John Neumann arrived in America on June 2, 1836, and left on June 28 for his first priestly assignment near Buffalo, New York. During the whirlwind month between arrival and assignment, he walked much of the city without a guide or map, met Bishop John Dubois, was accepted as an aspirant to Holy Orders, went … Read more
This year, the number of people who regularly attend Mass in downtown Baltimore has hit its lowest point in recent times. The city was once home to 250,000 practicing Catholics as recently as the fifties. Now, the number of people who regularly go to Mass has dropped to a mere 2,000. That is an over … Read more
No one in the City of Baltimore ever forgot it. A little before 11:00 a.m. on February 7, 1904, a fire broke out in a commercial building that quickly engulfed the downtown area. The local fire companies lost hope in extinguishing the spreading fire. They dynamited buildings in the fire’s path to create a firebreak, … Read more
