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You May Like Them in a Tree

    Sam I Am would never have sold me on those green eggs and ham. I don’t hate eggs. I just don’t seek them out.     My sons, on the other hand, love eggs. Scramble them, fry them, add cheese or nothing, and our boys will gobble them down.   So most mornings...
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Godless rally coming to D.C.

   Earlier today I received an email about a rally that doesn't sound too dissimilar from the ones I have covered for years at the Catholic Review and CatholicReview.org. The main difference is that the March D.C. event is a gathering with a headline: "Celebrate living without God!"  The email statement said The Reason Rally...
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‘October Baby’ tells story of abortion survivor

Brothers Jon and Andrew Erwin tell the tale of a teenage girl who finds out she survived a botched abortion in their film "October Baby."
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Video: Shari Rigby reflects on abortion, October Baby role

 It doesn't get more real in a movie than Shari Rigby's performance in "October Baby," which I profiled in this story for CatholicReview.org.Rigby had an abortion as a young woman, a fact that wasn't known to the movie's directors. Rigby's character in the movie also had an abortion as a
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Ellicott City student is geography bee-bound

When it comes to knowing where in the world things are, Our Lady of Perpetual Help eighth-grader Kevin Roche is a whiz.
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Take up your cross

The Way of the Cross, a non-traditional take on the 14 Stations of the Cross, took place at the three-day Mid-Atlantic Congress for Pastoral Leadership.
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Archdiocese issues statement on New Ways Ministry

Cardinal Edwin F. O'Brien assures Catholics that in no manner is the position proposed by New Ways Ministry in conformity with Catholic teaching.
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Settlement reached for abortion protesters arrested in 2008

The Maryland Board of Public Works, which includes Gov. Martin J. O'Malley as one of its three members, announced March 7 that it will grant a $385,000 settlement with nine individuals who were illegally arrested and jailed by Maryland State Police on Aug. 1, 2008.
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Teacher follows mentor’s path

A Mother Seton School in Emmitsburg kindergarten teacher inspired a former student to follow in her footsteps.
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Lawmakers consider bill to train schools in abuse prevention

ANNAPOLIS – Child protection advocates from the Archdiocese of Baltimore and the Maryland Catholic Conference testified March 8 before Maryland’s House Judiciary Committee in support of a bill that would require training for all teachers in child sexual abuse prevention.
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Bishop Kicanas delivers message of hope at Mid-Atlantic Congress

The first annual Mid-Atlantic Congress for Pastoral Leadership kicked off March 8 with Tucson Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas encouraging the hundreds gathered.
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Business and humor in the church

A dash of humor and sharp business skills are the prescription for successful parishes, Catholic leaders told hundreds gathered at the first-ever Mid-Atlantic Congress for Pastoral Leadership.
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