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Robert Twynham, acclaimed Baltimore composer and musician, dies at 80

Robert Twynham, an internationally known composer of liturgical music and the longtime music director at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland, died March 23. He was 80. A memorial Mass is being planned for early May at Corpus Christi in Baltimore, his home parish.
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Returning teacher finds new challenges

I recently returned to teaching high school in the Archdiocese of Baltimore after an absence of more than 30 years. The things that I have learned (and in some cases relearned) are as numerous as the challenges a teacher faces today.
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Sisters are a sign you can’t miss

If you see a giant nun looming in front of you, you’re not having flashbacks to your Catholic school days. The larger-than-life photographic cutouts of the Sisters of Mercy, posted on street corners by Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, are helping hospital visitors find their way to the Saratoga Street parking garage.
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Bad bookworms: Precious library collection on Christian East risks ruin

VATICAN CITY – The Pontifical Oriental Institute has the best general collection in the world on Eastern Christianity.
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Buckeystown youths fast to help hungry

Sixteen hours since he last had a full meal, 15-year-old Evan Kadan’s stomach was growling and he wasn’t feeling like himself.
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Holy Name members of the year honored at Oriole Park

Before the first pitch was thrown at Oriole Park Aug. 24, a Calvert Hall College High School, Towson, student and a parishioner of St. Joseph, Taneytown, were honored during the Archdiocesan Holy Name Union Baseball Game at Camden Yards.
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Catholic experts: Japan disaster raises ethical questions about energy

LIMA, Peru – The ongoing nuclear plant disaster in Japan raises not only environmental and health issues, but ethical questions about energy use and the future of nuclear power, according to Catholic scholars and other ethicists.
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St. Timothy youths support Haiti

St. Timothy in Walkersville got to test out the acoustics in Lystra Hall of their new parish center Nov. 16 during an open mic night to benefit an upcoming teen service trip to their sister parish, St. Jérôme, in Haiti.
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Wisconsin priest joins caravan to Cuba

MILWAUKEE – In his 87 years, many memories have formed in Jesuit Father Bill Brennan’s mind.
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Canadian baby flown to St. Louis Catholic hospital for treatment

WASHINGTON – Bobby Schindler said he can see parallels between the case of a Canadian infant known as “Baby Joseph” and the situation of his late sister, Terry Schiavo, who died in 2005 13 days after a court ordered her feeding tube removed.
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Cards hoping for upset in Turkey Bowl

In his players at Calvert Hall College High School in Towson, Coach Donald Davis sees reflections of the kid who used to be him – especially this time of year, when the Cardinals prepare to face Loyola in the annual Turkey Bowl at Ravens Stadium.
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Bishops might meet to discuss Chavez proposal

CARACAS, Venezuela – Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino of Caracas said the Venezuelan bishops’ conference might have a special meeting to discuss Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s proposed constitutional reform. The proposal “concerns the life of the Venezuelan people, of the Catholics of Venezuela and the rights of everybody,” he said. The cardinal said Venezuelan Catholics should...
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