Catholic Review, Author at Archdiocese of Baltimore

January 19, 2012

Childhood buddies enter senior year

As the new girl at St. Rita School in Dundalk, Laura Klym timidly entered her first-grade classroom knowing most of her fellow classmates had established friendships from kindergarten and that finding kinship wouldn’t be an easy task.

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January 19, 2012

Sister Barbara Furst, O.S.F., receives Nostrum Ecclesiam Tempus Award

Sister Barbara Furst, O.S.F., (formerly Sister Robert Catherine), a native of Baltimore, was awarded the Nostrum Ecclesiam Tempus Award, July 1, by the diocese of Trenton.

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January 19, 2012

Racial, ethnic disparities in health care: Knowing how to fight them

WASHINGTON – Dr. Anna Maria Izquierdo-Porrera knows firsthand that medical offices must be places on which patients can rely to receive quality health care when they need it and places to which they will want to return.

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January 19, 2012

Rushed scholars grumble over Vatican Library’s closure

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI was only one of hundreds of scholars making a rushed visit to the Vatican Library in late June and early July.

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January 19, 2012

Identical twins ordained to priesthood in Green Bay Diocese

GREEN BAY, Wis. – For the second time in its nearly 140-year history, the Diocese of Green Bay has ordained twins to the priesthood. Fathers Joel and Ben Sember, 27, were ordained June 30 by Bishop David A. Zubik at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral in Green Bay. Father Andrew Kysely was ordained with them. To...

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January 19, 2012

Senior Housing at Holy Korean Martyrs dedicated

Catholic Charities dedicated its Senior Housing at Holy Korean Martyrs July 10.

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January 19, 2012

Hospice volunteer training

Stella Maris is offering training for those who are interested in volunteering with hospice patients. The program needs men and women with a wide range of interests who wish to take part in a rewarding and compassionate experience.

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January 19, 2012

Black Catholic Congress attracts crowd

About 45 Catholics from the Archdiocese of Baltimore attending the 10th National Black Catholic Congress in Buffalo, N.Y., hope to boost evangelization and social justice on a parish and diocesan level.

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January 19, 2012

Harford churches work with Habitat to construct homes

Jeanine Nkurunziza fled her home in Burundi, Africa, in 1994 after war tore the country apart. She has experienced many hard times since she came to Maryland so many years ago but she has never lost her faith, said Joann Blewett, executive director of Harford Habitat for Humanity.

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January 19, 2012

Vatican budget closes with surplus; Peter’s Pence up $42 million

VATICAN CITY – Despite a serious drop in the value of the U.S. dollar, the Vatican’s 2006 budget closed with a surplus of more than $3.2 million, said Cardinal Sergio Sebastiani, head of the Vatican’s general accounting office.

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January 19, 2012