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    Mass is held on December 1st, 2024 at St. Bernardine Roman Catholic Church in Baltimore, MD following the combination of parishes around the city.
    As Catholic churches merge, pews are full, but a sense of loss remains
    This mass was six months in the making, marking the merger of five parishes into one congregation.
    Harriette Lowery hugs Ralph Moore before mass at St. Ann’s Church in Baltimore, Sunday, November 24, 2024.
    St. Ann’s closure makes one Black Catholic reexamine ties to lifelong faith
    The closure of St. Ann’s Catholic Church has hit members of the predominantly Black congregation hard, including Ralph Moore, who is ready to leave the church altogether.
    A 140th anniversary banner is fastened to the front handrail of St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church on Sunday, June 16, 2024 in Baltimore, MD.
    Many Baltimore Catholic churches are celebrating their final regular Mass. Here’s what to know.
    More than a dozen parishes in the Archdiocese of Baltimore will celebrate their final Mass this weekend, part of a yearslong process of consolidation.
    The Rev. Martin Demek prepares for the second-to-last Sunday mass at the Corpus Christi church in Baltimore on Nov. 17.
    Saying goodbye to a Catholic church — and a link to my family’s past
    There are places that become part of us, and places where part of us of remains. Corpus Christi, one of dozens of Baltimore-area Catholic parishes set to close at the end of the month, is that kind of place for my family.
    Phillip Clark, a volunteer at skylight boutique, helps a customer find their size at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Baltimore on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024.
    One of the country’s few gender-affirming thrift stores is in Baltimore
    Trans and nonbinary people can struggle to find clothes that fit their bodies, their gender expression and their budget, but the Skylight Boutique is a thrift store stocked with items that are often difficult and expensive to obtain.

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