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Ken Hackett to retire at Catholic Relief Services

After 17 years leading Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services, Ken hackett will retire at the end of 2011.
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Sister Alice Catherine Rohe, O.S.F.

A funeral Mass for Sister Alice Catherine Rohe, O.S.F., (formerly Sister Raymond Therese), was offered July 23 in Assisi House, in Aston, Pa. Sister Alice died July 20; she was 78.
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Cards celebrate water polo win

The Calvert Hall College High School, Towson, Cardinals dominated the competition on Oct. 27 during the MIAA water polo championships. No one could touch them, making it seven straight MIAA championship titles since 2001.
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Haitian bishops considering program to oversee church reconstruction

WASHINGTON – Haitian bishops were expected to agree Sept. 24 to the creation of a broad-based reconstruction program involving church partners from around the world that will guide how parishes and Catholic schools destroyed in the January earthquake are rebuilt.
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Archbishop O’Brien celebrates Mass at Camp GLOW

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien didn’t blink an eye as the hugs kept coming. He smiled as the participants of Camp GLOW (God Loves Our World) approached throughout the July 24 Mass he celebrated at the Monsignor O’Dwyer Retreat House in Sparks.
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Fundraisers grab imagination and donations

Most people’s eyes glaze and they put a protective hand on their wallet when they hear the word fundraiser.
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Surgeons pitch in to transofrm former Catholic school

NEW ORLEANS – Dr. David Knight normally treats his hands with tender loving care because they are the pampered instruments of his livelihood.
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2009 poverty spike raises numerous concerns at Catholic agencies

WASHINGTON – Catholic organizations expressed dismay over the Sept. 16 announcement from the U.S. Census Bureau that the number of Americans living in poverty in 2009 rose to 43.6 million, or 14.3 percent of the population.
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Catholic radio hits Frederick County airwaves

After nearly four years of prayer, fundraising and labor, Catholic radio has hit the airwaves in Frederick County. Holy Spirit Communications made its first broadcast on Oct. 13 on FM 89.9 WMTB, the 100-watt radio station of Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg.
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A grand design needs a designer

Stephen Hawking may be a genius, but he’s not omniscient. Hawking has written a new book with Leonard Mlodinow titled “The Grand Design,” in which the physicists posit that the universe did not need anything to come into being from nothingness. That is, no outside factor – whether it’s called God, the Creator or any...
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Understanding past conflicts helps Catholics, Mennonites

VATICAN CITY – Understanding the roots of past conflicts can help Catholics and Mennonites heal their relationship and move toward a common witness of faith in Jesus, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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