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November 1, 2019

Halloween costumes and emotions, November prayers, St. Verdiana, and more (7 Quick Takes)

Even with all the worry about the weather, we got in a beautiful night of trick-or-treating, winding our way through our Halloween-happy neighborhood.
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Soledad O’Brien to speak at scholarship dinner

Soledad O’Brien, an award-winning journalist who has ties to Baltimore, will be the keynote speaker at a Nov. 10 scholarship dinner benefiting African-American students who wish to go to Loyola Blakefield in Towson.
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Still try to make converts?/ Does Mass need a congregation?

Father Kenneth Doyle fields questions about proselytism and how frequently a priest is required to celebrate Mass.
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St. Bernardine Parish mourns Deacon Harcum, longtime servant

Deacon Phillip Harcum Jr., whose service to St. Bernardine Church in West Baltimore was so deep that its parish hall came to bear his name, died Oct. 26 at age 93.
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Pray for the dead, gain indulgences for them, cardinal urges Catholics

The early November feasts of All Saints and All Souls are reminders that God's church exists both on earth and in heaven and that all the faithful, living and dead, can and should pray for each other, a top Vatican official wrote.
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No plaster saints: God gives grace to live holy lives, pope says

The saints were flesh-and-blood people whose lives included real struggles and joys, and whose holiness reminds all the baptized that they, too, are called to be saints, Pope Francis said.
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Death comes to those who forget it, pope says

Death is not a topic that should be avoided but a reminder that cures men and women from any illusion of being all-powerful, Pope Francis said.
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