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St. John Regional teachers knit caps for babies

Avid knitter Joan D’Loughy has made hats, scarves, baby sweaters and other simple projects in the five years since she took up the hobby. However, when she discovered that she could use her knitting skills to help babies in need, she cast on once again – this time for charity.
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Teens forever changed by Justice Action Week

For many suburban children and teenagers, there is one Baltimore.
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Palestinian Christians wary about Obama’s proposals for peace

JERUSALEM - U.S. President Barack Obama’s call for Israeli and Palestinian states based on Israel’s 1967 borders met with a largely wary response from Palestinian Christians.
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In her last school stop, first lady Laura Bush visits Catholic school

BETHESDA – First lady Laura Bush, who has visited countless schools in the United States and foreign countries, made her last school visit Jan. 13 to Little Flower School, a Catholic school in the Washington suburb of Bethesda.
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Bishop Malooly to be installed as ninth bishop of Wilmington

WILMINGTON, Del. - Bishop W. Francis Malooly is about to give new context to the phrase, “Mountains to the Shore.”
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Seven Loyola hospital employees donate kidneys to strangers

MAYWOOD, Ill. – Loyola University Medical Center is a very giving place to work – so much so that within the past year, seven female employees donated their kidneys as part of the center’s Pay-It-Forward Kidney Transplant Program.
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Religious life through the centuries

From the days of the ancient desert monks to new forms of community today, religious life has always responded to the challenges of the times. Here’s a sampling of the major moments in the history of religious life.
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Speaker says church, like companies, needs good leadership, management

PHILADELPHIA – Effective organizations need good leadership and good management, but because “individuals frequently are much better at one than the other,” successful organizations make sure both skills are well represented on their leadership team, said business leader Frederick Gluck.
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Catholic runs across US to pray, encourage others to put trust in God

SMITHTON, Pa. - Jeff Grabosky dipped his hands in the Pacific Ocean Jan. 20 then started running toward the East Coast where in late May, he plans to jump into the Atlantic Ocean.
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Lobby Night is Feb. 16

Catholics can make their voices heard on a wide range of legislative issues during the 25th-annual Lobby Night, held in Annapolis Feb. 16.
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In 1829, bishops praise St. Frances Academy

In October 1829, the first Provincial Council in the United States was held here in Baltimore. In attendance were five bishops and one archbishop. The archbishop, of course, was our own Archbishop James Whitfield. The five bishops were Fenwick of Boston, Joseph Flaget of Bardstown (now Louisville, Ky.), Rosati of St. Louis, England of Charleston,...
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Archbishop to ordain 14 permanent deacons May 14

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien will ordain 14 men to the permanent diaconate May 14 during a 10 a.m. Mass at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland.
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