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January 23, 2013

Colleague still learning from ‘Miss Moonis’

Twenty-four-year-old Mary Noppinger considers teacher Georgia Moonis to be her mentor.

January 23, 2013

Delving more closely into a mother’s Open Heart—and a book giveaway

Three years ago today Jimmy and Lisa Murphy met their son, Daniel, in China. Just months after they adopted him, they took him to the hospital for open-heart surgery. Sadly, his body never recovered from the surgery, and he passed away at only 2 ½ years old. Lisa shares the family’s

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January 23, 2013

What Einstein Can Teach Te’o…and Us

Albert Einstein once said: “I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots.” Today, social media and social networking is king. They are the lifeblood of connection for people all over the globe. Einstein would call them “anti-social.” And, I think he

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January 22, 2013

Wondering which team to cheer for, Mama Harbaugh?

As a mother of two boys who are 25 months apart, I feel for Jackie Harbaugh. We have an ongoing discussion in our house—who gets the bigger piece of watermelon, who gets more noodles in his soup, and which one gets to climb into the car first. I try to remain impartial,

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January 22, 2013

Baltimore archdiocese reaches 100,000 screenings in child protection efforts

Jon Ellwanger was the 100,000th person to go through a background screening in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

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January 22, 2013

Who will show the face of God?

Times have changed since my days in grade school in a Chicago suburb. Back then, our school was staffed by about a dozen nuns and a similar number of lay teachers. The parish was staffed by three or four priests at a time, including the one primarily assigned to ministry at the hospital within the...

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January 22, 2013

Sister M. Gillet Beach, I.H.M., dies

A funeral Mass for Sister M. Gillet Beach, a member of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Hearts of Mary, was offered Jan. 15 at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton, Pa. Sister Gillet died Jan. 10. She was 100.

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January 22, 2013

Sister M. Gabriel Kane, I.H.M., dies

A funeral Mass for Sister M. Gabriel Kane, a member of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, was offered Jan. 21 in Scranton, Pa.

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January 22, 2013

Time with Jesus in the great outdoors

Last weekend was beautiful, particularly mild for mid-to-late January. The sun was shining, the sky was a brilliant blue and the blast of frigid air had not yet traveled east. I took advantage of the nice weather Sunday afternoon – before the Ravens game, of course – and went for a

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January 21, 2013

Early flu seasons prompts caution

When the flu season struck the Baltimore area immediately after the holidays, the pastor of Our Lady of Grace in Parkton suspended the distribution of the Precious Blood during Mass.

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