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Propagation of the Faith office gets new name

Quick: What exactly does the Society for the Propagation of the Faith do? If you stuttered for a minute or two, you’re not the only one.
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Catholic Review awarded regional journalism honors

LINTHICUM – In one of its best showings in recent years, The Catholic Review was honored by the Maryland, Delaware, DC Press Association with eight editorial awards and 10 advertising awards during an April 21-22 convention at the Sheraton BWI Hotel.
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Born in the midst of daily life

The Roman basilica of Sts. Cosmas and Damian tends to elude the casual tourist and the hurried pilgrim, although it’s right off the Via dei Fori Imperiali between Trajan’s column and the Coliseum. A visit at any time is worthwhile, as the apse mosaics are among the most spectacular in Rome – sixth and seventh...
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St. Agnes hosts breast cancer dinner, seminar

St. Agnes Hospital will host A Girl’s Night Out (that could save your life), a breast cancer awareness seminar and dinner, at the Hilton Columbia at 6 p.m. on Oct. 10.
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Baltimore parishioner provides needed hand surgeries in Dominican Republic

Twice a year, patients stream into Centro Medico, a hospital in the town of La Romana in the Dominican Republic, hoping for a miracle.
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Knights of Columbus team with MCC to promote sanctity of life

The Knights of Columbus are completing an effort that benefits the Maryland Catholic Conference and the pro-life movement.
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‘Mr. & Mrs. Wal-Mart’

Allen Cohen sat comfortably at the head of his dining room table, chin in hand, elbow on tabletop, listening to his Italian wife of 60 years chatter about the two of them. He obviously had adapted a long time ago – being married 60 years Aug. 30 – to Jean Cohen’s liveliness and ability to...
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Schaefer leaves mixed legacy for Catholic interests

Catholic leaders remembered William Donald Schaefer – former Baltimore City councilman, longtime mayor, governor and state comptroller – as a dogged man who cared passionately about his community and who tried to leave his city and state better than he found it.
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PEOPLE, PLACES, THINGS

Students at Woodmont Academy, Cooksville, welcomed nearly 300 grandparents to the school’s first Grandparents Day Nov. 26.
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Filipinos gather to mark statue installation

Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Baltimore, usually is traditional, but the Sept. 23 afternoon Mass featured worshippers in aboriginal garb, the exuberant sound of drums and singing in the Tagalog language.
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Courage, not numbers, needed at Catholic universities, president says

WASHINGTON – Presidents from Catholic universities around the world gathered together at The Catholic University of America April 12 for a round-table discussion addressing faculty and student interaction.
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Xavier president well-served by his faith, flexibility and fortitude

NEW ORLEANS – On April 4, 1968, a rifle shot at a Memphis hotel silenced the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and ripped apart a nation divided by race and war.
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