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BOAST defeated in committee

A bill that would have provided business tax credits to businesses that support tuition scholarship programs was defeated on a 15-5 vote in the House of Delegates Ways and Means Committee March 22. The bill would have established a program called BOAST, “Building Opportunities for All Students and Teachers in Maryland,” allowing businesses to claim...
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Faith groups press for congressional action to cut poverty

WASHINGTON – An interfaith group of more than 50 members three years ago pledged to join in an effort to cut U.S. poverty in half by 2020.
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Pope names more women than ever to Synod of Bishops on Bible

VATICAN CITY – Choosing men and women from every part of the world and from a wide variety of professional spheres, Pope Benedict XVI nominated 32 voting members, 41 experts and 37 observers for the upcoming world Synod of Bishops.
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Good Friday Collection has been helping for 120 years

Parishioners throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore will have an opportunity to participate in a 120-year-old tradition when the second collection basket comes their way Good Friday (April 6). As it has for more than a century, the Good Friday collection will help the church persevere in the Holy Land. The need for support for the...
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Pope creates new cardinals, telling them authority means service

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI created 24 new cardinals, including two from the United States, and called them to be strong in spreading and defending the faith and promoting peace and tranquility within the church.
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Three years after Katrina, bad memories still vivid

NEW ORLEANS – There are bad days – and then there are incredibly bad days. Cobble enough of those together, as Marine Maj. Gen. Douglas O’Dell did in August 2005, and the sobering result was “the worst month of my life,” a snapshot of death and despair that won’t ever depart from a steely-eyed military...
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Eckerl believes in “The Calvert Hall Way”

Over the past two baseball seasons, Calvert Hall College, Towson, has yielded an overall record of 58-9, collared back-to-back conference title championships and developed a system that turns out talented ball players year after year. The man behind the magic is head coach, Lou Eckerl. Eckerl became the first coach to win Maryland Interscholastic Athletic...
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Contraception, sterilization not preventive health services, panel told

WASHINGTON – Contraception and sterilization should not be included among mandated “preventive services” for women under the new health reform law, a spokeswoman for the U.S. bishops told an Institute of Medicine committee Nov. 16.
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Wonderful column on ‘Humanae Vitae’

What a wonderful column on “Humanae Vitae” by Archbishop O’Brien (CR, Aug. 28). Praise God! It brought me to tears that finally someone has the courage to publicly proclaim and defend “Humanae Vitae.” In the 40 years since it was published in 1968, I have never heard it mentioned from a pulpit.
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Ceramics class teaches charity at Loyola

As Loyola Blakefield, Towson, senior Garrett Winand puts the final touches on a bowl he is making in his ceramics class, the 17-year-old is reminded his craftsmanship is bound for a March 24 fundraising event to feed the hungry of Baltimore. The Church of the Nativity, Timonium, parishioner said he is pleased representatives from Beans...
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Individuals make America great

In “Now the hard work begins for conscientious Catholics” (CR, Nov. 4) Tony Magliano continues to espouse the mantra of Catholic social justice. Instead, Catholics should encourage their government to create an environment that will allow the individual to tend to the sick, respect life, be good stewards of the environment, etc. By singing the...
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New tabernacle places Eucharist in proper view

A new tabernacle at St. Margaret, Bel Air, was dedicated Aug. 24 during a Mass celebrated by Bishop Mitchell T. Rozanski, eastern vicar, and concelebrated by Monsignor G. Michael Schleupner, pastor, and Father Jesse L. Bolger, associate pastor.
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