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December 7, 2011

Ellicott City catechist organizes outreach to Appalachia

ELLICOTT CITY – As friends and neighbors filled a 53-foot trailer parked outside of her house Dec. 3 with toys, clothes, food and furniture bound for West Virginia, Sarah Ciniero talked about growing up.
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Pope prays for migrants, encourages international assistance

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI expressed concern for the millions of migrants around the world, and encouraged the agencies trying to help them.
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Sister Mary de Lourdes Monaghan, S.S.N.D., dies

A funeral Mass for School Sister of Notre Dame Mary de Lourdes Monaghan was offered Dec. 6 at the Chapel at Villa Assumpta in Towson.
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Book Review: An extraordinary story of an ‘ordinary’ soldier

Most Americans of a certain age are familiar with the highly publicized, remarkable heroism of Audie Murphy and the battle glory flamboyance of Gen. George Patton among many other larger than life figures of World War II.
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Irish priests struggle, feeling tarred by sins of the minority

DUBLIN – Father Damien McGroarty, 29, is one of the youngest diocesan priests in Ireland. Ordained just over a year ago, he should still be at the honeymoon stage of his vocation.
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Bunting Center earns awards

The Mary Catherine Bunting Center, Mercy Medical Center’s new hospital in Baltimore, which opened in December 2010, won a number of awards for the new “Main Lobby” features at the 73rd Annual Craftsmanship Awards of the Building Congress and Exchange.
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St. John’s Catholic Prep plans move to new campus in Frederick County

St. John’s Catholic Prep in Frederick has announced it will be moving to the campus of St. Thomas More Academy in Buckeystown. St. Thomas More will move to a yet to be determined site in Frederick County.
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