Welcome from the Rector

Welcome to the Basilica of the Assumption!

America’s First Cathedral is a source of life for a City, an Archdiocese, a nation. As a home for spiritual, intellectual, and cultural engagement in the life of the Church, we hope that you come to the Baltimore Basilica for the hope and the joy that only Christ provides us.

Where will you find this joy and locate this hope? In the beauty of our liturgies, in the deep goodness of our parish community, in the service and works of charity that we give to a City that needs Christ, and in the events we host that reveal the glory of God to the world one day at a time.

A theologian once wrote:

In the dynamic life of the Church and nowhere else, all the mysteries of faith—the Trinity, the doctrine of the Person of Christ, the sacraments, the mystery of Christian living—come to be seen as nothing less than God’s imparting of his life-giving love to us; and this love flows through the Church and out into the world.

The life of the Church gives us everything. And here at the Basilica of the Assumption, we strive to do our part for the Church: to let Christ’s life-giving love flow out into our City, our Archdiocese, and our nation. We hope you will come to experience the beauty of this sacred place.

Peace,

Fr. Brendan Fitzgerald