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Initiative launched to share Christian, Jewish, Muslim pulpits

WASHINGTON – It will happen for just one Sunday in June, but on that day, dozens of houses of worship across the United States will open their pulpits to clergy from the other two Abrahamic faiths to read from their scriptures.
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Mother Seton Academy students learns about business through NFTE

Alayna Albertie makes and sells homemade dog biscuits, and she promises they’re far superior to anything you can get in the grocery store.
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Doing unto others includes a ride in a pinch

A father of three young children in southern Carroll County was hospitalized, and his wife was overwhelmed running to the hospital and caring for their children.
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Charter review, assisted suicide among topics facing bishops in June

WASHINGTON – Although the U.S. bishops’ spring general assembly will focus primarily on a review of the 2002 “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People” and consideration of a new document on physician-assisted suicide, the June 15-17 meeting in Seattle also will include a variety of presentations looking forward and back.
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Catholic colleges, parishes host guests attending inauguration, balls

WASHINGTON – Up until just days before the inauguration, a group of about 70 students from a girls charter school in Atlanta had planned to watch the presidential inauguration events on television screens at Trinity Washington University.
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Basilica rector takes steps to boost parishioner involvement

As Father Jeffrey S. Dauses settles into his new position as rector of Baltimore’s basilica, the 44-year-old Baltimore native already has plans to bolster parish life at the nation’s first Catholic cathedral.
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Millennial Series Part 3: Are young people too connected?

During the 1980s and early 1990s, there wasn’t a more reliable pair of babysitters than the Super Mario Bros.
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Baynesville eighth-graders leave behind their green imprint

It’s true that recycling isn’t new, but for student council officers at Immaculate Heart of Mary School the idea of it has been recycled into a new passion – and one they want to leave behind.
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Young lobbyists seek support for nonpublic schools

ANNAPOLIS – Standing on the marble floors of the State House just outside the House of Delegates chamber, 12-year-old Cameron Wood was still beaming after his first successful effort as a lobbyist. The seventh-grader from Our Lady of Victory School in Arbutus was one of 400 nonpublic school students who converged on Annapolis March 6...
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After 15 years, Notre Dame-AmeriCorps still going strong

Jessica Tural was intent on going to law school when she decided to give a year of service through Notre Dame Mission Volunteer – a federally funded AmeriCorps program based in Baltimore. Tural volunteered to help prisoners reclaim their lives – an experience that so moved her that she completely shifted her career goals. The...
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PEOPLE, PLACES, THINGS

Three Loyola Blakefield, Towson, football players participated in the Baltimore Ravens Toyota Quarterback Challenge during halftime of the Ravens-Redskins game Dec. 7. Dons quarterback Connor Bruns and receivers Ryan Cullen and Vincent Snarski, all juniors, were able to triumph in the competition. Connor ran a 52-yard completion during the event, in which the winner was...
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Parish adds security in wake of burglary

In the wake of a recent burglary that resulted in damaged doors and stolen computer equipment, St. Joseph in Eldersburg is taking added security measures to protect parish property.
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