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Professor’s book helps others learn from stress

Catholic physician and author Walker Percy once posed the question, “What if you missed your life like a person misses a train?”
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Catholic university strengthens adobe homes in Peru

PACHACUTEC, Peru – Higinia Rupay remembers her terror as the ground began to heave and bricks from the neighbor’s wall crashed through the flimsy roof of her home.
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City parishes deem gun turn-in day a success

A woman drove up to St. Wenceslaus Church in a minivan Dec. 5 and told Father Peter Lyons, pastor, “I want to get these guns out of my house.”
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Anti-poverty program distributes $9.5 million in grants

WASHINGTON – The Catholic Campaign for Human Development, the U.S. bishops’ domestic anti-poverty program, is awarding more than $9.5 million in grants this year to support local projects that working to eliminate the root causes of poverty in the United States. The grants totaling $9,578,000 will be distributed to 314 projects in 46 states, the...
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Remembering Sister Maura

I lost a dear friend last month. Sister Maura Eichner had been one of my English teachers at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, but over the years she became much more.
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The athletic shoe should fit the activity

While Maryland Catholics are told cardiovascular exercise is good for their body and soul, it’s another sole that can prevent injuries during their fitness regimen.
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Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Ilchester receives a civility award

Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Ilchester received a civility award from Howard County.
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Senate DREAM Act vote falls short

WASHINGTON – The Senate Oct. 24 fell eight votes short of the 60 needed to bring the DREAM Act to the floor, closing down an attempt to pass even a small piece of immigration legislation that has enjoyed bipartisan support.
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Tort reform must be included in health care discussion

As Congress discusses health care and how to change it, attention is on the continuing escalation of costs. The nationwide feeling that “we’ve got to do something” arises because medical costs are rising much faster than any other sector of the economy.
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Politics, music among issues bishops will face

WASHINGTON – When the U.S. bishops meet in November, they will debate and vote on how Catholics should participate in the political process, what Catholic high school students should learn in religion classes and how to best ensure that liturgical music is both doctrinally sound and pleasing to the ear.
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Hispanics celebrate Our Lady of Guadalupe

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien will be the main celebrant for the annual archdiocesan Our Lady of Guadalupe Mass Dec. 13.
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EI offers lineup of popular speakers

Need an interesting speaker? The Ecumenical Institute of Theology at St. Mary’s Seminary and University offers a roster of faculty members who speak to local church and community groups.
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