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New presbyteral council meets

A consultative body of priests known as the presbyteral council has been formed to serve as a key advisory group to Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien. The 36-member council, required by the Code of Canon Law, is composed of 17 elected members, 15 appointed members and four ex officio members.
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Senior sets pace for St. Mary’s

Whether she’s taking notes during Honors Calculus or diving in a pool, Megan Reiter makes a splash.
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The Death Penalty … Again

In this space last week I called on the Catholic faithful of this Archdiocese to continue to claim our legitimate role in the public square, despite the end of the national election, by urging our elected officials to uphold values we believe are fundamental to the common good. Chief among these is the sanctity of...
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Archbishop sees Charities ‘cherish the divine within’

As Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien toured three Catholic Charities’ programs that care for children with severe emotional disturbances and developmentally disabled adults Jan. 16, he was thunderstruck by the motto “Cherish the Divine Within” written in one of the Timonium buildings.
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Grandson’s funeral had dignity and respect

“Unlike the news written in the past five years by the media – most of whom were not present at the funeral of my grandson – Lance Cpl. Matt Snyder – we would like to tell the way it really was that day, March 10, 2006.
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Ravens Head Coach John Harbaugh finds winning combination

Not long ago, John Harbaugh walked into a barbershop near his home off Falls Road. As the wholesome-looking 46-year-old sat in the barber’s chair with a smock draped around his torso, a young hairdresser carefully snipped his closely-cropped brown hair.
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St. Joseph ‘cheerleader’ wears many wacky hats

The shiny gold headband with two “Happy New Year” gold stars bouncing on springs wasn’t yet secure on Debbie Swiss’ “magical snow hat.”
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Libyan Catholics help Bangladeshis stranded by anti-Gadhafi violence

DHAKA, Bangladesh – The Catholic Church in Libya is offering shelter to stranded Bangladeshi migrant workers following an appeal by concerned bishops in their homeland.
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People, Places, Things

The 1957 graduating class of Mother Seton School in Emmitsburg recently reunited with classmates and fifth-grade teacher Sister Natalie McCubbin, a Daughter of Charity.
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Catholics meet at border to mark Day of the Migrant

LAREDO, Texas – The travelers they came out to represent commonly move from one place to another on foot, so nearly 200 people in Laredo took to the streets and walked in observance of the Day of the Migrant (“Dia del Migrante”) Jan. 13.
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Archdiocesan choir had unceremonial end

In January, members of the Baltimore Archdiocesan Choir received a letter from Archbishop O’Brien’s office stating that the choir will “cease to serve in this role for now.” I found it to be an inadequate treatment of a group that has given faithful service to the archdiocese for the last 26 years.
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German-born pope says he still feels pain of ‘Kristallnacht’

VATICAN CITY – German-born Pope Benedict XVI said he still feels “pain for what happened” in his homeland in 1938 when Nazi mobs went on the rampage against Jews, an event that became known as Kristallnacht.
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