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Brother Earl Vincent Kent, S.S.J.

A funeral Mass for Brother Earl Vincent Kent, S.S.J., will be offered May 28 at St. Francis Xavier, Baltimore. Brother Earl, who chronicled Josephite life through his photography and served as an associate at St. Francis Xavier and St. Veronica, Cherry Hill, died May 22 following a long illness at St. Joseph Manor, where he...
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Mercy students hear about and participate in global outreach

Religious Sister of Mercy Marilyn Lacey warned the student body of Mercy High School Dec. 11 that they may want to turn away from a slide she was about to show.
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U.S. born Passionist priest named bishop of Mandeville, Jamaica

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI has named Father Neil Tiedemann, a Brooklyn-born member of the provincial council for the Passionist order, as bishop of Mandeville, Jamaica.
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Ornate Nativity illuminations on display at the Walters

In many ways, it’s the quintessential image of Christ’s birth. With her hands folded in prayer and a golden halo encircling her equally golden hair, the Blessed Virgin Mary kneels before her newborn son. A white-haired Joseph stands nearby, carrying a lantern. Animals recline near the serene babe, while a bearded shepherd gazes at winged...
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Sarah’s Hope looks for location

St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore’s Sarah’s Hope, a 24-hour shelter and resource center serving homeless families and single women, will no longer operate from the Eastern Family Resource Center in Rosedale, effective June 30.
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First U.S. ambassador to Vatican dies at age 95

CARMEL, Calif. – The first U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, William A. Wilson, died Dec. 5 at his home in Carmel. He was 95 and had been ill with cancer, his family reported.
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Priests newly ordained for Chicago Archdiocese are all foreign-born

CHICAGO – None of the 11 new priests the Archdiocese of Chicago ordained May 17 were born in the archdiocese, or even in the United States.
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U.S. interns swap hard work for incredible experiences at Vatican

VATICAN CITY – In a truly win-win arrangement, a group of U.S. university students get amazing access to the Vatican and the Vatican gets an enthusiastic, computer-savvy volunteer workforce.
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Northwood parish recognized

St. Matthew, Northwood, was recognized by the Arc of Baltimore May 7 at the organization’s annual banquet for implementing a Parents Day Out Program, an opportunity for respite for parents of children with developmental disabilities.
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Youths grab faith by the ‘Reigns’

This inaugural Mass in April of 2005, Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed, “The Church is alive … the Church is young.”
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Polish church seeks canonization of couple killed by Nazis

WARSAW, Poland – The Catholic Church in Poland is seeking the canonization of a peasant couple shot with their six small children for hiding Jews in their farmhouse during the Holocaust.
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Fresh palette: Artists say they’re ready to support church’s mission

VATICAN CITY – Ask and you shall receive. The art world is ready to collaborate with the church in creating inspirational modern art, said some artists who took part in a landmark meeting with Pope Benedict XVI.
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