Saints march on despite injuries to lacrosse team

Plagued by injuries, the St. Mary’s High School, Annapolis, girls’ lacrosse program has suffered setbacks, but not enough to fold a longstanding, dynamic program.
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Owls clinch first, look to move into a more competitive conference

The Towson Catholic High School Owls have their softball season wrapped up. They are the top team in the IAAM C Conference and are headed to the playoffs in early May.
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Displace Me Rally drums up awareness for crisis in Uganda

Imagine walking two miles to collect water, then two miles home, carrying 20 gallons on your head. Now imagine repeating the process for each person in your family over a rocky and hilly terrain.
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Experts say high food prices permanent; bishops urge help for poor

LIMA, Peru – As protests over rising food costs spread around the globe, experts warn that high prices are here to stay, and Catholic bishops are calling for governments to take emergency measures to keep their poorest citizens from going hungry.
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CRS chairman says agency practices church teachings on condoms

WASHINGTON – In a letter to U.S. bishops, the chairman of the board of Catholic Relief Services said the agency’s HIV/AIDS programs practice church teachings on condom use and abstinence before marriage.
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Pope says trip to U.S. was opportunity to give, receive hope, faith

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI said his April 15-20 visit to the United Nations and the United States was an opportunity to give – and to receive – a witness to the power of hope and faith.
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A seminarian’s perspective on the pope’s visit

A couple weeks ago I got a call that I never thought I would ever get. Father Jerry, the vocation director for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, called me and asked the question that every seminarian would give anything to hear: “How would you like to serve for the Holy Father in New York?”
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Local church must be receptive to church around the world

Last time, we talked about how our local church influences the world-wide church. But our local church must also be open to the influence of the church around the world, especially when the pope puts something squarely on our plate. An example of this can also be found in Benedict XVI’s United Nations address.
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Bit by bit, Seton Keough grad changes Zambian village

Joan Dunn thought she was prepared for life in Kashima West, a remote part of the northwestern province of Zambia, Africa. Reading about Third World nations and viewing pictures of people who are starving and living in impoverished conditions is one thing – seeing the reality of their situation is another.
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Archbishop Curley High School receives $1 million capital campaign gift

To kick off Archbishop Curley High School’s capital campaign, Father Michael Martin, O.F.M. Conv., stepped up to the microphone on April 25 to tell a story about his grandfather’s vision.
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Sister Baptista Peters, D.C.

A funeral Mass for Sister Baptista Peters, D.C., a sister of 80 years, was offered April 9 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Emmitsburg. Sister Baptista died April 6. She was 98.
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Minister’s assertions about race, religion continue to draw attention

WASHINGTON – A spate of public appearances by the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who until February was pastor of Chicago’s Trinity United Church of Christ, is drawing unprecedented attention to the black church as a whole, in addition to the specific congregation where Sen. Barack Obama is a member.
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