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Sister M. Gabriel Kane, I.H.M., dies

A funeral Mass for Sister M. Gabriel Kane, a member of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, was offered Jan. 21 in Scranton, Pa.
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Baltimore archdiocese reaches 100,000 screenings in child protection efforts

Jon Ellwanger was the 100,000th person to go through a background screening in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
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Who will show the face of God?

Times have changed since my days in grade school in a Chicago suburb. Back then, our school was staffed by about a dozen nuns and a similar number of lay teachers. The parish was staffed by three or four priests at a time, including the one primarily assigned to ministry at the hospital within the...
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Time with Jesus in the great outdoors

Last weekend was beautiful, particularly mild for mid-to-late January. The sun was shining, the sky was a brilliant blue and the blast of frigid air had not yet traveled east.  I took advantage of the nice weather Sunday afternoon – before the Ravens game, of course – and went for a
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Wondering which team to cheer for, Mama Harbaugh?

  As a mother of two boys who are 25 months apart, I feel for Jackie Harbaugh. We have an ongoing discussion in our house—who gets the bigger piece of watermelon, who gets more noodles in his soup, and which one gets to climb into the car first. I try to remain impartial,
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South Korean students study at Resurrection-St. Paul School

Students at Resurrection-St. Paul School share a few weeks of learning with 10 students from South Korea.
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Early flu seasons prompts caution

When the flu season struck the Baltimore area immediately after the holidays, the pastor of Our Lady of Grace in Parkton suspended the distribution of the Precious Blood during Mass.
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Historic St. Francis Xavier celebrates sesquicentennial

About 400 people attended a Jan. 20 Mass to begin St. Francis Xavier’s yearlong anniversary celebration.
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Priorities

 I’ve been reading a ton of books and listening to audio programs on goal setting, personal development and priorities. It’s great stuff and I’m usually drawn to experts like Brian Tracy and Chalene Johnson.One of the audio programs I wanted to go back to was Chalene Johnson’s Car Smart series;
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Purple Ravens cooking: This food is for the birds

  Serving purple cauliflower for Purple Friday last week was such a hit that I decided this week we’d take it to a new level. And ever since I found an immersion blender under the Christmas tree this year—my husband does, indeed, read my blog— I have been wanting to make soup.
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Give the true picture

Why give data (CR, Jan. 10) about how many Catholics are in Congress along with another photo of Nancy Pelosi? Why not give us the truth as to how these Catholic representatives really vote?
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Remember origin of Second Amendment

Re the letter titled “Don’t disarm the innocent” (CR, Jan. 10), restricting guns from law-abiding citizens (exclusive of the mentally ill) is an assault on our rights as Americans that cannot be tolerated.
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