Seeing Myself In “The Hunger Games” *Spoilers*

   Why blog about “The Hunger Games?” Everyone is talking about it? Including fellow Catholic Review blogger Matt Palmer. I don’t read much fiction, but this book has kept my attention and truly drawn me into the life of Katniss Everdeen, the book’s heroine and narrator. The Hunger Games is an
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Africentric: St. Frances honoring Bill and Camille Cosby

On April 20, St. Frances Academy will name its community center in honor of Dr. Camille Cosby and Dr. Bill Cosby.
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For Purple Mountain Majesties

 I rarely have lunchtime plans. So, when my mother and brother invited me to join them — and my nephews and younger son — for the Rally for Religious Freedom at noon March 23, I went. After all, besides my passion for the issue itself, I didn’t want to miss Daniel’s
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Mission Helpers receive $25,000 grant

Two religious orders from Maryland were among the 62 religious congregations in 17 states to receive grants from SOAR! (Support Our Aging Religious).
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It‘s the premises, Stupid

Last week, I was talking with several friends after a Theology on Tap session on secularism. We were discussing several hot-button issues: the HHS mandate, decline of Catholic education, relationship of church and state and so on. The conversation finally settled on the controversial same-sex marriage law, which recently passed
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The accident

Being in a car accident is always a terrifying experience. Throw in a 2-year-old, the absence of your spouse who is away on business, and a belly seven months swollen with child, and the terror only escalates.The goal was to take my son to Port Discovery to visit the Clifford
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Jeremy Lin’s Christian faith allows him to forgive

 NBA.com Many media members covering New York Knicks star Jeremy Lin were falling all over themselves to come up with puns related to his name in February. Lin, who is of Taiwanese heritage, became a major NBA story when he came off the bench and began leading the Knicks to
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Tax-Credit for Hollywood, not students?

Catholic school students rallied March 27 in Annapolis to gain support for an important tax credit.
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Men challenged to get into spiritual shape

Danny Abramowicz is convinced that too many men have “dropped the ball” when it comes nurturing their spiritual lives.
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An Annunciation

 Even before we met Leo in China, John and I had agreed that we wanted him to have at least one sibling. I’m the third child of six and John is the youngest of seven, so an only childhood seemed rather lonely. Because Leo made such a surprisingly smooth transition to our family,
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See God’s love during Holy Week

Holy Week is at hand. How can we look at this holiest of times in a new way?
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Trayvon Martin case shows everyone deserves justice, peace

 AP photo Fourteen years ago, one of the my closest childhood friends, Anthony Jamaal Thomas, was stabbed and killed for his Eddie Bauer jacket coming out of a movie theater in a mall. For a few days after, Anthony was mentioned in headlines across the Washington area and, then, was forgotten as the media moved
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