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January 19, 2012

Promoting schools’ Catholic identity key to their survival, leaders say

WASHINGTON – Promoting Catholic identity in Catholic high schools and elementary schools is not just a good thing to do but a necessary action for survival, according to speakers at conference in Washington for Catholic school leaders.
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Late Apple co-founder knew the value of communication, Jesuit says

VATICAN CITY - Like Pope Pius XI, who founded Vatican Radio and built the Vatican train station, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs recognized the importance of expanding communication, a Jesuit told Vatican Radio.
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Keeping Sunday sacred is ‘summit, source’ of Catholicism, cardinal says

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Cardinal Francis Arinze told attendees at the Diocese of Charlotte’s eucharistic congress that “religion is not an option.”
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Funeral for Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai set for Oct. 8

WASHINGTON - A funeral Mass for Wangari Maathai, a Catholic environmentalist and political leader who became the first black African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, was set for Oct. 8 in Holy Family Minor Basilica in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Perrella, 59, ‘lived what the Gospel preaches’

A man who tightened the fabric of the Archdiocese of Baltimore was remembered Oct. 1 at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland.
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Spain gathering a powerful experience

“To be rather than to appear to be” is the reality of the identity of the young Vincentian of the 21st century. This was the focus of the Vincentian World Youth Gathering in Madrid, Spain.
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Only God knows what choices are right, wrong

I have to confess that I was deeply moved when I read in the obituary: “At the time of his death, his much beloved dog was with him.” Herb Derwart has died.
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Calling all Catholic health pros

Are you a Catholic physician or health care professional? If the answer is yes, then consider joining the Baltimore Guild-Catholic Medical Association, a chartered member of the national Catholic Medical Association (CMA).
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Fixture at St. Ignatius enriched Baltimore

Joe Kelly remembers when in the 1930s and into the 1940s, Baltimore City police officers had to direct traffic and pedestrians around St. Ignatius Church on Calvert Street during the time of the Novena of Grace.
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Sykesville parishioner hits stride at Baltimore Marathon

Like many who hit the half-century mark, Carole Williamson celebrated her 50th birthday in a special way. On June 18, with 199 friends and acquaintances, she “partied” for 12 hours. When it ended, she was tired but exhilarated. No hangover for Williamson.
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On Ravens’ Sundays, shrines, Masses within easy walking distance for fans

Joe Flacco may be relying on the downfield “Hail Mary” pass to Torrey Smith this NFL season, but the real thing – attending Mass before or after Ravens’ games, along with devotion to the Blessed Mother and the holy Eucharist – is within easy reach of everybody at the stadium.
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Petrides creates her own legacy at IND

Aimee Petrides is one of 15 women in her extended family to attend the Institute of Notre Dame. Adding to that legacy, Petrides has left her own imprint on the cherished Baltimore high school for young women.
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