Thank you for visiting the website for Building up the Body of Christ, the parish planning initiative of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. We hope you find this site helpful and useful for communicating information about our collective work to build vibrant communities of faith by planning for the challenges and opportunities before us. Please check the site for updated information and click on the Contact button to share your ideas and suggestions. We must all be engaged in this process if we are to achieve our goals and I hope that this site will promote transparency, good communication and serve as a helpful resource for us all.

In the Lord

Edwin F. O’Brien
Apostolic Administrator

Read about the Process for Parish Planning in the Archdiocese of Baltimore

Read Cardinal O’Brien’s October 13 Letter to the Faithful of the Archdiocese

     Updates

• Does Catholic Education Still Make a Difference?
  
• How Parish Life has Changed
  
• Prayer for Parish Planning
• Parish Planning Update
• Religious Consultation