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“Human rights report details water crisis in West Bank” (CR, Aug.7) states that “… the chronic water shortage is due in large part to Israel’s discriminatory policy in distributing the joint water resources in the West Bank.” In other words, while illegal Israeli settlers are filling their swimming pools, Palestinians barely have enough drinking water. Each year, Israel steals more Palestinian land and water in the West Bank, while maintaining its deadly siege and collective punishment on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

The Knights of Columbus Council 7612 in Eldersburg announced the 2008 recipient of the Robert H. Clark Memorial Scholarship at the group’s annual awards banquet. Bridget Ann Gallagher of Sykesville was recognized as this year’s recipient by John Hundertmark, chairman of the scholarship committee.

An informational seminar on the Aid and Attendance Veteran’s Program will be held Sept. 10 on the Jenkins Senior Living Campus, 3308 Benson Ave., behind St. Agnes Hospital. Everyone attending is invited to Caritas House Assisted Living, Baltimore, for dinner, by Famous Dave’s Barbecue, at 5:30 p.m., followed by the VA seminar. This program is open to anyone who was a veteran or spouse of a veteran, is to provide additional pension monies to help with Assisted Living, Long Term Care and in home care-giving costs. The veteran must have served at least one day during a war time, but not necessarily in a war zone, to be eligible. Call 410-646-6600 by Sept. 8, if you would like to attend.

More than 300 members of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia gathered for their congregational chapter from June 22-28. During this time, a new leadership team that will assume office Sept. 12 was elected.

WASHINGTON – Leading prayers for a “lasting and just peace,” Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services urged the faithful to remember all service men and women deceased, wounded in action and deployed.

WASHINGTON – When students and teachers return to college this fall, they might notice that something is missing: tobacco smoke.

In advising the abolishment of weapons of war (CR, July 31), I guess retired Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J Gumbleton of Detroit considers Jesus wrong for telling his apostles at the last supper that from now on “a man without a sword must sell his cloak and buy one” (Luke 22:36).

CANTERBURY, England – The spiritual head of the worldwide Anglican Communion called for moratoriums on the blessing of same-sex unions, the ordination of openly gay people and naming bishops for disgruntled Anglicans in other church jurisdictions.

ROME – During ceremonies marking Liberia’s Independence Day, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf honored five U.S. members of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ murdered in 1992 during the country’s civil war.