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Prayers offered for assaulted priest and alleged assailant

SINTON, Texas – In an example of the church’s prayerful response to violence within its own community, the people of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Sinton gathered in prayer with Corpus Christi Bishop Edmond Carmody May 10 for their parish priest and his alleged assailant.
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Notre Dame is the one being defiant

Letter-writer Jeannette Mollenkopf (CR, May 14) thinks abortion is a “horrible crime,” but she doesn’t get the objection to Notre Dame’s invitation to Obama while Bush was welcomed.
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Don’t tread on Catholics like me

Maryland Catholics need to wake up and take action. In Archbishop O’Brien’s column (CR, May 7) he talks about the silencing of Catholics in 1633 and again in 2009.
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Irish cardinal attends Anglican synod, preaches in Trinity chapel

DUBLIN, Ireland – An Irish cardinal has made an unprecedented ecumenical gesture by attending a Church of Ireland service and by preaching in a once-forbidden Anglican chapel.
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Calvert Hall principal awarded Christian Brothers highest honor

Calvert Hall College High School principal Louis E. Heidrick was to be presented the Letter of Affiliation by the Brothers of Christian Schools May 14.
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Parishioner prays for brother’s canonization

Glancing up at an oil painting of a boy dressed in a black cassock, white collar, wide-brimmed hat and round spectacles, Pietro Canzi struggled to hold back his emotions.
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Cardinal Shehan students build robot

Dr. Ronald J. Valenti, archdiocesan superintendent of schools, and Jalon Payton (center) admire the robot built and programmed by a team that includes Dominic Neal (from left) and Mecca Murphy, sixth-grade members of the Cardinal Shehan School Technology Club April 24. Sponsored by technology coordinator Philip Lathroum and math teacher Douglas Weimer, the club has...
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Strengthen family and world will follow

The Archdiocese of Baltimore should reach out to strengthen every member of every family with Friday family nights. The recent murder-suicides are scandalous, and our Catholic families should not be involved in such terrible crimes. Visit the Web site www.prayforourleaders.com, and assist Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien to stop the murder, suicide and greed.
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Notre Dame won’t give 2009 Laetare Medal, after Glendon rejects honor

WASHINGTON – The University of Notre Dame announced April 30 it will not award its prestigious Laetare Medal during the May 17 commencement ceremony after Mary Ann Glendon, former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, turned down the honor.
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Archdiocese offers guidelines regarding Swine Flu outbreak

The Archbishop of Baltimore has issued some safeguards to help ensure that churches do not contribute to the spread of the Swine Flu. Below are listed some temporary, specific steps, which can be followed.
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Some parishes change Mass practices to prevent spread of swine flu

WASHINGTON – As the number of swine influenza cases increases around the world, some U.S. bishops are suggesting ways that pastors can alter certain practices within the celebration of Mass in an effort to prevent the spread of the highly contagious virus.
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New president to serve St. Ignatius Loyola

St. Ignatius Loyola Academy in Baltimore announced John Ciccone will serve as the third president of the school, effective July 1.
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