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White Mass Homily

My thanks to the Baltimore chapter of the Catholic Medical Association for choosing our beautiful Basilica of the Assumption to celebrate their annual White Mass. My special thanks to the Chapter and Dr. Marie Boursiquot, your President, for inviting me to lead you in the Eucharist and I welcome and greet all of you, especially […]

Archbishop Celebrates Mass for Catholic Physicians

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien will celebrate a Mass for Catholic medical professionals, including physicians, nurses, medical students, dentists, and scientists, as well as their families, on Sunday, October 18, at 2 p.m. at the Baltimore Basilica. In the Archbishop’s homily, he will address a number of issues of concern to the Church and to Catholic […]

Advisory: Sacrifices Ahead

The Catholic Review In a typically excellent column, Priest Magazine editor Monsignor Owen Campion tells the story of an aging rural pastor of three mission churches in the Midwest during the early 1940s. It was wartime. Young dads were in uniform far from home for a tour of duty of an indefinite duration, leaving the […]

Sisters’ Service a Blessing to All

The Catholic Review Many in the Archdiocese are probably aware of our Priests’ Council with whom I meet several times during the year. Consisting of 35 members representing various age groups, geographic locations, ministries, and religious and diocesan priests, this Council is both mandated by canon law and an invaluable assistance to me. Less known, […]

Sisters’ Service a Blessing to All

The Catholic Review Many in the Archdiocese are probably aware of our Priests’ Council with whom I meet several times during the year. Consisting of 35 members representing various age groups, geographic locations, ministries, and religious and diocesan priests, this Council is both mandated by canon law and an invaluable assistance to me. Less known, […]

Little Sisters of the Poor minister to Maryland elderly for 140 years

When 87-year-old Alice Jadwigia Armstrong looked up from her hospital bed and saw the smiling face of Sister Lourdes Miranda, she was visibly buoyed by the nun’s presence. Clasping the hand of the Little Sister of the Poor, the white-haired woman seemed transported to the security of her youth.

Local Red Mass Oct. 20 in Annapolis

To mark the traditional opening of the judicial year, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien will celebrate a “Red Mass” at St. Mary in Annapolis Oct. 20. The 6 p.m. liturgy will be followed by a reception and banquet at the Marriott Annapolis Waterfront and is expected to attract judges, lawyers, legislators, executives and other legal professionals from throughout the state.

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