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January 19, 2012

Lord, please don’t hear this prayer – yet again

This past Dec. 28, I was jolted out of my morning fog at 8 a.m. Mass when the deacon offered this petition:

January 19, 2012

Apostleship of the Sea responds to ship-bound sailors

When the merchant ship Snow Bird pulled into the port of Baltimore with its cargo of steel in early April, the crew expected a short layover before continuing to the next destination.

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January 19, 2012

Missionaries of Charity say their staffers in Haiti are safe

CALCUTTA, India – The Missionaries of Charity have expressed relief that their nuns working in Haiti are safe.

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January 19, 2012

Pope’s summer schedule includes travel to Australia

VATICAN CITY – Catching a glimpse of Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican this summer will be more difficult than ever.

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January 19, 2012

Mount St. Joe basketball star is Notre Dame-bound

For four seasons, Eric Atkins has been a mainstay of Mount St. Joseph’s varsity basketball.

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January 19, 2012

Florida bishops want end to death penalty, halt of July 1 execution

ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida’s Catholic bishops have called on Gov. Charlie Christ to “set a new standard of respect for life” in the state by ending the use of the death penalty, beginning by halting the July 1 scheduled execution of Mark Dean Schwab.

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January 19, 2012

New York doctor works to deliver care consistent with Catholic values

NEW YORK – “Catholic women in many communities feel they have no access to health care that is consistent with their values,” said the founding director of a new women’s medical center in midtown Manhattan that will provide “authentically Catholic” primary care, obstetrics, natural family planning and infertility treatment.

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January 19, 2012

Bush calls faith-based initiatives crowning triumph of his presidency

WASHINGTON – President George W. Bush told a room full of leaders of religious social organizations June 26 that his faith-based and community initiative has been one of the most significant programs to come out of his administration and urged them to continue saving the lives of those in need in the U.S. and abroad.

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January 19, 2012

Sister of Bon Secours takes ‘leap of faith’

Before she entered the Sisters of Bon Secours, Sister Bernadette “Bernie” Claps had a very successful career in social work, a nice town house that she lived in for 16 years and a great network of friends and colleagues. She had reached her 50s, loved life and thought for sure she was “pretty much settled.”

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January 19, 2012

Sister Mary Dulcis Pilachowska, C.S.S.F.

A funeral Mass for Sister Mary Dulcis Pilachowska, C.S.S.F., was offered May 5 at the Felician Sisters’ Infirmary Chapel, Our Lady of Lourdes Hall in Lodi, N.J. Sister Mary Dulcis died April 30. She was 95 and had been a sister for 77 years.

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January 19, 2012