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The students of St. Joseph School in Cockeysville reached out to Our Daily Bread, and in turn received a treat themselves.

Patriarch’s Christmas message offers hope to Middle East Christians

JERUSALEM – Amid continuing turmoil in the Middle East, Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal of Jerusalem sent a message of hope and support to Christians of the region.

Tyshell King<br> St. Frances Academy<br> Junior<br> Credentials: <br> Honors student

Hoop dreams coming true for St. Frances Academy junior

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Tyshell King has no idea what her life would be like without basketball, which she began playing in middle school.

Whatever happened to Thanksgiving?

Commentary

Last month’s celebration of Thanksgiving invited me to once again go back to the history books to refresh my memory with regard to the historical roots of the holiday. With psychologists giving advice on how to avoid family feuds between quarreling relatives, others who can’t wait for the football games, and still others plotting strategies on how to best maneuver their way through the “Black Friday” sales, perhaps we have lost some of the real meaning of the celebration. In fact, I would go further to say that perhaps we have lost much more than we realize. Let us take a historical glimpse to the roots of this day.

In good hands with Catholic Relief Services

The Dec. 22 issue of The Catholic Review includes the fourth and final article from my trip in late October to Port-au-Prince Haiti with the leaders of Catholic Relief Services. Ken Hackett, Carolyn Woo and Tucson Bishop Gerald Kicanas were a delight, as were all the CRS workers in the field. Communications Officer Jean-Daniel LaFontant […]

Country star wanted newest album to sound ‘like you were in church’

WASHINGTON – Collin Raye, the Catholic country singer who had a string of hits in the 1990s, said he wanted to make his latest album “feel like you were in church for an hour or so.”

Percentage of Americans who are married reaches all-time low

WASHINGTON – With cohabitation, single-person households and single parenthood on the rise, the percentage of Americans who are currently married has reached an all-time low.

Number of Catholic marriages down nearly 60 percent since 1972

WASHINGTON – Like the number of marriages among Americans in general, the number of marriages performed in the Catholic Church has been in decline over the past few decades.

Carolyn Woo appreciates the gift of a worker’s bib from Catholic Relief Services staff in Port-au-Prince

New CRS president gives back to faith that propelled her

Paul McMullen

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FOURTH IN A SERIES PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Carolyn Woo learned English from Maryknoll missioner sisters. In tears her first day at Purdue University because she couldn’t decipher a campus map, she found solace at its Newman Center. Woo met and married her husband at Purdue, and its church bell rang when she defended her doctoral dissertation there.

Name tags go high-tech in Gambrills

December 20, 2011

Visitor name tag from School of the Incarnation, Gambrills. Last week, while spending some time at School of the Incarnation in Gambrills for a heart-warming story on homeless outreach, I was amazed by the Anne Arundel County school’s snazzy system for admitting visitors. As soon as I was buzzed in, I was asked to present my […]

Video of Camp GLOW campers singing Christmas songs

December 20, 2011

Yesterday I posted a video of Bonnie Block singing “O Holy Night” at the Camp GLOW Christmas party here in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. The party was held for people with special needs in Maryland and was attended by more than 150 people. The people with special needs shared their love of music through Christmas […]

Camp GLOW lights the Christmas spirit

December 20, 2011