When the snow days just keep coming

Before the blizzard started Friday, I ordered Chinese food for lunch—and for leftovers for our snowed-in weekend.My fortune cookie should have said, “Your children will not return to school until February.”OK, so that might be a bit of a stretch, but I think there’s a good chance they won’t go
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Snowed in and surrounded by a winter playground

There’s something special about the first real snow of the season. I’m not sure we needed this storm to be so special—with something like 30 inches and biting winds—but my children would disagree. This storm is the answer to their prayers.For them, it’s like having oceanfront property. They can walk
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Calling on Saint Medard: Prayer to the patron saint of bad storms

Once again, our family and friends along the east coast are in the calm before the storm... a huge snowstorm which meteorologists are calling Jonas. With blizzard warnings and school closings pinging alerts to my cell phone, my husband and I share the worry with our family back in
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Due to unsafe travel conditions in Baltimore archdiocese, Catholics excused from attending Mass

Catholics are excused from the obligation to attend Mass due to a grave cause, such as unsafe travel due to severe weather conditions.
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Archbishop Lori discusses religious liberty and the future at Heritage Foundation

Archbishop Lori said the fundamental problems include “the decoupling of our basic freedoms from the search for truth.”
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Labor of Love: Mary Portera gave nine decades of service to St. Jude Shrine

Mary Portera, a fixture at the St. Jude Shrine in Baltimore who one priest described as the “example of what a Catholic layperson should be,” died Jan. 17. She was 101.
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Life beats blizzard, say participants in 2016 March for Life

The march's theme resonated with those from the Archdiocese of Baltimore who participated despite predictions of an apocalyptic snowstorm.
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Foot-washing ritual not limited to men, Vatican says in new decree

The Vatican issued a decree specifying that the Holy Thursday foot-washing ritual can include "all members of the people of God."
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16 tips for praying the rosary with young children

I am not an expert on helping young children to pray. Quite the opposite! Visitors to our house, especially those who do not have children, might be shocked by the chaos surrounding the recitation of our daily family rosary. They would be even more surprised that I am offering advice
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Chicago’s bitter cold doesn’t stop march against ‘culture of death’

Thousands of "pro-life popsicles" braved below-zero wind chills to participate in the 11th annual Chicago March for Life.
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Mercy Sister Marie Foley served four decades at Mercy High School

Mercy Sister Marie Foley, who served students, parents and faculty at Mercy High School in Baltimore for 40 years, died Jan. 15 at the Villa retirement convent in Baltimore
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