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July 30, 2012

Movie Review: To Rome With Love

With films set in London, Barcelona and Paris under his belt, quintessential New Yorker Woody Allen extends his European tour in “To Rome With Love” (Sony Classics). His farce follows various couples around the Eternal City as they search for romance, happiness, and - all too frequently - sin.
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Go world!! (Or, how I came to love watching the Olympics with strangers)

On Friday night, two hours before the Olympic Games’ opening ceremonies, my husband and I dug our tiny TV out of storage and plugged it in, hoping beyond hope that somehow we would get a signal. Of course, we didn’t, since the thing is a relic from those analog days of
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Books provide practical advice on spiritual practices

Readers will find helpful, practical suggestions in these three books on spiritual practice.
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Linthicum woman named national head of Catholic Daughters

St. Philip Neri parishioner Anne Nelson is the new national regent for the Catholic Daughters of the Americas.
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St. Peter Claver parishioner receives lifetime achievement award

Beverly A. Carroll, a parishioner of St. Peter Claver, Baltimore, received a lifetime achievement award July 21 during The National Black Catholic Congress XI in Indianapolis, Ind.
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Long-distance runner logs 250 miles to honor father of U.S. Navy

Distance runner Tom McGrath completed a 250-mile-run, which helped fund a memorial at the U.S. Naval Academy.
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An empty nest is full of questions

One day last week John pointed out to me that there was a pile of leaves stuffed inside the stroller we have been keeping on our porch. I hadn’t noticed the leaves, most likely because when I am on the porch, our two boys are leaping off the porch to
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