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Why watch the World Cup in a crowd?

What struck me about the June 22 ESPN telecast of U.S.-Portugal in the World Cup was not its status as the most-watched soccer match in the history of American television, but that so many chose to take in the drama on a big screen in a public space, whether it
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Sister Dorothy Epple, O.S.F., dies

A funeral Mass for Sister of St. Francis of Philadelphia Dorothy Epple will be offered June 30 at Assisi House in Aston, Pa.
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‘We had to do something’: Westminster parish launches 12-step program after parishioner overdoses

Mondays at 6:30 p.m., Monsignor James P. Farmer can be found at St. John Catholic Church’s parish center, welcoming addicts.
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Archdiocese of Baltimore announces new directors

A new executive director of the Department of Evangelization and other new positions have been announced by the archdiocese.
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Coming home through great silence

Father Patrick Peach returns to visit St. John in Westminster.
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Music Monday: “Gift of Finest Wheat” in honor of the Most Holy Eucharist

“The Body of Christ is the bread of the end times, capable of giving life, and eternal life, because the substance is this bread of love.” —Pope Francis in his Corpus Christi homily on June 19, 2014The Catholic belief in the Real Presence of Jesus in the Holy Eucharist is celebrated
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Archbishop Lori at Fortnight opener: Catholics should be free to serve with ‘eucharistic heart’

More than 1,000 people packed the Basilica for the opening of the third annual Fortnight for Freedom.
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Five takeaways from the Fortnight for Freedom’s opening Mass

More than 1,000 people packed the Basilica for the launch of the Fortnight. Check out five takeaways from the event.
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Baltimore’s newly ordained priests radiate joy

Following his ordination, Father Tah, a native of Cameroon, grinned and said he felt “awesome.”
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Four-and-twenty berries baked in a pie: a strawberry-blueberry pie recipe

This weekend when John’s parents came to visit, his mother helped me make a strawberry pie. We were talking while we baked, and somehow I forgot to take a single picture of it.Once it came out of the oven and we cut it, it vanished.It was that good.So the next day
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Because you might not have time to read every word I write (tl;dr)

Even my husband acknowledges that he doesn’t have time to read every single post I write.So when Jenna at Call Her Happy invited bloggers to offer a Cliff Notes version of their lives to offer a way for those who may have missed a post or two (or 10) to
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Mothers reflect on sons’ vocations to the priesthood

Mothers of soon-to-be priests reflect on their sons' call to the priesthood.
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