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December 19, 2016

Obama signs bipartisan international religious freedom bill

The new law gives the Obama administration and the U.S. State Department new tools, resources and training to counter extremism and combat a worldwide escalation of persecution of religious minorities.

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December 19, 2016

Loyola U men host to Catholic Schools Day basketball game Dec. 23

Tip-off at Reitz Arena, on Loyola University's main campus, is 1 p.m.

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December 18, 2016

New year, new frontier

After Mass this morning, Collin said, "Mom, I'm really scared of 2017. 2016 was such a good year and I'm not ready to see it end."I stopped and thought about what he said. In many ways he was right. 2016 was a great year. God blessed us with Teagan. We managed to

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December 18, 2016

Baking bread during the final days of Advent

When we wake up, the world is glazed in ice. We aren't going anywhere for a while.I call my parents to see whether they still have power, and my father starts talking about baking. It's a baking kind of day, and he mentions cinnamon rolls."You probably don't have yeast," he

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December 17, 2016

An afternoon with my Great-Great-Great Grandmother

Last Saturday, December 10th, 2016, my parents, Collin, and I visited the Irish Railroad Workers Museum on Lemmon Street in Baltimore for their Irish Christmas Celebration. Alongside the apple cider, scones, and Celtic Christmas ornament crafts, we received a tour of two tiny row houses, one of which

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