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November 26, 2012

Catholic Review Column: Great Expectations

Charles Dickens’ classic, Great Expectations, opens on Christmas Eve. It introduces us to Pip, an orphan who was being raised by his sister and her husband. As a boy, Pip didn’t think he’d amount to much but his chance encounter with a convict (Magwitch) and with a rich elderly woman (Miss Havisham) and her daughter...
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John Carroll students push past intellectual disabilities to form friendships

Students form a bond with residents of Gallagher Services, who have intellectual disabilities.
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Annual collection benefits retired religious, but ‘retired’ a misnomer for some

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops will hold their annual Retirement Fund for Religious Collection Dec. 8-9 at most U.S. parishes.
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Medical fund for priests alleviates worry

The Monsignor Daniel McGrath Endowment Fund has helped archdiocesan priest Monsignor Arthur F. Valenzano cover leukemia costs.
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Sister Jean Marie Hettinger, O.S.U.

A funeral Mass for Ursuline Sister Jean Marie Hettinger was offered Nov. 21 at the Ursuline Motherhouse Chapel in Louisville, Ky. Sister Jean Marie died Nov. 17. She was 77.
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My latest fun finds in Baltimore

The lengthy Thanksgiving weekend provided yet one more thing to be grateful for – the opportunity to explore a few new things in Baltimore. My husband and I ducked into a back alley near Johns Hopkins, tooled around on bikes in Hampden, and explored an architectural treasure trove near the M&T
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He’s dreaming of a stubbed toe…

  A few months ago Leo’s teacher posed a question to her students each day, and their answers were written on a list on the wall. I wasn’t surprised by some of his answers, such as what made him angry (when my brother stomps on my train), or what made him afraid
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