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Norton has coached Gaels baseball team for 25 years

For the past 25 years, Dave Norton has been at the helm of Mount St. Joseph High School, Irvington, baseball. Steeped in the tradition of baseball excellence, Norton beams with pride, recalling the number of players and their families who have touched his life for more than a quarter of a century. “Along with my...
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Fan of crossword

I am a new subscriber to The Catholic Review and I want to say how much I enjoy the crossword puzzle. Unlike other newspaper crossword puzzles which make me feel dumb when I don’t know many of the clues for movies and other arcane references, this crossword has links to my Catholic identity. I can...
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Baltimore and Wilmington, forever linked

When Monsignor John O. Barres heard that Bishop W. Francis Malooly was going to be named the ordinary of the Diocese of Wilmington, Del., he looked for a cross he owned.
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Maryland native to showcase portraits

Joseph Sheppard, an internationally acclaimed painter/sculptor will present an exhibition of more than 50 drawings, paintings and sculpture at the arts program gallery of the University of Maryland University College through June 18.
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Archbishop calls for embracing of evolving church

COLUMBIA - Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien delivered a strong rebuke to anti-immigrant sentiment Oct. 21, calling it "a scandal" and a "disgrace."
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Episcopal priests worried about their church talk to Catholic bishop

WASHINGTON – Four priests from the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas, who said they are troubled by the “liberal” direction taken by the Episcopal Church met with the Catholic bishop of Fort Worth.
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Virginia Tech professor describes events after massacre

ROANOKE, Va. – Deacon Michael J. Ellerbrock of St. Mary Parish in Blacksburg had just wrapped up his 9 a.m. class at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg April 16 “when it all happened,” he said. A gunman, later identified by police as student Cho Seung-Hui, shot and killed two people in a residence hall and then...
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Visionary Mercy Sister, 76, dies

A funeral Mass for Religious Sister of Mercy Katherine Nueslein was offered Oct. 18 at St. Peter the Apostle Church in Baltimore.
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Eritrean Catholic bishop prays for peace between Eritrea, Ethiopia

WASHINGTON – Eritrean Bishop Menghisteab Tesfamariam of Asmara urged Eritreans in North America to unite in faith and prayed that the international community would work for peace between his country and Ethiopia.
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Returning to work after retirement may help reduce stress

Fallston resident Marge Rupp sees no reason to end her 40 years of work at St. Michael the Archangel School, Overlea, just because she recently celebrated her 80th birthday.
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Catholic aid groups respond after typhoon strikes northern Philippines

MANILA, Philippines – Catholic aid agencies worked to provide shelter and emergency relief to hundreds of people forced to flee their homes after the strongest typhoon in four years battered the northern Philippines.
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Free Catholic education gives college-bound students a new start

PORTLAND, Ore. – In the relative quiet of summer, Raphiel Lambert can imagine a parallel universe.
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