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Parishioners give Filipino teachers a home away from home

The dinner table at the home of St. Mary, Annapolis, parishioners Lita and Ed Millan is usually full on Friday nights as the couple routinely hosts six to 10 Filipino teachers.
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Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien

Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien of the Archdiocese for the Military Services has been named by the Vatican to succeed Cardinal William H. Keeler. Click here for a biography of Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien.
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Parishioners glad to have converts as pastors

With reference to “Is the ordination of married converts new?” (Father John Dietzen, CR, June 28), it may be of interest to note that the practice of ordaining married Lutheran ministers was begun in 1951.
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Looking forward to Mass in Latin

Just read the article on the Tridentine Mass decision and feel very strongly that Cardinal O’Malley is wrong that there is little interest in the U.S.
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Irish group holds reunion

The members of the Ballykilcline Society, a group of descendants of Irish Immigrants from the County Roscommon, Ireland, will have a reunion Mass with Bishop W. Francis Malooly, western vicar, at St. Joseph, Cockeysville, July 21 at 10 a.m.
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Sister M. Rene Stewart, M.H.S.H., dies at 75

A Mass of Christian Burial was held for Sister M. Rene Stewart, a Mission Helper of the Sacred Heart, June 9. She died of brain cancer at Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, on June 5 at the age of 75.
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Vatican: Pope not taking church backward with Tridentine decree

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI is not taking the church backward with his decree on wider use of the Tridentine Mass, the Vatican’s spokesman said.
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Get on with being Catholic

I am both a Pre-Vatican II Catholic and a Post-Vatican II Catholic. I have long wondered what all the fuss is about when it comes to whether the mass should be celebrated as it once was or now is. As best as I can determine, none of the changes changed anything of substance – so...
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New Josephite priest and leadership team

Father Godwin Sochukwuma Ani, S.S.J., was ordained on May 19 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Washington D.C.
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Shopping dollars work to reduce tuition

How can designing a teddy bear at Build-A-Bear, munching a cinnamon-topped soft pretzel at Auntie Anne’s, or sleeping on a Ritz-Carlton pillow help parents reduce school tuition? Through SCRIP.
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Father Gerard Kurek, C.Ss.R.

A funeral Mass was offered July 4 at Sacred Heart of Jesus in Highlandtown for Father Gerard Kurek, C.Ss.R. Father Kurek died June 30. He was 84.
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Christmas in July

The Stella Maris Auxiliary’s Good Buy Shop will hold a “Christmas in July” sale July 19-20 from 11a.m. until 3 p.m. in the Family Center. Items for sale include Christmas decorations, stationary items and clothing.
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