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War is part of the problem, not the answer

Ms. Linskey’s article (CR, June 21) was both touching and provocative.
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Pope, president article was refreshing

The article on the “Pontiff, president meet” (CR, June 14) was well-written and informative.
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Students ‘go out in the field’ to enhance curriculum learning

A yellow school bus packed with singing students en route to a field trip is a good indication of a cheerful bunch. And why not? Out from behind their desks and away from the stringent routine of school ought to cajole good moods as students revel in a day of fun and alternate learning.
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Pylesville Deacon Simpson dies at 78

A funeral Mass for Deacon John Simpson, who served his entire ministry at St. Mary, Pylesville, was offered July 2 at St. Mary. Deacon Simpson died June 25. He was 78. Deacon Simpson was ordained to the diaconate in 1986 and was assigned to St. Mary until he retired in 2005. He continued to serve...
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Sister Mary Germana Strassberger, R.S.M. dies

A funeral Mass for Sister Mary Germana Strassberger, R.S.M., was offered June 22 at The Villa, Baltimore. Sister Mary Germana died June 20. She was 96.
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Catholic Health Association honors three people, one program

CHICAGO – The Catholic Health Association honored two longtime leaders, a hospital safety and quality expert, and an educational program in Birmingham, Ala., during its annual convention in Chicago. Bon Secours Sister Patrick Eck, who chairs the board of the Bon Secours Health System in Marriottsville, Md., received the Sister Concilia Moran Award, which recognizes...
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Carmelite sisters hold triduum of events

The Carmelite sisters will once again celebrate a triduum of events for the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. The weekend of July 13-15, will be a time to focus on our “place” in the cosmos, said Sister Frances Horner, O.C.D.
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Wedding date 07/07/07 holds significance for St. Margaret couple

When St. Margaret, Bel Air, parishioners Danielle Giannone and Jonathan “Rocky” Phillips were choosing a wedding date, they wanted the numbers to complement the day of their first rendezvous – which was 02/02/02. Though engaged in early 2006, the admittedly superstitious 20somethings promptly ruled out 06/06/06 as the day that would forever be associated with...
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Waiting to be attacked first is costly

The perspective by George Weigel on June 21 contains a very important point about pre-emptive attacks when waging a just war: “... a crucial moral point: faced with certain aggression, responsible public authorities need not wait for the aggressor’s first blow to fall.” Weigel is entirely correct about this; no teaching of the Catholic Church...
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Pope says two-thirds majority always needed to elect pope

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI has stipulated that a two-thirds majority always is required to elect a new pope, undoing a more flexible procedure introduced by Pope John Paul II.
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Plenary indulgences offered to those attending Expo

Those attending the 17th-Annual Catholic Family Expo at the Baltimore Convention Center June 28 to July 1 will have an opportunity to obtain a plenary indulgence.
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Where are the priorities?

On Monday, June 18, a Howard County police officer succumbed to injuries he received in a traffic stop from last week.
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