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January 19, 2012

More U.S. Catholics preparing for diaconate, lay ministry

WASHINGTON – The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate reports that in 2006-07 it identified more permanent deacon candidates and more students in U.S. lay ecclesial ministry programs than in the previous year.
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January 19, 2012

Venezuelan church criticizes government shutdown of TV station

CARACAS, Venezuela – A Venezuelan archbishop and Catholic institutions have joined the nation’s political opposition in criticizing the government’s shutdown of an independent television station.
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January 19, 2012

Benedictines open cause for 36 North Korean martyrs

SEOUL, South Korea – The largest Benedictine abbey in Asia has opened the canonization cause for three dozen 20th-century martyrs of the Benedictine mission in North Korea.
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January 19, 2012

Raising money through golf

Golfers will be teeing off June 18 to raise money for St. Agnes HealthCare, Baltimore, in the 29th Annual St. Agnes Foundation/Crothall Healthcare Golf Classic. The tournament will be held at Turf Valley and Waverly Woods Golf Courses.
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January 19, 2012

Family gatherings important

Good for the Lipinski family (CR, May 31). I’m really glad that 23 of their clan make a point of getting together once each year for a week to enjoy family fun. My wife and I agree with them. There is nothing more important than family gatherings.
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January 19, 2012

EWTN’s CEO emulates Mother Angelica

IRONDALE, Ala. – While working as a successful lawyer and senior partner in his firm, Deacon Bill Steltemeier saw a flier on “sounding the call to holiness” at a church in the Chicago suburbs near a legal convention he was attending in 1978. Deacon Steltemeier, now CEO of Eternal Word Television Network, was tired and...
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January 19, 2012

Meeting parents of kidnapped British girl, pope offers prayers

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI, meeting the parents of a 4-year-old British girl apparently kidnapped while the family was on vacation in Portugal, blessed a photograph of the little girl and offered his prayers. Kate and Gerry McCann, the Catholic parents of Madeleine, who has been missing since May 3, met the pope at...
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January 19, 2012

Brochures inform Hispanic parishioners of legal rights

When parishioners of the Catholic Community of St. Michael/St. Patrick, Fells Point, opened their May church bulletins, inside they found a brochure informing immigrants how to legally protect themselves if they are detained.
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January 19, 2012

Essex high school promotes respect for life

Every time students gather for lunch at Our Lady of Mount Carmel High School in Essex, they come face-to-face with vivid reminders of the sanctity of human life.
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January 19, 2012

Husband, wife bond while helping Meals on Wheels

Richard Gross thinks golf is a good activity for a couple to do together. His wife, Lois, added “and Meals on Wheels.” Although she has no interest in golf, the 78-year-old has a 33-year vested loyalty to the program which delivers hot and cold meals to senior citizens who have difficulty cooking, getting to the...
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January 19, 2012

Cumberland seniors keep church ‘spotless’

CUMBERLAND – As soon as the last words of the closing prayer were uttered at the end of a recent morning Mass at St. Mary in Cumberland, they descended like an earnest horde of bees. Carrying buckets, feather dusters, cloths, vacuum cleaners and more, a team of seniors ranging in age from 62-92, set to...
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January 19, 2012

Hundreds of clubs keep seniors on the go

When JoAnn Huebler and her family found a remote control boat named “Poppy” they knew it would make a perfect gift for her father, Joe Danneman, because his five grandchildren call him “Poppy.” “He loves it,” she said of her father, a former Navy man and a Catholic who serves as usher in the nondenominational...
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