Holy Childhood Association appeals to today’s kids

Catholic schools and religious education programs not only educate children about their faith, they also help children grow spiritually, including teaching them to become missionary.
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Mercy program helps homeless find housing

It’s not strictly health care but it’s certainly a form of caring. The Mercy Supportive Housing Program at Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, helps homeless families obtain housing and then works with them for six months after they move in to make sure they don’t end up back on the streets.
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Archbishop says he will speak to Bush about Sermon

JERUSALEM – A Catholic archbishop scheduled to accompany U.S. President George W. Bush on a tour of the Mount of Beatitudes said he would talk to him about Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount.
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St. Augustine’s conversion like that of many youths today

VATICAN CITY – As a young man, St. Augustine, like many young Catholics today, left the practice of the faith for a time, but his search for truth and meaning eventually led to his conversion, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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Taking final steps to lasting peace in Uganda not easy

KITGUM, Uganda – Corrina Akongo has harvested sweet potatoes from her own land for the first time in years.
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Kenyan bishop says his appeals for aid have been met

NAIROBI, Kenya – A Kenyan bishop said his appeals for humanitarian assistance for the Diocese of Eldoret have been met quickly following the violence sparked by the country’s disputed Dec. 27 general elections.
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African saint turns death-row inmate’s life upside down

PORTLAND, Ore. – From a windowless cell at the Oregon State Penitentiary, a Catholic death-row inmate evangelizes across the world.
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Vatican to encourage greater caution in sainthood causes

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican is preparing to issue a set of instructions to promote “greater caution and more accuracy” in the opening of new sainthood causes by local dioceses, a top Vatican official said.
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Father Dauses named new rector of Basilica

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien appointed Father Jeffrey S. Dauses as the new rector of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Baltimore, effective Feb. 1.
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Basilica rector to retire after more than 50 years as a priest

Though Monsignor James V. Hobbs will officially retire Feb. 1 after more than a half century as a priest, he plans to continue serving parishes in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
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Catholic Relief Services reconstruction nearing completion

With the passing of the third anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami that struck Christmas Day 2004, took the lives of an estimated 200,000 people and left millions more without homes, Catholic Relief Services President Ken Hackett reflects on the progress made in the region.
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Stasakova primed for Indoor Track Championships

After two of three IAAM league indoor track meets, John Carroll senior Erika Stasakova, winner of the IAAM Cross Country and Maryland/DC Private School titles last fall, had not qualified to compete in any individual event at the IAAM/MIAA Championship Meet on Jan. 18.
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