Catholic Review, Author at Archdiocese of Baltimore

October 18, 2013

Flu facts and information from the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center

Flu season is here and the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center has provided this fact sheet on influenza.

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October 18, 2013

Patriarchs and silent pearls

Bob Doerfler was an outdoors friend. Walking laps around an urban reservoir, he talked up his large family, his church and the Knights of Columbus.

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October 17, 2013

Church is ‘apostolic’ when it shares Gospel with the world, pope says

The church can describe itself as "apostolic" only if it shares the Gospel with the world, Pope Francis said Oct. 16 at his weekly general audience.

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October 17, 2013

Pizza, beer and politics

Baltimore-area Catholics met at Holy Cross in Federal Hill Oct. 15 to discuss ways of getting parishioners more engaged in the political area.

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October 17, 2013

7 Quick Takes Friday (The homework blues, door slamming, carpet rolls, bank robbers, and more)

— 1 —Before Leo started kindergarten, I figured he wouldn’t like homework. I thought he’d resent that his little brother didn’t have any, and that he had to do homework instead of playing with his parents.I was wrong.His little brother begs for his own homework, and I have to create

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October 16, 2013

Danish students experience American outreach at Esperanza Center

Twenty-five students from Denmark recently visited Catholic Charities' Esperanza Center.

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October 16, 2013

I’ll have a real comment please, with a side of spam

Comments from you, my readers, are like hot fudge drizzled on vanilla ice cream. I read them and can’t hit “approve” fast enough so I can reply. I can’t tell you how grateful I am to hear from you and to know that we are connecting with one another.Then there’s

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October 15, 2013

Maryland Catholic Women’s Conference meets in Emmitsburg

The Maryland Catholic Women’s Conference was a time of introspection, spiritual growth and sisterhood for nearly 140 women.

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October 14, 2013

‘Politics is one of the highest forms of charity’

Speaking to a group of students earlier this summer, Pope Francis made some stunning assertions about the importance of Christian involvement in the public square.

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October 14, 2013

Our Lady of Fatima and Pope Francis’ consecration of the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary

I first saw the classic movie “The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima” in the 1960s when I was a child at the now-closed Sacred Heart of Mary School in Graceland Park. Only a few details remain in my mind from that childhood viewing: the lovely voice of the beautiful Lady

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October 14, 2013