Archdiocese of Baltimore

Police investigating sex abuse allegations at Anne Arundel Catholic school

2013-05-08 17:42:22

Anne Arundel County police are investigating sexual abuse allegations by a former student at Monsignor Slade Catholic School in Glen Burnie, officials of the Archdiocese of Baltimore said Wednesday. In a letter posted on the archdiocese website and...

O'Malley signs death penalty repeal

2013-05-02 15:46:11

Surrounded by religious leaders, civil rights activists and others who have fought for years to stop executions in Maryland, Gov. Martin O'Malley signed legislation Thursday repealing the state's death penalty. Unless the law is overturned in a...

O'Malley to sign death penalty repeal today

2013-05-02 03:00:00

Gov. Martin O'Malley will sign legislation Thursday morning abolishing capital punishment in Maryland -- a goal of his since he took office in 2007. The governor's approval will make Maryland the 18th state to repeal the death penalty. A throng of...

St. John celebrates its jubilee

2013-04-29 11:24:04

A standing-room-only crowd was on hand Sunday for a 250th anniversary jubilee celebration, and St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church got to see a little more history in the making when Archbishop of Baltimore William Lori named the Rev. Kevin...

Keeping a third-generation piano business finely tuned

2013-04-28 16:32:00

Recession being the bane of piano retailers, it seems wholly remarkable that Harry Cohen and his son, Lou, decided to start selling Baldwins and Wurlitzers in 1937 — the year the economy relapsed toward the end of the Great Depression. But somehow...

Joseph E. Welsh, educator

2013-04-27 11:16:11

Joseph E. Welsh, a retired Baltimore County public school educator who was also a hospice volunteer and Eucharistic minister, died Monday of melanoma at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The Oak Crest Village resident was 80. "He was both my teacher and...

Baltimore Catholic schools: stronger, but still in need of help

2013-04-22 10:03:00

It has been nearly three years since my predecessor, Cardinal Edwin O'Brien, and the Blue Ribbon Committee on Catholic Schools released the Strategic Plan for Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Since that time, enrollment declines have been...

$1.4 million raised for baseball field at Cardinal Gibbons site

2013-04-19 14:47:00

Saint Agnes Hospital and the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation said Friday that they have raised $1.4 million to renovate the baseball field of the former Cardinal Gibbons School, preserving a site where Babe Ruth once played. The hospital, meanwhile, is...

Students at St. Joan of Arc School participate in conclave web chat with Archbishop Lori

2013-03-18 09:50:06

The eighth grade students at St. Joan of Arc School participated in a Conclave web chat with William E. Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore, on March 11. St. Joan of Arc School was one of 17 Catholic elementary schools invited to participate. Archbishop Lori...

Church bell tower repairs signify change in Oliver neighborhood

2013-04-05 14:43:32

A few weeks ago, I spent a few quiet minutes in Green Mount Cemetery, where its higher ground offers unexpected views of Baltimore. As I looked to the southeast, something curious caught my eye. What was going on in the nearby Oliver neighborhood? What...

Plan for wall repair ready to take shape in historic Ellicott City

2013-03-28 15:07:00

Before it became "The Wall That Ate Some Cars," it was just a stone wall on Mulligans Hill Lane, bracing a 20-foot-high embankment — stalwart as the steep hills that give Ellicott City's historic district much of its character. Then in early...

Fire destroys building at St. Joseph in Fullerton, Easter services go on

2013-03-31 07:03:00

An early-morning fire on Saturday destroyed a maintenance building on the property of St. Joseph Church in Fullerton, according to church and county fire officials. But church officials said the parish's celebration of Easter services on Sunday would...

Fr. John Hurley, executive director of the Department of Evangelization for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, speaks to the crowd of nearly 1,000 Catholic young people joining Archbishop William Lori in the 20th annual Archdiocesan Youth & Young Adult Pilgrimage.

2013-03-23 00:00:00

From left, Father John Hurley, C.S.P., Msgr. Bruce Jarboe, Rector, and Father Michael DeAscanis, Dir.

2013-03-13 00:00:00

Archbishop William E. Lori of the Archdiocese of Baltimore gives a blessing to the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center.

2012-12-17 00:00:00