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Though Catholics come together Easter Sunday to celebrate the resurrection of Christ, children are treated to the spoils of a cotton-tailed rabbit and the promise of spring’s splendor.

The 29th-annual Social Ministry Convocation will be held 8:15 a.m.-3 p.m. March 1 at The Seton Keough High School, Baltimore.

Pro-life supporters from across the state plan to use the upcoming March 13 Maryland March for Life in Annapolis to build support for crisis pregnancy centers and defeat a bill they say would hinder outreach to expectant mothers.

A funeral Mass for James W. Donaghy was offered Feb. 23 at St. Mary Church in Mineral Ridge, Ohio. Mr. Donaghy, who died Feb. 19, is the brother of Father Thomas Donaghy, a retired priest from the Archdiocese of Baltimore, who now lives in Pennsylvania.

VATICAN CITY – Parish communities with a real sense of obligation to spread the Gospel are places where vocations to be missionary priests and religious thrive, said Pope Benedict XVI.

At last we have something concrete to support the obvious (CR, Feb 21). As a result of a recent study of 1,008 married couples, Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz was able to conclude that “We must find ways to offer couples a more integrated, continuous, and varied ministry that will help them grow in happiness and holiness through the entire life cycle of a marriage.”

Mount St. Joseph High School, Irvington, will be the top seed in both the MIAA A Conference and the Baltimore Catholic League basketball tournaments.

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI asked the Jesuits to continue to be pioneers in dialogue, theological research and work for justice, but insisted that they also must make clear their faith and their acceptance of the teachings of the Catholic Church.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Following the practice of some other dioceses, the Diocese of Little Rock is discouraging its parishes and schools from supporting fundraising activities for Susan G. Komen for the Cure.