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The Sacred Heart School, Glyndon, holds Latina fiesta

On April 18, The Sacred Heart School gym and West Room in Glyndon were alive with song, dance, and food. More than two hundred people attended the school’s first Fiesta Latina, which included folk dances by student groups and a Parade of Nations. Students from kindergarten and sixth, seventh and eighth grades dressed in costumes...
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St. Peter welcomes former members of Episcopal Charismatic Community

Last January’s dissolution of the Life in Jesus Community was painful for its longtime members. More than three dozen people were active in the liturgically-based community in Libertytown – worshipping and receiving sacraments within the tradition of the Charismatic Episcopal Church.
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Architecture, ideas, and faith

In my Walter Mitty life, I’m not turning two with Cal Ripken at Camden Yards, or playing the Emperor Concerto with the National Symphony; I’m not even writing the Great American Novel. No, when I imagine a different life it’s as an architect.
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Stop destroying the rain forest, say Catholic bishops of the Amazon

LIMA, Peru – Ever since the Spanish conquistadors set off across the Andes in search of El Dorado, outsiders have sought their fortune in the Amazon. Rubber tapping, logging, mining, oil drilling and ranching have brought riches to some and ruin to others.
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Celebrating Mass with the pope

This column is the first in a three-part series by Father Lawrence. To concelebrate Mass with Pope Benedict XVI at Nationals Park last week, I had to get out of bed by 4 a.m., a task I do not undertake lightly. But I was sure it was going to be worth it, and it was....
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New Notre Dame pharmacy school proves innovative

During her junior year at Lehigh University two years ago, Jennifer Cochran began to contemplate becoming a pharmacist.
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‘Move forward’ in faith, pope urges Catholics at Yankee Stadium Mass

NEW YORK – At Yankee Stadium, transformed into an open-air church April 20, Pope Benedict XVI urged more than 57,000 Catholics to “move forward with firm resolve” in continuing the legacy of faith set in motion by the country’s first Catholics.
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President deserves to be heard

Michael R. Smith (CR, Sept. 17) “Would someone please explain to me why my daughter is watching a speech, during her school day, delivered by a pro-choice president?”
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On third anniversary of election, pope thanks Americans for love

NEW YORK – Describing himself as “the poor successor of St. Peter,” Pope Benedict XVI thanked Americans for their prayers and love on the third anniversary of his election.
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Too many sweets in Halloween treats?

One of Halloween night’s joys is a child’s uncertainty about what awaits them after they press a doorbell for trick-or-treating.
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St. Mary filmmaker wins prize, thanks to ‘God’s guidance.’

It’s been quite a ride, possibly a supernatural one, for Christopher Strackbein, the former youth and young adult minister at St. Mary, Annapolis, who never dreamed he’d make it into the filmmaking winner’s circle.
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Cardinal DiNardo urges Red Mass participants to show God’s justice in world

WASHINGTON – Speaking at the 56th annual Red Mass in the nation’s capital, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston said today’s followers of Christ must allow God’s word to abide in their hearts and, guided by the Holy Spirit, they must show God’s justice in the world.
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