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January 19, 2012

Catholic high school graduates likely to attend college, says report

WASHINGTON – In brochures and online materials, Catholic high schools often boast of the high percentage of their students who graduate and attend college - often in the 90-100 percent range. According to a new study, this is not just happening at some Catholic high schools but is part of a nationwide trend

Catholic News ServiceNews, Schools

January 19, 2012

Immediate, long-term solutions to jobs crisis proposed at symposium

WASHINGTON – As tough as the current U.S. job market is, things could get even tougher in the future without the right kind of education and training, according to speakers at an April 30 symposium in Washington on “The Future of American Jobs.”

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January 19, 2012

Hispanic young adults united in faith

Norma Urbina, a 23-year-old parishioner of St. Clare parish in Essex, thinks it can be difficult to be a Latino young adult in the Archdiocese of Baltimore

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January 19, 2012

School’s baseball lineage more poignant with imminent closing

One week before the start of this baseball season, Matt Foster received gut-punching news. The first-year coach of Cardinal Gibbons High School, where he was a 2001 graduate, learned that the Archdiocese of Baltimore would close the institution in June for financial reasons

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January 19, 2012

Q&A with Daniel Schuster

Daniel Schuster, owner of Schuster Concrete Construction, has been at the heart of many discussions in the Archdiocese of Baltimore lately. Following Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien’s March announcement of the consolidation of 13 schools, Schuster took to the radio airwaves for advertisements critical of the decision

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January 19, 2012

Brooks: Fans ‘deserve better’

Brooks Robinson counts himself among those who have been disappointed by the dismal performance of the Baltimore Orioles of recent years

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January 19, 2012

Brooks Robinson, Oriole legend, buoyed by faith, family, friends

When Lee May cracked a two-bouncer past third base in game one of the 1970 World Series, Brooks Robinson’s response was nothing short of legendary

George P. Matysek Jr.Local News, News

January 19, 2012

Church seeks to help Louisiana fishing community face latest challenge

NEW ORLEANS – Inside St. Bernard Church May 2, parishioners whose lives depend on the fishing industry and who endured and overcame the battering of Hurricane Katrina five years ago had a difficult time focusing on Father John Arnone’s homily.

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January 19, 2012

Jubilarians honored at cathedral

During a special May 1 Mass at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien honored the combined 5,750 years of service of 101 religious priests, sisters and brothers living in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

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January 19, 2012

Archdiocese, business owner reach agreement on bus aid

The Archdiocese of Baltimore has reached an agreement with a businessman who will subsidize busses to schools that are receiving students from closing institutions.

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