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Western and Central Maryland volunteers honored

Volunteers are often the unsung heroes of Catholic schools. In Central and Western Maryland, they are truly being celebrated.
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CCHD ends funding to ACORN over financial irregularities

WASHINGTON – The Catholic Campaign for Human Development suspended funding a nationwide community organizing group after it was disclosed June 2 that nearly $1 million had been embezzled.
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Mass supports those struggling with addictions

About 50 parishioners gathered at St. Margaret, Bel Air, for the parish’s first-ever Mass of Healing and Hope on Sept. 19, which supported those who struggle with addiction.
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Tens of thousands of youths gather for two pre-march rallies, Masses

WASHINGTON – At the first youth rally and Mass for life to be held at the D.C. Armory, nearly 10,000 young people from across the country were urged Jan. 24 to more fully live their Catholic faith and embrace the culture of life promoted “by our soon-to-be-beatified Pope John Paul II.”
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Catechists find ties that bind at annual Institute

Hope has become a buzzword in 2008. The Archdiocese of Baltimore sent a clarion call, however, that it is not a passing phrase at its annual Institute for catechists.
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Pope: Northern Ireland is an example

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy – Pope Benedict XVI pointed to the Northern Ireland peace process as an example to “other troubled zones of our world” that all conflict can be overcome peacefully. After 30 years of conflict, peace in Northern Ireland was “achieved through widespread international support, determined political resolve on the part of both the...
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Exorcisms continue to pique Hollywood’s imagination

TORONTO – The exorcism began after Mass as the exorcist and several parishioners gathered around a troubled young man and started praying over him, recalls Father Joseph Muldoon, episcopal vicar of the Ottawa Archdiocese.
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Catholic Medical Association adds new life

Amid the business attire, networking and note-taking that marked the Catholic Medical Association’s 77th annual Educational Conference, Patrick Tomeny stood out.
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Time to Time

“The life of every individual, from its very beginning, is part of God’s plan.” This is what Pope John Paul II reminded us in The Gospel of Life.
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John Carroll senior books music star for senior project, Jan. 22 concert

John Carroll School student Allison Lozinak dreamt big for her senior project. She wanted to bring one of contemporary Christian music’s biggest stars, Matt Maher, to the school’s Bel Air campus for a concert.
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Be careful how you invest

What profit a man if he gains on Wall St., but suffers the loss of his soul? Many eyes were on the bail-out of our financial infrastructure, perhaps an appropriate concern for normalcy in a modern material world. However, the true long-term investor may realize that his portfolio should include stocks that appreciate in the...
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Climate change hurts poor most

UNITED NATIONS – The poor are disproportionately affected by the environment and are particularly vulnerable to climate change, said Catholic representatives from around the world Sept. 6 at a U.N. conference on climate change. Small groups can adopt good practices to mitigate the adverse impact of climate change and promote human rights, they said in...
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