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Bishop Rozanski dedicates renovated parish center at St. Andrew by the Bay

From top to bottom, St. Andrew by the Bay’s recently restored parish center is a significantly different place from what it had been.
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Flu forces high school seminary to hold graduation behind closed doors

MOUNT CALVARY, Wis. – High school graduation is a long-awaited day for seniors, a time when they’re warned about tripping across the stage as they receive their diplomas in front of family and friends.
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Former bishops’ communications official dies

WASHINGTON – Robert B. Beusse, a former secretary of communications for the U.S. bishops who was instrumental in establishing the Catholic Campaign for Human Development and the Catholic Communication Campaign, died Aug. 14 at his home in Caldwell, N.J. He was 77.
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Spalding senior takes hits, keeps on ticking

Brady McCaffrey is often the unsung hero on the football field for Archbishop Spalding in Severn.
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Good Sam nurse offers support to arthritis patients

Karen Kansler was only in her early 50s, but arthritis in her hip was already robbing her of many of the greatest joys of her life. The on-the-go parishioner of St. Isaac Jogues in Carney had to give up bowling, golf and dancing. Even walking with her husband was becoming a chore.
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John Carroll sophomore ponies up talent

When The John Carroll School, Bel Air, sophomore Kristen Dukes competes in her sport, she doesn’t just shoot for success – she also jumps, swims and runs for it. Dukes has been training for the National Tetrathlon competition, a precursor to the Olympic Modern Pentathlon, which involves running cross country 3,000 meters, swimming 200 yards...
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St. Ignatius Loyola Academy to relocate to Federal Hill parish in 2013

St. Ignatius Loyola Academy, an independent, tuition-free middle school for boys, will move from its location on Calvert Street in Mount Vernon to Federal Hill and the building that most recently housed the Catholic Community School in time for the 2013-14 school year.
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Bishop calls it a privilege to be associated with Notre Dame students

NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Bishop John M. D’Arcy of Fort Wayne-South Bend May 16 made it clear that even though he would not attend the university’s commencement ceremony the next day, he was not giving up on Notre Dame.
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Catholics express concern over HPV vaccine

OTTAWA – Catholic and nongovernmental organizations have expressed concern over schools in several Canadian provinces offering a new vaccination program against a sexually transmitted virus that can cause cervical cancer.
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Sailors’ senior Jill-of-all-trades

The door closed unexpectedly on the gymnastics career of Ally Schuessler. The ending of one chapter, however, led to the beginning of a love for another sport.
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Papal nuncio’s 2003 death in Burundi attributed to random violence

DUBLIN, Ireland – The identity of the killers of Archbishop Michael Courtney, the Vatican diplomat shot dead in Burundi in 2003, probably never will be known, the prelate’s brother said.
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Faith-based investors say proposed rule could gut rights

WASHINGTON – In the 10 years since John Wilson joined Christian Brothers Investment Services, the number of shareholder resolutions filed by the socially responsible investment firm has decreased and the number of resolutions withdrawn after being introduced has increased.
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