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NDP player named a 2008 Unsung Hero

Notre Dame Preparatory School senior Erin Workmeister, a member of the Towson school’s basketball team, was honored as one of two McCormick Unsung Heroes May 12 at The Marriott Hunt Valley Inn.
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Ivy League-bound wrestler lifts Spalding to new heights

SEVERN – In addition to the requisite athleticism and desire, Charlie Lynch applies scientific technique to his wrestling.
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Vatican’s U.N. nuncio argues for greater protection of human rights

UNITED NATIONS – Human rights are best protected through disarmament and weapons nonproliferation, argued Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the Vatican’s apostolic nuncio to the United Nations.
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Suit seeks minimum of $250,000 in damages from Catholic Online

WASHINGTON – A prosecutor in an upcoming civil trial is seeking a minimum of $250,000 in punitive damages from Catholic Online, a California media organization, and its president, who are accused of diverting funds intended for charitable causes.
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Archdiocese launches Equip for Ministry formation program

SEVERN – Looking out over more than 100 parish ministry leaders gathered inside St. Bernadette Church Jan. 11, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien offered a challenge. They must, he said, bring Christ alive in their faith communities and homes.
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OLPH reaches out to young

Ask Father Erik Arnold to name one area of parish life where Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Ellicott City excels, and the response comes instantly.
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Bishop Malooly confirms nine deaf teens

IJAMSVILLE – Without uttering a word, nine teens from Central Maryland conveyed their love for their church using signs and gestures during a first-ever archdiocesan confirmation liturgy for the deaf community May 13.
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Mass of remembrance, healing celebrated for victims of Tucson shooting

TUCSON, Ariz. – More than 800 people filled St. Odilia Church and its nearby parish hall Jan. 11 to pray for the victims of the shooting spree outside a Tucson supermarket Jan. 8.
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Pope urges church to help couples see beauty of natural procreation

VATICAN CITY – The church must find ways to help Catholic couples see the beauty of respecting the true design of procreation and avoid artificial reproduction and contraception, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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After nearly four decades, New Cathedral Cemetery employee to retire

For Anne Lucido, the complexities of life and death are part of the job – literally. The St. Agnes, Catonsville, parishioner has worked at New Cathedral Cemetery in Baltimore for 37 years.
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Pope sends envoy, funds for Haiti on earthquake anniversary

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI offered special prayers and a $1.2 million contribution to Haiti as the country struggled to recover a year after a deadly earthquake.
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Late actor’s camp in Ireland gives back childhoods to ill children

DUBLIN, Ireland – A Hole in the Wall Camp founded by the late actor Paul Newman helps sick children get their childhoods back, said a New York Catholic working there as a volunteer.
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