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Baltimore City is prepared to entertain NCEA guests

For the thousands of people coming to Baltimore for the National Catholic Educational Association’s 104th convention April 10-13, there will be variety of events and activities to attend after the Baltimore Convention Center doors close for the day. Celebrate the arts with middle and high school students of the Archdiocese of Baltimore at the Meyerhoff...
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Ehrlich promises to bring change to Maryland

ANNAPOLIS – Former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. thought his career in politics was finished four years ago, when he lost his bid for reelection.
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Priest has spent his career building bridges among cultures, groups

NEW YORK – Growing up in a family where “difference was normative” proved to be excellent preparation for Monsignor Robert Stern’s priestly career of building bridges between and among different cultural groups.
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Volunteers help Oklahoma Benedictines

HULBERT, Okla. – With a crisp spring breeze in the air, more than 175 volunteers from throughout the southwestern United States came together March 10 to assist the Benedictine monks of Our Lady of Clear Creek Monastery near Hulbert in northeastern Oklahoma. The effort, which was organized by Tulsan Dan Doyle, assisted the monks with...
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Bishops’ comments on abortion spark debate in Brazilian campaign

SAO PAULO, Brazil – As Brazil’s Oct. 31 presidential runoff approaches, abortion has become a major issue – at least among the nation’s Catholics.
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Holy Trinity parishioner helps on roads, in church

For someone whose avocation involves the specific measurement of distance and time, road runner Neil Hinkle was rather casual in gauging his involvement at Holy Trinity in Glen Burnie.
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Rights for gay, unmarried couples at odds with faith

VATICAN CITY – Supporting legislation that gives legal rights to gay or heterosexual couples who are not married is a position that is not consistent with the Catholic faith, said members of the permanent council of the Italian bishops’ conference. “The faithful Christian is obliged to form his conscience” in accordance with the teaching of...
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Celebrate our legacy; add to it in November

As we usher in November, Black Catholic History Month, so many memories come to mind, such as vivid thoughts of Servant of God, Oblate Sister of Providence Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange, serving God’s people, catechizing and evangelizing throughout the streets of Baltimore. November is a time to increase our prayers for her canonization and to...
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Veteran principals adapt to the demands of the tech dynamic

Schooled by sisters in habits, they began their own careers as educators when high-tech meant a ditto machine and an overhead projector.
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Crowd processes to honor Archbishop Romero

The moist air failed to dampen the spirits of the candle-holding faithful as they paid tribute to slain Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero in a Fells Point procession March 24 that illuminated the streets and enlightened onlookers. Patti Ferguson of Canton hadn’t heard of Archbishop Romero, who was murdered in San Salvador, El Salvador, while celebrating...
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Pope tells seminarians abuse crisis cannot discredit priestly mission

VATICAN CITY – In a letter to the world’s seminarians, Pope Benedict XVI said that in the face of widespread religious indifference and the recent moral failings of clergy, the world needs priests and pastors who can serve God and bring God to others.
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Western Maryland honors Bishop Malooly

HAGERSTOWN – When Pope John Paul II named Bishop W. Francis Malooly an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, the new bishop immediately got in his white Honda Accord and made a whirlwind tour of some of the parishes of his assigned vicariate in the western part of the state. For the next seven...
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