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Mom and Dad are often the first teachers of their children when it comes to words, letters and numbers. It’s no different when it comes to health.

Physical education classes promote lifelong learning

Whÿsper Irving wasn’t about to let one of her classmates hit her with the dodge ball during a recent physical education class at John Paul Regional School in Woodlawn.

Eating right is easy as ABC at schools

Friday is pizza day in the cafeteria at St. John Regional School in Frederick, where for years students loved the taste of the school-made pie.

Cardinal Gibbons catches Rudy fever

Every time Daniel Ruettiger walks in a room, he knows what a crowd is thinking.

St. Anthony of Padua kicks off anniversary

“This is where we used to have band practice.”

Prayers offered at Capitol for poverty to become a campaign issue

WASHINGTON – The needs of poor and marginalized people deserve the same attention from government officials as the current needs of Wall Street’s failing financial firms, said a group of religious leaders.

Bishop Malooly says sanctity of human life ‘crucial’ to just society

WILMINGTON, Del. – The new bishop of the Diocese of Wilmington said he intends “to build a supportive and trusting friendship” with U.S. Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware and other public officials to help them and all citizens “understand how crucial the sanctity of human life is to a just society.”

Mass sponsored by Sisters of Mercy recalls Mr. Russert’s life, legacy

LACKAWANNA, N.Y. – Minutes before a memorial Mass for NBC News journalist Tim Russert, Mercy Sister Lucille Socciarelli smiled as she looked out at nearly 1,000 people who had come to Our Lady of Victory Basilica in Lackawanna.

Republicans promote single issue politics

In your Sept. 11 issue, you published three articles on abortion: criticism of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her statements about when life begins; the Republican Party platform which “decried the practice of abortion and repeated its call for a human life amendment to the U.S. Constitution”; and George Weigel’s column posing abortion questions to Senators Obama and McCain.

Making new sounds at Immaculate Heart of Mary

For months, Immaculate Heart of Mary, Baynesville music director Thomas Bozek had been anxiously awaiting the arrival of his church’s new pipe organ the way a father anticipates a baby.

St. Andrew by the Bay seminars touch chord

When lifelong Washington, D.C., area native Bill Hocking recently moved to Annapolis to be closer to family members, he was on a spiritual quest.

Political literature gets two arrested at basilica