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December 6, 2013

Advent joy on the feast of Saint Nicholas: Shoes to fill and cookies to share

    Today the Church celebrates the feast of the much-loved saint from whom we get the inspiration for Santa Claus.   Who was Saint Nicholas?  Born during the third century in the port city of Patara on the southern coast of what is now Turkey, Nicholas was orphaned at an early age when his
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The Color of Friendship

The name of this post is also the name of a Disney Channel Original Movie released in 2000. In this particular movie, Disney does its best at tackling a clash of cultures and apartheid.The story centers around two young girls: Mahree, a young white South African, and Piper, the black
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Helpful tips for beating the winter blues

Nearly everyone gets the winter blues now and then. Here are some brief and helpful tips for beating the winter blues.
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Digital students: Popes take tentative taps in a digital age

While not digitally inclined, both retired Pope Benedict and Pope Francis are taking baby steps into the digital world.
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High School Placement Test Dates 2013

All eighth-grade students applying for admission to a Catholic high school in the Archdiocese of Baltimore are required to take the High School Placement Test (HSPT).
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Lessons from Bill Cosby

The contrasts between class and classlessness couldn’t have been any sharper Nov. 19.
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School news from around the Archdiocese of Baltimore

See news from Our Lady of Perpetual Help, NDP, Trinity School, Loyola University Maryland and more.
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The day we became a family

We had never met.This little boy had seen our picture—and we had seen his.And yet there we were, standing in a government office in Hunan Province, being united forever as a family.John and I were nervous and excited and in awe. I can’t tell you how Leo felt. I just
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