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Call to service is strong for John Carroll grad

Growing up with two grandfathers and two uncles who served in the U.S. Army, Kyle Hanratty, valedictorian for the 2007 graduating class at The John Carroll School, Bel Air, hopes to carry on the tradition. The 18-year-old applied and was accepted to the United States Military Academy at West Point, the United States Naval Academy and the United States Air Force Academy.

Web site allows Christians worldwide to light candles in Nazareth

JERUSALEM – A new Web site set up by a group of Palestinian and Cypriot Christians has allowed thousands of Christians worldwide to virtually light a candle at the Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth. “There are many Christians who are not able to come to the Holy Land for lack of money, lack of time or security considerations. The Web site allows them, in real time, to watch as a priest lights a candle in their name and says their individual prayer,” said Said Salem, the businessman and tourism consultant who conceived of the idea. “They can feel like they are in the church with the priest lighting the candle.”

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