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Farewell to soccer practice and Halloween, hello to stuffed peppers and November (7 Quick Takes)

November 2, 2017

It’s November! How did that happen? I am hearing people mention Thanksgiving as if it’s just around the corner.

Houston Astros fans at Minute Maid Park in Houston cheer their team during Game 7 of the World Series Nov. 1. The game was played in Los Angeles but the Houston stadium hosted a watch party. (CNS photo/Richard Carson, Reuters)

After Harvey, faith fuels Houston fans; team wins World Series

James Ramos

November 2, 2017

News, World News

Tradition holds that if the parish — which sits close to the ballpark across the street — sells out of its rosaries on game day, the Astros will win.

World War II, Korea and Vietnam War veterans get hero’s welcome at Baltimore airport

Kevin J. Parks

November 2, 2017

Feature, Local News, News, Video

Well-wishers, volunteers and active military personnel cheered, waved flags and held thank-you signs. Many in a crowd that numbered hundreds deep reached out to shake the hands of beaming military veterans as they came off the airplane from Ohio.

War brings only death, cruelty, pope says at U.S. military cemetery

Carol Glatz

November 2, 2017

News, World News

In previous years, the pope marked All Souls’ Day by visiting a Rome cemetery. This year, he chose to visit a U.S. military burial ground and, later in the day, the site of a Nazi massacre at the Ardeatine Caves in Rome to pray especially for all victims of war and violence.

Loyola Blakefield varsity cross country runner, Kyle Clarke, holds the trophy with his team following a Loyola victory at the MIAA Cross Country Championships at Oregon Ridge Park in Cockeysville Nov. 1. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Loyola Blakefield returns to top in cross country

Paul McMullen

November 2, 2017

Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Sports

After two years of taking a backseat to Mount St. Joseph at the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association championships, the cross country team from Loyola Blakefield resumed its customary position Nov. 1.

Robyn Barberry's son, Frank, was recently diagnosed with autism.

The Handbook for the Recently Diagnosed with Autism: (Spoiler Alert: There is None)

Robyn Barberry

November 1, 2017

Blog, Unconditional

I’m beginning to understand that Frank will require more intensive care than his brothers and sister. But what would be required of me in my new role? The first step for me is to figure out what he needs and how to get it to him.

Harassment: What’s changed?

Effie Caldarola

November 1, 2017

Commentary, Guest Commentary

Do we respect the competence and leadership of females? Do we hold the powerful accountable for sexual misconduct?

Some prayer cards from Paul McMullen's collection are shown. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Amen: Keepsakes amid detritus

Paul McMullen

November 1, 2017

Amen, Commentary, Local News

There is a reason the obituary section is dubbed the Irish sports pages; for me, there is nothing melancholy about remembering absent friends.

Bishop Madden praises Lutheran-Catholic relations during Reformation program

Dennis Sadowski

November 1, 2017

Feature, News, World News

“People are really hungering for sharing the Eucharist together,” said Bishop Madden, co-chairman of the U.S. Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue.

Martin Luther, a German monk, is depicted in this painting at a church in Helsingor, Denmark. The issue of papal authority was the one point that led Luther to break from the Catholic Church. (CNS photo/Crosiers)

Reformation continues to shape the 21st-century world, author contends

Dennis Sadowski

November 1, 2017

News, World News

Modern society — largely defined by capitalism and consumerism, burgeoning technology, religious-like allegiance to nation and the rise in secularism — has its roots in the Protestant Reformation, says historian Brad S. Gregory.

‘Horrendous attack weighs on all our hearts,’ says cardinal

Catholic News Service

November 1, 2017

Feature, News, World News

The “horrendous act” by a driver in a pickup truck who mowed down pedestrians and bicyclists in New York late in the afternoon Oct. 31 “weighs on all of our hearts,” said the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Bishop Denis J. Madden leads a prayer walk through the streets of Baltimore in 2012. (CR file)

Bishop Madden to lead Baltimore prayer walk for peace Nov. 2

Archdiocese of Baltimore

November 1, 2017

Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Uncategorized, Urban Vicariate

Bishop Denis J. Madden, urban vicar and auxiliary bishop emeritus of Baltimore, will lead a prayer walk for peace Nov. 2 at St. Veronica, 806 Cherry Hill Road in Cherry Hill.

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