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January 19, 2012

At the Libya-Tunisia border, tales of hardship, violence and support

JERUSALEM – Refugees and migrant workers crossing the border from Libya into Tunisia continue to report incidents of hardship and extreme violence against them by Libyan nationals, said a Catholic humanitarian aid worker.
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January 19, 2012

Pope begins Advent by asking Christians to be signs of hope

VATICAN CITY – In their prayers and through their actions in Advent, Christians are called to be signs of hope for a world marked by holiness and justice, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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January 19, 2012

U.S. should play role in restarting Israeli-Palestinian talks

JERUSALEM – The United States has a responsibility to play a vital role in restarting Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ international policy committee. “We have a certain responsibility. By not being engaged at this level it will certainly involve us in ways we do not want to be involved in (later),”...
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January 19, 2012

Restrain anti-union rhetoric

George Weigel is (CR, March 24) brings up the canard that “Tens of thousands of inner city children are being denied a quality education today because of the intransigence of the teachers unions.” I favor voucher programs, but am against using the inability of school systems to educate according to an unattainable standard as the...
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January 19, 2012

New St. Agnes parish center brings everyone home

Father Carl F. Cummings and Susan Banks couldn’t contain their glee. The pastor of Catonsville’s St. Agnes and its elementary school principal watched as the eighth grade girls’ basketball team became the first group to use the new $4 million parish center.
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January 19, 2012

Catholic high schools are U.S. football powers

WASHINGTON – A list of football powerhouses among Catholic colleges in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association would probably start with Notre Dame and end with Boston College.
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January 19, 2012

Church Chatter: Families contribute altar to Buckeystown school

Auxiliary Bishop Mitchell T. Rozanski blessed the new altar at St. Thomas More Academy in Buckeystown March 4, during the school’s first Friday Mass. According to a news release from the independent Catholic school, it was his first visit since it was recognized by the Archdiocese of Baltimore in May 2010.
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January 19, 2012

Rescue mission: Youths called to evangelize

OCEAN CITY – Mark Pacione walked to the front of the Clarion Hotel’s Grand Ballroom Nov. 22 with a large task ahead of him. It was 10:30 p.m. and the hundreds of teenagers filling the room were buzzing, unable to come down from the energy rush of a two-hour dance, which had concluded. They jumped...
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January 19, 2012

Religious order recruits male teachers for Catholic schools

ST. LOUIS – The Midwest province of the Christian Brothers has begun a program to combat the growing shortage of male teachers. The province offers the Lasallian Teacher Immersion Program at universities run by the religious community to provide male college students with classroom teaching experience and opportunities to serve those in need while earning...
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January 19, 2012

Seeing the bigger picture of our church

In the Gospel of the second Sunday of Lent, we heard St. Matthew’s account of the Transfiguration of Jesus. With Peter, James and John on Mount Tabor, we are presented with the image of the transfigured Christ, standing along with Moses and Elijah, representing the law and the prophets. So many rich images are presented...
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January 19, 2012

Former student leads current St. Mark, Catonsville, pupils in toy collection

Dennis Walsh still hears the laughter of his old classmates at Catonsville’s St. Mark School in Catonsville. The sound is as fresh as the occasional disciplinary yell he received from the Schools Sisters of Notre Dame who taught him.
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January 19, 2012

Friar runners pay tribute to our troops and our country

In a once-in-a-lifetime experience for the Archbishop Curley cross country team, four seniors took part in a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., on Aug. 16. On that drizzly day, the four Friar senior runners, Tim Skarda, Pat Hairfield, Jonathan Sobczynski and Kevin Sommers,...
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