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Bauersfeld leads with optimism

As John Bauersfeld looks back on his first season as head coach of the Calvert Hall College High School Cardinals varsity basketball program, he feels good about the competitive manner in which his team played this season.
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Catholic Men’s Fellowship Conference April 2

The Catholic Men’s Fellowship of Maryland will host its annual conference April 2 in Towson. It will take place in Immaculate Conception School’s auditorium and cafeteria, which are housed in the former Towson Catholic High School.
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Hydes teens take faith-filled jump in Ocean City

OCEAN CITY – The hearts of members of the St. John the Evangelist, Hydes, youth group were in the right place Nov. 22, as they entered the frigid waters of the Atlantic Ocean for a charity plunge.
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St. Matthew pastor details evolution of multicultural ministry

With at least 42 different nations represented in the congregation at St. Matthew, urban vicar Bishop Denis J. Madden has asked the pastor of the Northwood parish to chronicle his multicultural ministry cultivation.
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Superintendent looks to future of schools at financial summit

Archdiocese of Baltimore School Superintendent Barbara McGraw Edmondson recently met with leaders of 26 dioceses and archdioceses to explore innovative solutions to the financial challenges Catholic schools face. The meeting took place during the National Catholic Educational Association’s Financial Summit on Catholic Schools at Loyola University, Chicago.
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Catholic survivor of Great Depression has not lost hope in economy

PORTLAND, Ore. – Although Mary Barnes did not know much about the 1929 stock market crash that occurred when she was 5, she knew something was awry in the world. Mrs. Barnes, born Mary Oster, and her seven siblings, were shielded from the family’s budget woes by their parents.
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Mount St. Joseph teacher uses YouTube to promote class

Get the popcorn. Encouraged at his high school to use Web 2.0 tools to better interact with the “digital generation,” a teacher at Mount St. Joseph High School, Irvington, is using YouTube – a leader in online video – to promote an elective course for juniors and seniors.
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Communicating word of God is Oregon priest’s passion as calligrapher

PORTLAND, Ore. – In the morning cold of a farmhouse in the foothills of the Cascades, his hand is stiff as he grasps the broad-edged pen. His eyes have aged. But the 78-year-old priest and calligraphy master plans to write until he dies.
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Grateful For What I Have Learned

Every six years our Redemptorist General Chapter chooses a special theme for the following six years. The purpose of this theme is to help us deepen our spirituality as Redemptorists as well as our apostolic zeal. A few years back, the theme was: To evangelize the poor and to be evangelized by them. This theme...
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Pope Benedict will find a Big Apple that remains city of immigrants

NEW YORK – On Super Bowl Sunday, most of Transfiguration Church in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn had an answer for Father Tony Hernandez when he asked them where they’d be for the kickoff.
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Senior sets pace for St. Mary’s

Whether she’s taking notes during Honors Calculus or diving in a pool, Megan Reiter makes a splash.
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The Death Penalty … Again

In this space last week I called on the Catholic faithful of this Archdiocese to continue to claim our legitimate role in the public square, despite the end of the national election, by urging our elected officials to uphold values we believe are fundamental to the common good. Chief among these is the sanctity of...
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