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Boonsboro freshman is off to fast start

Fearless. That’s the word Shawn Cutsail uses to describe 14-year-old Sarah Zielinski’s approach to every race she enters.
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Hispanic rally welcomes youth

The Hispanic Young Adult Council organized a rally for Hispanic youth, “Explosion Juvenil” (Young Explosion), on Oct. 20 at the Wilde Lake Interfaith Center, Columbia.
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Couples share strengths of lasting marriages

For some men, it’s a woman’s smile, her eyes or a sweet disposition.
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Cardinal Keeler – A Very Wise Man

Cardinal Keeler’s passion for the church, his cherubic countenance, his joyfulness (in Rome, he once pulled an Oriole cap from under his cassock and gave it to a smiling pope), his many unpublicized acts of kindness to the most vulnerable individuals in the community, his un-ersatz humility, his close friendship with Mother Teresa, his amazing...
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At Olympic venues, chaplains prepare to serve faiths – and see events

VANCOUVER, British Columbia –- During the 2010 Winter Olympics, most ski runs on the Whistler Blackcomb venue will remain open, and Monsignor Jerry Desmond from Our Lady of the Mountains Catholic Church in Whistler plans to take advantage of the opportunity.
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Foundation says its prolife ads having effect

WASHINGTON – Unless you’re watching daytime talk shows or soap operas, late-night or late-late-night television or some of the most basic cable channels, you might not have seen commercials with a pro-life message sponsored by the Vitae Caring Foundation.
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Catholic leaders outline steps they say are key for Haitian adoptions

WASHINGTON – The heads of five Catholic agencies that work with Haitian earthquake victims have outlined steps they say the U.S. government should take to protect children left alone after the Jan. 12 earthquake.
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Emmitsburg shrine to celebrate All Saints’ Day

The Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg will observe All Saints’ Day with a celebration Nov. 1. A noon Mass will be held in the basilica, followed by a eucharistic procession from the basilica to White House chapel, the restored house where St. Elizabeth Ann Seton lived and worked...
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Missionaries of Charity sisters doing ‘OK’ in aiding quake survivors

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – A group of children fidgeted, as children do, looking to be noticed as four Missionaries of Charity sisters gave them as much attention as they could, considering they were outnumbered more than 2-to-1.
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Sudan envoy hopeful about peace talks

WASHINGTON – The U.S. special envoy to Sudan said that although a recent period of relative calm in Sudan has been replaced by more chaos – and conditions could rapidly deteriorate even more – he’s hopeful about peace talks on Darfur scheduled for Oct. 27 in Libya.
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Haitians in tent camp give thanks, place future in God’s hands

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – With words of praise to God in a melodic song that carried over the din of thousands of people, Dolce Rochelle let it be known to anyone who cared that no matter the challenge, she was doing just fine.
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St. Jane parishioners rebuild after hurricane

In honor of the 60th anniversary of their parish, the folks at St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Pasadena, traveled far from their church – to Mississippi to rebuild homes damaged by hurricane Katrina.
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