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December 20, 2013
December 20, 2013

Catholic Parishes Serve the Poor at Christmas

Throughout Christmas week, Catholic parishes in the Archdiocese of Baltimore will be providing food, clothing, gifts and other necessities to people in need in the surrounding community. Among the 153 parishes in the Archdiocese, the following Baltimore City parishes are engaged in special Christmas outreach ministries: St. Benedict, 2612 Wilkens Ave. (Southwest Baltimore) St. Benedict’s Parish...
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December 20, 2013

Santa Claus: Myth or miracle?

Many years ago, my oldest son asked, "Do you believe in Santa Claus?” I took a breath, carefully thinking through what I was going to say…
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December 20, 2013

Countdown to Christmas: Five days left: Holiday music on Pandora, memories of a dear departed friend, today’s O Antiphon and prayer, and Marian Christmas music

  Deserted hallways: School closed for Christmas Break at John Carroll yesterday at 11:30 with the end of semester exams. The kids were smiling from ear to ear as they made their way down the hallways to 17 days of vacation from class and studies. Their greetings of “Merry Christmas” and “Have
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December 20, 2013

Father Ruane marks 25 years in Poplar Springs

Father Michael J. Ruane has been St. Michael’s leader for a quarter century.
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December 20, 2013

Sister M. Salvator Cramer, I.H.M., dies

A funeral Mass for Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Sister M. Salvator Cramer was offered Dec. 17.
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December 20, 2013

In the still of that holy night

To no one’s surprise, “Silent Night” consistently ranks as one of the favorite Christmas carols.
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December 20, 2013

The evergreen message of Christmas

If the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops needs stock footage of baptisms and first Communions, we have it, as my Mary just transferred to DVD some 40 hours of 8-millimeter video we taped in the 1990s, when 20 of our children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews were in the formative stage.
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December 20, 2013

Charlestown residents work to help children play

Jim Mullis, John Chasse and about eight others have spent some 800 hours this year making wooden toys for children.
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December 20, 2013

Christmas Mass Schedules for Cathedral and Basilica 2013

Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Cathedral & Mulberry Streets) Monday, December 24, Christmas Eve 4:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m., Midnight Tuesday, December 25, Christmas Day 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m. (Archbishop Lori, Celebrant) Cathedral of Mary Our Queen (5200 N. Charles Street) Monday, December 24, Christmas Eve 4:00 p.m....
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December 20, 2013

Family ties: Priest, parishioners share special bond

Monsignor Tewes, pastor of St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Overlea from 1984 to 1992, became a part of the Robinson family.
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