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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The Archdiocese of Los Angeles ordained 60 men to the permanent diaconate June 16. It was the largest group of deacons ordained at one time in the history of the archdiocese and possibly in the country.

Chaldean bishop in Michigan calls for U.S. withdrawal from Iraq

DETROIT – U.S. troops should withdraw and let Iraqi factions fight it out, the bishop for most Iraqi Catholics in the United States said June 19.

Father Boisvert named first pastor of Frederick parish

Now that St. Katharine Drexel in Frederick has been elevated from an independent mission to full-fledged parish status, Cardinal William H. Keeler has named Father Keith Boisvert the faith community’s first pastor effective July 1.

Father Arnold new pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Ellicott City

After three years of serving the parishioners of Church of the Crucifixion, Glen Burnie, first as associate pastor and then as pastor, Father Erik Arnold has been reassigned as pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Ellicott City, effective Aug. 1.

Pope urges professors to find solutions to ‘crisis of modernity’

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI urged university professors to create solutions for “the crisis of modernity” as well as investigate Christianity’s contribution to the study of human nature.

Diocese continues push for amendment to abuse-related legislation

UPDATED WILMINGTON, Del. (CNS) — A bill that eliminates Delaware’s statute of limitations for civil suits in child sexual abuse cases and opens a two-year window for courts to hear old claims previously barred by the time limit is headed to the governor’s desk after unanimous approval in the state House and Senate.

Innovative water system boosts incomes in Philippines

MINDANAO, Philippines – Analiza Litohon puts on a good spread for her family: string beans, cabbage, sweet potatoes, cassava, eggplant, black beans, spring onions. All of it she grows in her own vegetable garden next to the home she shares with her husband, Julito, and their three young children, ages 1 to 4.

Four men ordained to the priesthood

When Jesse Bolger was an infant, his musically inclined parents would occasionally place their son in a guitar case on the church altar while they practiced. On June 23, Barbara and Brian Bolger’s son was once again on the altar – this time being ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Father Bolger, 34, along with Father Michael Foppiano, 27; Father Daniel Goulet, 33; and Father Michael Triplett, 28, was ordained by Bishop W. Francis Malooly, western vicar and vicar general, at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Homeland, in front of hundreds of family members, friends and parishioners.

Work camp is labor of love for archdiocesan youths

The playground across the street from St. Martin’s church, Baltimore, was overgrown with weeds, the swings were broken, glass lay strewn all over the ground and many of the benches were damaged until a group of youth from the Baltimore/ Appalachia Work Camp arrived the week of June 17-22. A total of 160 youth and adult volunteers spent two weeks at 36 different sites around Baltimore and in the Appalachia area of West Virginia, doing manual labor for those who need help.

Cardinal Keeler discharged from hospital

UPDATED Following his June 25 release from The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Cardinal William H. Keeler is back at his downtown residence and will undergo outpatient rehabilitation at Mercy Medical Center, according to archdiocesan spokesman Sean Caine. Although the cardinal’s seven-day hospital stay following a June 18 surgery to drain an accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid from his brain prevented the 76-year-old archbishop from attending the June 23 ordination of four priests, he was able to send an audio greeting to the men. He was also able to send a message to those receiving papal honors at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Homeland, June 24.

St. Agnes’ young adults discover Christ

A crowd of some 60 young adults between the ages of 18-35 stood to sing “All Creatures of our God and King” in the St. Agnes, Catonsville, cafeteria, June 19 as part of the six-week program “Discovering Christ,” which is run by ChristLife, a Catholic ministry for evangelization.

Exhibit shows Isaac Newton’s fascination with religious writings