‘Wake-up call’ : Sellinger takes up new role as chancellor of schools

James B. Sellinger says a heart attack while working as an IBM executive was his “wake-up call.”
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$112.8 million Mega Miracle

For much of her life, Bernadette Gietka had dreamed of writing and producing a musical that would celebrate the sanctity of life.
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Beauty beneath the grime: Basilica’s Stations of the Cross undergo restoration

Gently wielding a thin bamboo skewer tipped with a bit of rolled cotton, Nancy R. Pollak gingerly dabbed the painting of Jesus.
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Bishop Rozanski’s parents nurtured his faith

Alfred and Jean Rozanski, parents of Bishop Rozanski, say their son always wanted to be a parish priest.
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Amen: Dying doing what you love

Whenever my cousin, Bob Matysek, slogged onto a beach on Kent Island after completing the grueling 4.4-mile Great Chesapeake Bay Swim, family snapshots inevitably captured the same image.
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In streets of Little Italy, St. Leo parishioners remember Christ’s sacrifice

For parishioners of St. Leo, the annual Good Friday commemoration was meant to bear witness to Christ’s crucifixion and death.
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Babe Ruth’s diamond

One hundred years ago on St. Valentine’s Day, George Herman “Babe” Ruth Jr. began his meteoric rise in professional baseball when he signed a contract with the minor league Baltimore Orioles.
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Little Sisters of the Poor stand firm against mandate

The sisters object to having to provide contraceptives, sterilizations and abortifacient drugs within their employee health insurance coverage.
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Catonsville family plans heart center in China

Ann Bartlinski and her husband, Ed, are in the process of opening a heart center in Beijing, China, called “Love You More Heart Home” for orphans and children of poor families
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Remembering a friend

Christopher Gaul died Oct. 18, 2012. (CR file photo)Kneeling in the small parking garage at Catholic Review headquarters about a decade ago, Christopher Gaul and I went to work changing a flat tire on his small sports utility vehicle. Gaul, my former managing editor, confidently wielded an iron wrench to unloosen lug
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WWII prisoner of war recalls capture, redemption

U.S. Army Air Corps Corporal Leo Wojciechowski took part in a ceremony at the Pentagon honoring U.S. prisoners of war.
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