Catholic Review Online: Archdiocese to mark bicentennial with special events

George Matysek, Jr. of the Catholic Review Online follows up his story on the Bicentennial of the Archdiocese of Baltimore with a list of the special events to take place.

A special display of historical documents will be unveiled in Laubacher Hall at St. Mary’s Seminary and University, Roland Park, on April 12 at 2 p.m. The exhibit will be open from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday from April 14 through May 14.

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A series of 7 p.m. lectures named in honor of America’s founding archbishop, John Carroll, will be launched April 22 at the Baltimore Basilica. Archbishop Timothy Dolan of Milwaukee will deliver the first lecture April 22, speaking about John Carroll. George Weigel, a Baltimore native and biographer of Pope John Paul II, who serves as a distinguished senior fellow with the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C., will speak May 12. His topic will be “Popes, power and world politics: from Leo XIII to Benedict XVI.”

Colleen Carroll Campbell, author of “The New Faithful: Why Young Adults Are Embracing Christian Orthodoxy,” will speak about young adults and Catholicism June 9.

As part of its spring concert series, the Baltimore Basilica will present an April 13 concert by ‘An die Musik Live!’ The concert will feature works by George Frederic Handel from his time in Italy. The same group will also present a concert of music by Antonio Vivaldi June 1 at the basilica.

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