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After a brilliant swim season, the Loyola Blakefield, Towson, Aqua Dons had one more item to scratch off of their 2007-2008 seasonal “to do list.” This was the year that the Aqua Dons were going to make their mark Feb. 22-23 at the 108th Eastern Interscholastic Swimming and Diving Competition at LaSalle University, Philadelphia.

ANNAPOLIS – In a Feb. 28 hearing on bills concerning same-sex marriage, both sides testified in front of a hearing room so packed that people were wedged into the corners and TV crews stood behind legislators.

St. Ignatius, Baltimore, will hold its traditional Novena of Grace, a nine-day prayer to St. Francis Xavier, March 4-12.

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien will lead the Way of the Cross – an annual Good Friday prayer procession – from Shrine of St. Alphonsus, Baltimore, to Planned Parenthood, March 21.

Father James M. Shea, S.J., has been named as the next provincial of the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus.

MANILA, Philippines – Fifty-five Catholic bishops in the Philippines agreed to issue a statement on the crisis in President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s government amid allegations of corruption in a national broadband deal.

QUEZON CITY, Philippines – Several Philippine bishops said they want genuine solutions to corruption whether or not they support calls for the resignation of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

Sister Helen Amos, R.S.M., executive chair, Board of Trustees for Mercy Health Services, was awarded The Speaker’s Medallion by the Honorable Michael E. Busch of the Maryland House of Delegates on Feb. 13.

Bishop Denis J. Madden, urban vicar, will celebrate the annual Archdiocesan Scout Mass at 2 p.m. on March 2 at St. Mark, Fallston.

VATICAN CITY – The best way to hear Jesus speak to humanity is by listening to the Liturgy of the Word, said the preacher of the papal household.