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October 18, 2012

Catholic Review Column: Remembering the Painful Past

Next week, a federal appeals court will hear arguments regarding John Merzbacher’s request to be released from prison. John Merzbacher was a teacher at Catholic Community School in South Baltimore who sexually abused and terrorized multiple children during the 1970s. Without getting into the legal technicalities, Merzbacher and his attorneys claim he was never made...
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Fifth-graders learn to listen for God’s call

A vocation event at Notre Dame of Maryland University event introduces fifth-graders to sisters and priests.
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Building bones can strengthen your life

Why are most older adults afraid of falling? Broken bones – often due to a “silent” bone-thinning disease called osteoporosis – can lead to disability, pain and decreased independence.
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Editorial on Libya attacks missed the culprit

Christopher Gunty’s editorial (CR, Sept. 20) inappropriately blames attacks on the U.S. embassy in Libya on a video, rather than the people who committed the crime.
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Students are more than their SAT scores

In early September, I set foot in Calvert Hall College High School for the first time in nearly nine years.
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T. Rowe Price chief investment officer named Loyola’s business leader of the year

Brian Rogers, board chairman and chief investment officer of T. Rowe Price, has been named the 2012 Business Leader of the Year by Loyola University Maryland’s Sellinger School of Business and Management.
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Calvert Hall student’s death reminder of seriousness of allergies

Jack Levee, who was to begin his senior year at Calvert Hall College High School in Towson this fall, died in July after a severe allergic reaction and asthma attack.
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A year of faith in the Year of Faith

See the connection between the Catechism of the Catholic Church and the Year of Faith.
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My time with God

I am thrilled it is autumn, my favorite season. The air is crisp, the leaves are turning stunning shades of red and gold and pumpkins are omnipresent. These days, the sun doesn’t rise until nearly 7 a.m. and we have less than 12 hours of daylight. The days continue to grow
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Christopher Gaul, former managing editor of the Catholic Review, dies at 72

Christopher Gaul worked at the Catholic Review beginning as a writer in 1995 before becoming associate and then managing editor.
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