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I read with interest the touching article on the plight of the family who immigrated from Mexico and the uncertainty regarding the status of a member who entered the country illegally.

Has it ever occured to anyone that…

As St. Mary of the Assumption School in Govans continues developing a unique educational partnership with Loyola College in Maryland, Baltimore, Elizabeth Phelan said she sees “amazing opportunities” for strengthening the school.

HONG KONG – The Vatican should consider disclosing the names of Chinese bishops who are in communion with the Holy See, said Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun of Hong Kong.

Before Catholics United decides to mobilize a campaign to pull our troops out of Iraq (CR, July 19), perhaps they should carefully read the accompanying analysis of the Hudson Institute’s Center for Religious Freedom concerning the greatest worldwide threat to religious freedom.

Offers of help came from the entire Baltimore religious community to provide parishioners of the First Mount Olive Freewill Baptist Church in West Baltimore with a place to worship, following the devastating July 10 fire that destroyed the church.

A funeral Mass for Sister M. Maristella Walsh, I.H.M., was offered July 14 at Our Lady of Peace residence in Scranton, Pa. Sister Maristella died July 10. She was 81.

Since the Archdiocese of Baltimore was founded in 1789, it has been headed by 15 archbishops. The following men served as archbishop of the oldest Catholic diocese in the United States, which at one time was responsible for Catholics living in an area that is recognized today as 37 states.

The dinner table at the home of St. Mary, Annapolis, parishioners Lita and Ed Millan is usually full on Friday nights as the couple routinely hosts six to 10 Filipino teachers.

With reference to “Is the ordination of married converts new?” (Father John Dietzen, CR, June 28), it may be of interest to note that the practice of ordaining married Lutheran ministers was begun in 1951.