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Hurricane Isaac rolled through the Gulf of Mexico, making landfall near the mouth of the Mississippi River. The confluence of the river, the Port of New Orleans and oil terminals in that area prompted a quick spike in prices at the gas pump, just in time for Labor Day travel.

It is widely known that Pope Benedict XVI has called the Church to observe a “Year of Faith” beginning Oct. 11 of this year. This coincides with the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council and the 20th anniversary of the publication of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. This Year of Faith will continue until the Solemnity of Christ the King in November 2013.

UPDATED Notre Dame of Maryland University expects to break ground on its new 38,000-square-foot joint School of Nursing and School of Education building Sept. 12.

A photo of Art Modell accompanied a 2003 story in the Catholic Review. (George P. Matysek Jr. | CR Staff)    I only had a chance to interview Art Modell once in my journalism career. A few days before the then-owner of the Baltimore Ravens was to be honored by the National

Recently I walked past some tall pine trees on the property of Villa Assumpta – the motherhouse and retirement community for the School Sisters of Notre Dame. I had passed these trees literally hundreds of times on my way to celebrate Mass or do counseling.