Category: Baltimore

Archbishops Broglio, Lori elected USCCB’s next president, vice president

by bcadmin | Nov 15, 2022 | Archbishop Broglio, Archbishop Lori, Baltimore, Featured, General assembly, News, Pro-Life Activities, U.S. & World News, U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services | 0 |

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services was elected Nov. 15 to a three-year term as president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops during the bishops’ fall general assembly in Baltimore.

At Mass, outgoing USCCB president encourages self-examination, renewal

by bcadmin | Nov 14, 2022 | Archbishop Gomez, Baltimore, Featured, News, self-examination, U.S. & World News, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, USCCB | 0 |

In a Mass Nov. 14 to mark the opening of the 2022 fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles called on his brother bishops to take time for self-examination and to renew their vocation and ministry.

Ministering alongside those in need ‘opens our souls,” says head of CCUSA

by bcadmin | Oct 6, 2022 | Baltimore, Featured, News, Timothy Paul Schmalz, U.S. & World News | 0 |

Catholic Charities leaders from around the country could watch renowned Canadian sculptor Timothy Paul Schmalz create a new piece depicting Jesus embracing a homeless person as they held their 2022 annual gathering in Baltimore Sept. 27-29.

Baltimore priest prepares to enter Carmelite hermitage in Lake Elmo

by bcadmin | Jul 13, 2022 | Baltimore, Carmelite Hermitage, Father James Boric, Father Peter of Jesus, Featured, Lake Elmo, Local News, News | 0 |

As rector of the Baltimore Basilica for the last five years, Father James Boric has been a whirlwind of ministry.

Francis Kenrick and Sowing Seeds

by bcadmin | Jul 8, 2022 | 40 Hours, American history, Anti-Catholic, Baltimore, Between the Sundays, Bishops, daily work, Featured, Francis Kenrick, History, Living the Faith, News, Philadelphia, sowing seeds, U.S. bishops | 0 |

Where are you sowing? Every day, God wants to do something with you. He has a plan. There are certain people you will meet, certain things you will do, certain graces He has ready for you. Most of it isn’t dramatic. But his grace is always present, rea…

For Baltimore sculptor, medium of clay becomes an instrument of healing

by bcadmin | May 19, 2022 | Baltimore, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore sculptor, Clay, Gilchrist Hospice, healing, Maryland, Medium of clay, News, Phelps Luck Elementary School, Picks, Sculptor, Timonium, U.S. & World News, Wayman Scott IV | 0 |

Wayman Scott IV couldn’t sleep. Even as a professional grief counselor at Gilchrist Hospice whose job is to help others grapple with loss, the 43-year-old husband and father was reeling from news of the murder of the daughter of one of his colleagues.

Art deepens faith, says Sulpician priest, who has international following

by bcadmin | Apr 10, 2022 | Archdiocese of Baltimore, Art, Baltimore, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News | 0 |

Sulpician Father Peter W. Gray unveiled a striking image of Christ that he considers one of his best works.

Officials: Headstones damaged at Ukrainian Catholic cemetery

by bcadmin | Mar 1, 2022 | Associated Press, Baltimore, Cemeteries, Church in the US, News, Ukraine Crisis, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Vandalism | 0 |

Dozens of headstones were toppled at a Ukrainian Catholic cemetery in the Baltimore suburbs last week, officials said.

Some dioceses begin to lift mask mandates for Catholic schools

by bcadmin | Feb 27, 2022 | Archdiocese of Chicago, Archdiocese of Washington, Baltimore, Catholic News Service, Catholic Schools, Church in the US, COVID restrictions, COVID-19, News | 0 |

With coronavirus cases declining in every state, many Catholic school officials are lifting mask requirements following the lead of governors’ announcements about lifting mask mandates for the general public, and in some cases, schools.

School’s program helps get class rings to students who can’t afford them

by bcadmin | Feb 6, 2022 | Baltimore, Catholic News Service, Catholic Schools, Church in the US, Donations, News, Poverty | 0 |

Alice Chen wasn’t expecting to receive a class ring at Mercy High School in Baltimore this school year.

Archdiocese of Baltimore reaches out to firefighters’ families after deaths

by bcadmin | Jan 26, 2022 | Archbishop William E. Lori, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Baltimore, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, fire, Maryland, News | 0 |

BALTIMORE — The Archdiocese of Baltimore reached out Jan. 25 to the families of three firefighters killed a day earlier fighting a fire in a vacant home in the city. Lt. Paul Butrim and firefighters Kelsey Sadler and Kenny Lacayo died after being trapped following the partial collapse of a […]

Every picture tells a story, including that of archbishop’s portraitist

by bcadmin | Jan 5, 2022 | Archbishop John Carroll, Archdiocese of Baltimore, Baltimore, Joshua Johnson, News, Oil painting, Oil painting of Baltimore Archbishop John Carroll, Self-taught artist, U.S. & World News | 0 |

An oil painting of Baltimore Archbishop John Carroll, the first Catholic bishop in the United States, has long been one of the most prized works of art owned by the Archdiocese of Baltimore.