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August 25, 2014

Archbishop Lori and Dr. Barbara Edmondson Visit Hagerstown Catholic Schools on First Day

Archbishop William E. Lori and Dr. Barbara Edmondson, Superintendent of Schools, will greet students and their families at St. Maria Goretti High School and St. Mary’s Elementary School in Hagerstown  on Tuesday, August 26, for the start of the new school year. Archbishop Lori will welcome students at St. Maria Goretti High School to the...
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‘United by our common desire’ Archbishop Lori, interfaith leaders pray for peace in Iraq

UPDATED with collection amounts - Archbishop William E. Lori joined with Christian, Jewish and Muslim religious leaders Aug. 24 to pray for peace in Iraq.
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With senior, first-grader and three in-between, St. Mary’s family starts school year

Peter Cardillo sat in the front row of a colorful first-grade classroom at St. Mary’s Elementary School.
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I’m not going back to school: Musings on my retirement

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.--Anatole France, French journalist, novelist, poet (1844-1924)For the first time in my life, I am not getting ready to
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