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January 19, 2012

Postal worker victims of anthrax attacks remembered at shrine

WASHINGTON - Two postal workers who were killed in 2001 when anthrax-tainted letters were sent through the U.S. mail were remembered at an Oct. 21 memorial at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
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Haitian first lady meets with leaders of Catholic Relief Services

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The first lady of Haiti and the next president of Catholic Relief Services had an exchange Oct. 25 that went directly to how CRS is responding to the basic needs of the most impoverished nation in the Western Hemisphere.
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Archbishop O’Brien announces papal honors for 24 in the archdiocese

Catholic school administrators, lay parish volunteers and prominent business leaders are among the 24 individuals in the Archdiocese of Baltimore who will be awarded papal honors at a special 4 p.m. prayer service at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland Nov. 20.
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Papal honorees span the archdiocese

Cross Pro Ecclesia Et Pontifice Carol A. Augustine Augustine served more than 40 years as a religious educator. She was a religion teacher and director of religious education at St. Matthew in Baltimore before beginning a 26-year ministry at the Catholic Center. She held positions of increasing responsibility including: coordinator of Catechist Formation and Leadership...
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Priests overjoyed and humbled by monsignor honors from pope

Pope Benedict XVI has recognized the stellar ministry of three priests of the Archdiocese of Baltimore by conferring the title “monsignor” on two of them and raising a previously named monsignor to the highest rank of monsignor.
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People pursue teaching love through Notre Dame graduate program

In the fall of 2009, Gwyneth Carmichael was in-between jobs. The former salesperson for the Baltimore Examiner was looking for a change of careers.
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Millersville father remembers daughter with rosary

When a young mother named Jennifer McWhorter Thomas was dying of melanoma earlier this year – just 37 and beautiful, her family beyond panic but not tears – she asked her father for a favor.
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Gala: A night to remember

This past Saturday, approximately 1,100 people came together at the Baltimore Convention Center to raise money for tuition assistance for the children of our Catholic schools. If those who attended the third annual Archdiocese of Baltimore Gala were as impressed by the program as I was, they left the event with far more than they...
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Sailors’ senior Jill-of-all-trades

The door closed unexpectedly on the gymnastics career of Ally Schuessler. The ending of one chapter, however, led to the beginning of a love for another sport.
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Five alarming trends of emerging adulthood

Today’s young adults are headed toward trouble, according to University of Notre Dame professor of sociology Christian Smith, the author of the new book “Lost in Transition: The Dark Side of Emerging Adulthood.”
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Back to God

Recently, a very saintly woman asked me what I thought of mediums – people who purport to make contact with those who have died, with those who have “passed over.” Being a practical philosopher and theologian by trade, and a lover of puns by personal preference, I responded: “It’s rare to find a medium that’s...
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Catholic schools receive major accreditation

Sixty schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore and the Department of Schools have been accredited by AdvancEd, a division of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement, the world’s largest accrediting and school improvement organization.
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