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Traveling chalice could be road to vocations

The traveling chalice at St. Francis de Sales, Abingdon, might not travel much farther than parishioners’ dining room tables, but it’s part of the road to vocations, a road paved with prayer.
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Comic winner’s life turned around after encounter with Jesuit priest

LOS ANGELES – On Aug. 9, as television viewers tuned in to find out who would be the 2010 “Last Comic Standing,” finalist Felipe Esparza was walking back and forth on an NBC stage, microphone in his right hand, the other arm swinging loose. He was wearing an unbuttoned sports coat, a narrow black tie...
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Notre Dame of Maryland University welcomes biggest freshman class ever 

Notre Dame of Maryland University in Baltimore welcomed approximately 220 freshmen this year, the largest incoming class to enter the university in its 124-year history.
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Catholics called at Social Ministry Convocation to make change

Janine Carreiro was working as a missionary in East Timor when a rice shortage struck the tiny nation.
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Sister Marie Carl Horn, S.S.N.D., ministered in education and hoops

A funeral Mass for School Sister of Notre Dame Marie Carl Horn was offered Sept. 1. Sister Marie Carl died Aug. 28. She had served as an educator for many years.
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Names & Numbers: Summer milestones

Included in this month's Names and Numbers are some major milestones and anniversaries.
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Evangelist’s two-day festival in Omaha draws a crowd of 105,000

OMAHA, Neb. – Members of more than 275 churches in Omaha attended the Luis Palau Heartland Festival July 14-15 to listen to Palau and to praise Jesus. Omaha’s event was the first time a Catholic archdiocese or diocese had publicly endorsed the Palau festival, with Omaha Archbishop Elden F. Curtiss making an appearance onstage to...
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PEOPLE, PLACES, THINGS

Seven young men ages 11-17 from Sykesville and Eldersburg were inducted into the Columbian Squires St. Michael the Archangel Circle 4423 during an investiture ceremony held in Owings Mills: William Rooney, Nick Wallace, Brendan Tripp, Kevin Buckley, Mitch Mezeivech, Matt Kaliszar and Guillermo Wagner are the newest members of this youth group, part of the...
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Faithful excited to be part of papal Mass in Washington

WASHINGTON – The tumultuous applause that greeted Pope Benedict XVI at the beginning of the April 17 Mass in Nationals Park was indicative of the excitement of the faithful at attending the first public U.S. Mass celebrated by the pope, who is concluding his third year as pontiff.
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Parishes plan for reopening

The Archdiocese of Baltimore started Phase I of its reopening plan May 15, allowing churches to be open for private prayer and adoration. Parishes may offer the sacraments of reconciliation and baptism, and funeral and wedding Masses may be held with a limit of 10 attendees.
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Chaplain sees humility in Indianapolis Colts

BROWNSBURG, Ind. – The Indianapolis Colts had just completed a 38-34 heart-pounding victory Jan. 21 that would send them to the Super Bowl Feb. 4 in Miami. Team owner Jim Irsay and head coach Tony Dungy stood on a stage at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis to receive the Lamar Hunt Trophy as the NFL’s...
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