Bishops, church groups set pay scale for priceless priests

Men enter the priesthood not for fame or fortune but because they hear God calling them to serve his flock. However, the question remains “what does an archdiocesan priest make?” A priest’s salary can range anywhere from a little more than $18,000 to more than $31,000 depending on length of service, whether they are a...
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Former Notre Dame president teaches in Ghana

When Sister Kathleen Feeley, S.S.N.D., was an English professor and president of the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, getting around the leafy Baltimore campus involved little more than a leisurely stroll from the convent.
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Dealing with depression

As a child, St. Mary, Annapolis, parishioner Therese Borchard struggled with anxiety. As an adult, the married mother of two is living with depression. It wasn’t until Mrs. Borchard stopped drinking in college that she realized there was a bigger problem in her life – depression.
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Cardinal Keeler’s sister Helen dies

A funeral Mass for Helen Keeler, sister of Cardinal William H. Keeler, was offered July 4 at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Toronto. Ms. Keeler died June 28 of cancer. She was 60.
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Latino Night at Oriole Park to benefit Hispanic Apostolate

The Baltimore Orioles have teamed up with Catholic Charities’ Hispanic Apostolate/Immigration Legal Services to celebrate the 6th-Annual Noche Latina at 3:35 p.m. July 14. Festivities will take place in the Bullpen Picnic Grove before the 4:35 p.m. game, when the Baltimore Orioles take on the Chicago White Sox.
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Catholic leaders find president’s health care proposals disappointing

WASHINGTON – Calling the failure to provide health insurance for every child in the nation “a glaring moral failure,” the president and CEO of the Catholic Health Association said President George W. Bush’s opposition to the expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program was “profoundly” disappointing.
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Youths beautify Baltimore

The temperature in Baltimore City was 85 degrees and rising and the humidity was even worse the week of July 24-29. However, 32 youths from St. William of York, Baltimore; St. Mark, Catonsville; and Resurrection of Our Lord, Laurel, braved the heat to participate in BASE Camp, Baltimore-Act-Serve-Evangelize. The young people donned T-shirts and gloves...
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Vocations camp for boys raises awareness about priesthood

Twelve-year-old Daniel Cohn doesn’t dream about becoming a major league baseball player or a Hollywood movie star. His goal in life is to become a priest and minister with soldiers as a U.S. Army chaplain. “I want to serve my country and preach about God,” said Daniel, a homeschooled parishioner of St. John the Evangelist,...
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Institute focuses on need to invite young people to be church leaders

WASHINGTON – Approximately 70 leaders of youth, young adult and campus ministries from 13 U.S. dioceses met June 25-29 in Washington to discuss ways of more effectively inviting the youths of the Catholic Church into leadership positions within the church. The leaders met at a training institute held by the Washington Theological Union.
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Pope gives pallium to 46 archbishops as sign of unity with him

VATICAN CITY – Placing the pallium, a woolen band, around the shoulders of 46 archbishops from around the world, Pope Benedict XVI prayed that they would be true shepherds of their flocks and always united with the pope. “May this pallium be for you a symbol of unity and a sign of communion with the...
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Christian Family Movement encouraged by bishops’ marriage campaign

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – A top leader of the Christian Family Movement in the United States called an initiative by the U.S. bishops to strengthen marriage “good for couples and good for society.” “It’s very exciting to see the Catholic Church encouraging people to treasure their own marriages,” said Lauri Przybysz, who shares the CFM presidency...
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U.S. bishop calls for an end to violence against Iraqi Christians

WASHINGTON – A U.S. bishop, who described the situation of Christians in Iraq as “particularly dire,” called for an end to the continuing violence against the country’s religious minorities.
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