Blingo! returns on May 1, 2026, 6pm – 9pm.
We had so much fun last year! Buy a single ticket or grab a table of 8 to play with friends! May 1st will be a great evening of fun with stunning prizes of jewelry and designer handbags. We will also have delicious bites and wine.
Get ready to shout “Bingo!” and win some amazing prizes – jewelry & designer handbags (each valued at $120 or more).
St. Matthew Church
5401 Loch Raven Blvd
Baltimore, MD 21239
Jazz in the Garden – April 12th
44th Marian House Anniversary Celebration
Please join us for our Jazz Concert in the Garden celebrating our 44th Marian House Anniversary on Sunday, April 12, 2026, from 5:00PM – 7:00PM. Featuring Todd Marcus bass clarinetist, composer, and bandleader Todd Marcus is one of the few jazz artists worldwide to focus their work primarily on the bass clarinet. Though use of bass clarinet in jazz typically leans heavily towards avant-garde and free jazz styles, Marcus’ straight-ahead playing has carved out a unique voice for the instrument in modern jazz. His playing and compositions swing with fiery intensity balanced with delicate introspection. His music offers a strong melodic sensibility, draws from elements of his community work, and often incorporate the Middle Eastern influences of his Egyptian heritage.
Marcus’s work includes regular performances in Baltimore, Washington DC, New York, and Philadelphia as well international performances, clinics, and radio play. He was a featured artist in 2017 Jazz Tales Festival in Egypt, 2015 Cairo Jazz Festival in Egypt, and in 2005 at the 1st World Bass Clarinet Convention in Rotterdam, Holland.
We hope you will join us at the free concert to celebrate 44 years of continued service. Although this is a free concert, we will be accepting monetary donations in increments of 44 such as $14.44, $44 or $444 in honor of our anniversary.
Dear Friends of Marian House,
I am grateful for the opportunity to reach out to you in my new role as Interim Chief Executive Officer. Over the past year as Chief Operating Officer, I have had the privilege of working closely with our leadership team, staff, and community partners. This foundation has allowed for a smooth transition. We are deeply appreciative of Katie’s service, friendship, leadership and strong impact on Marian House. We wish her all the best in her new role.
With the transition underway, the Board of Directors has initiated a comprehensive and thoughtful executive search process. Our goal is to ensure that the next CEO is well-positioned to guide Marian House into its next era of growth and service. The full position description is available through our search partners at Good Insight: www.good-insight.org/careers. During this search, we are committed to three priorities:
As the search progresses, our work continues with energy and enthusiasm—and we have an exciting lineup of events this spring and fall that I hope you will join us for:
As we move through this period of transition, please know that our mission remains steadfast, our programs remain strong, and our gratitude for your partnership remains unwavering. Thank you for walking alongside us, for believing in the potential of the women we serve, and for helping Marian House continue to be a place of safety, growth, and new beginnings. Event details are included throughout this newsletter. I look forward to seeing you this spring.
With gratitude,
Rebecca Perry
Interim CEO
Thank you, Dan Rodricks, for sharing your reflections on “Our City of Perpetual Recovery” (”Dan Rodricks: Baltimore getting back to normal, and normal is always a mixed bag here,” June 17). This name well defines the beauty and complexity of Baltimore. The overarching problems of homelessness, addiction, criminal justice, poverty, racial inequality and violence are complex, entangled and deep rooted in Baltimore.
They are the challenges we face in our daily work at Marian House. With 40 years of service, Marian House is a safe, sober and loving environment that challenges women to respect and love themselves, confront emotional and socio-economic issues and transition to stable and independent lives.
We help women face all of the problems you mentioned (and more) head on and overcome them to become the best versions of themselves. Our approach is holistic and based in modalities to give women and their families a life free from addiction and poverty.
Mr. Rodricks speaks truth that many people make assumptions about the availability and the access of services to those needing help. The road to recovery from homelessness (and the host of problems associated with it) is complicated: filled with long waiting lists, a one size fits all approach to housing, bureaucracy, flawed policy and underfunding.
The couple housed by the church is a good example. They needed more than housing! They needed long-term supportive services like mental health care, recovery assistance, connection to health care, financial literacy training and assistance securing employment.
That’s what we do at Marian House. Former residents remind us that without the supportive services from Marian House they likely would be in active addiction or dead. Yet our rehabilitative program was defunded by the federal government and city offices because we would not follow a “housing first model.” The solution to ending homelessness is more than just free housing. I agree if “we can devote more resources, finally, to solve more of the individual problems at the root of the big ones,” Baltimore can begin to see change.
— Katie Allston, LCSW-C, President and CEO of Marian House