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Woodmont Academy receives $900,000 challenge grant

Thomas V. Cunningham of The Cunningham Family Foundation has issued a challenge to Howard County’s newest Catholic elementary school, Woodmont Academy. If the Cooksville school receives pledges of $1 million or greater by Dec. 31, The Cunningham Family Foundation will donate $900,000 to Woodmont’s capital campaign, “Building Faith…Forming Leaders.”
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Social problems addressed through Loyola University program

When Shena Thomas came to teach fourth grade at Cardinal Shehan School in Northwood last fall, she noticed certain social trends.
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St. Felix of Nola

St. Felix of Nola was born in Italy in the third century. He sold his property and belongings to give money to the poor. After being ordained by St. Maximus of Nola, he was arrested and beaten because of his faith. One legend says that Felix was released by an angel so that he could...
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Program helps students deal with challenges of sexting, Internet abuses

WEST CHESTER, Pa. – Sister Margaret Rose Adams, a Sister of the Immaculate Heart of Mary who is principal of SS. Simon and Jude School in West Chester, feels pretty comfortable around technology.
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Blessed Angelico

Blessed Angelico was born near Florence, Italy, in 1387. He joined the Dominicans in Italy in 1407. He was taught to illuminate missals and manuscripts. Blessed with natural talent, he became very dedicated to religious art. His works can be seen throughout Italy. He is a patron of artists.
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Church seeks to help Louisiana fishing community face latest challenge

NEW ORLEANS – Inside St. Bernard Church May 2, parishioners whose lives depend on the fishing industry and who endured and overcame the battering of Hurricane Katrina five years ago had a difficult time focusing on Father John Arnone’s homily.
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St. Matilda

St. Matilda was born around 895 in Germany. In 909, she married Henry the Fowler, who became king of Germany in 919. She was very dedicated to charity. When her husband died in 936, Otto became king. However, Henry kept leading violent revolts, and St. Matilda rebuked him for his ruthlessness. After Henry’s death, St....
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Abandoning fetus alive after abortion was ‘barbaric,’ archbishop says

VATICAN CITY – The death of a fetus who survived an abortion but was wrapped in a sheet and left to die should shake people’s consciences, said Italian Archbishop Santo Marciano of Rossano.
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St. Waltrude

St. Waltrude was the daughter of St. Bertille and the sister of St. Aldegondes. She married a lord in the king’s court and had four children. She convinced her husband, St. Vincent of Siognies, to become a monk. St. Waltrude founded a religious community, but she was member and not a leader of the community....
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Priests must side with abuse victims, says seminarian in Vatican paper

VATICAN CITY - To emerge from the sex abuse crisis, priests must make it clear that they are on the side of truth and the victims of abuse, said an article in the Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano.
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St. Torquatus

St. Torquatus lived in the first century. Along with Ss. Ctesiphon, Caccilius, Secundus, Euphrasius, Indaletius and Hesychius, St. Torquatus was a Christian missionary in Spain and a disciple of Ss. Peter and Paul. St. Torquatus concentrated his missionary work in the Granada area. Most of these saints were martyred and share a feast day.
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Colombia says priest led paramilitaries that committed atrocities

BOGOTA, Colombia – Colombian governmental authorities said a Catholic priest from a town outside Medellin led paramilitary groups that committed rapes and massacres and persecuted evangelical ministers and believers.
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