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Bishops might meet to discuss Chavez proposal

CARACAS, Venezuela – Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino of Caracas said the Venezuelan bishops’ conference might have a special meeting to discuss Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s proposed constitutional reform. The proposal “concerns the life of the Venezuelan people, of the Catholics of Venezuela and the rights of everybody,” he said. The cardinal said Venezuelan Catholics should...
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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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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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Shortage of management could hamper nonprofits

WASHINGTON – Nonprofit organizations will face a serious shortage of senior leaders in the next decade unless efforts are made now to recruit and retain outstanding managers, a consultant to nonprofits told the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management.
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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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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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Roger Taney may get the boot

A bust of the first Catholic Chief Justice of the United States may get booted from its prominent perch in front of Frederick’s City Hall if a group of civil rights activists gets its way. Pointing to Chief Justice Roger Taney’s role in writing the controversial Dred Scott v. Sanford decision that declared blacks to...
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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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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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God: Trinity or personal savior

I was watching EWTN’s “Journey Home” program last night (July 30, 2007) featuring a panel of three former Pentecostal preachers who had converted to Catholicism. After much praise of Pentecostal individuals and depth of devotion, they went on to present their criticisms.
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Japanese nuclear plant contractor express frustration at lack of info

YAMAGATA, Japan – Kazuhiro Kikuchi, his wife, Kazuki, and two of their three children were staying at a large sports center-turned-evacuation center about 40 miles north of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, where officials were struggling to contain a potential nuclear disaster.
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Part One: A portrait of Baltimore’s black Catholic history

In order to better appreciate the devotion and dedication of black Catholics to the church, it is necessary to be aware of the political, social and religious environment which people of color had to endure and overcome.
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