23 priests began their pilgrimage in the Holy Land Oct. 12 with Mass at the Notre Dame Center in Jerusalem, just outside the walls of the Old City. Listening to a reading from Luke’s Gospel of Jesus speaking to the “good thief” who he promised would join him that day in Paradise, the bishop said, “We will visit the sites … tomorrow where these words were spoken.”

Notre Dame Center – Additional Info

The Pontifical Institute Notre Dame of Jerusalem Center, where the Baltimore pilgrimage group celebrate Mass on the first day in Israel, is a retreat and residential center. It also has had, since 2006, a permanent exhibition about the Holy Shroud to help pilgrims gain a deeper understanding of Christ’s sufferings and Resurrection as they visit […]

Awake Yet?

The Catholic Review A Wake Up Call   A Wake Up Call, Part 2 If I’ve failed to stress the significance of the challenge before us through my words, perhaps the frequency of my writing on the subject (3 consecutive columns and counting) will succeed in doing so! Over the past two weeks, I’ve attempted to […]

Archbishop to Speak at Press Conference Announcing First Umbilical Cord Blood Bank Program Aimed at Curing Diseases Through Adult Stem Cells

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Archbishop of Baltimore, will join executives of Mercy Medical Center and a New Jersey-based blood bank, on Monday, October 11 at 10 a.m. at Mercy Medical Center (Weinberg Center, 2nd Floor, Truman Semans Conference Room) to announce Maryland’s first public umbilical cord blood banking program. Umbilical cord blood contains adult stem […]

A Wake Up Call Part 2

The Catholic Review A Wake Up Call, Part 1     Awake Yet? Meeting the spiritual needs of the Catholic people of the Archdiocese of Baltimore In the face of an aging and dwindling presbyterate was the challenge I laid before you in last week’s column. To recap: 72 of our 153 active duty priests will become eligible […]

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