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What’s in a name?

A couple of weeks ago, I asked employees of the Catholic Center and The Catholic Review to submit their ideas for what this column should be called with the promise of a personal cash prize ($100) for the chosen entry. I was both grateful and surprised at the enthusiastic response this “contest” evoked.
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Mercy, IND rivalry tunes up for 42nd showdown

The Towson Center Arena will be streaming red and blue on Jan. 25 as the 42nd meeting, known as “The Game,” of the Institute of Notre Dame and Mercy High School tips off at 7:30 p.m.
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Military archbishop to be installed

It’s a toss-up as to who can do pomp and circumstance best – the military or the Catholic church.
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Pope says dialogue should lead to concrete activities

VATICAN CITY – Meeting members of a Lutheran-Catholic pilgrimage from Finland on the first day of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Pope Benedict XVI said the theological agreements reached in ecumenical dialogue should lead to concrete joint activities.
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Shadowing gives prospective students practical insight

Before students are selected to attend The John Carroll School, Bel Air, they are strongly encouraged to spend at least a day at the Catholic high school to make sure it’s the right environment to continue their education.
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Animals take center stall in St. Peter’s Square

VATICAN CITY – Amid an occasional chorus of moo, oink, baa and neigh, Cardinal Angelo Comastri blessed several dozen animals peacefully munching their lunch in St. Peter’s Square.
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Franciscan describes Bush’s visit to Holy Land

JERUSALEM – Following a grueling schedule of political meetings, U.S. President George W. Bush was thankful for the opportunity to visit some of the Christian holy sites, said a Franciscan friar who accompanied Bush on his visit to Capernaum and the Mount of Beatitudes in Israel.
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Mr. Warthen’s death saddens Mount de Sales community

Bernard W. “Bernie” Warthen, 63, died Jan. 9 of undetermined causes. Mr. Warthen was the business manager for Mount de Sales Academy, Catonsville, a position he had held for more than two decades. His wife, Mary Jo Warthen, is the principal of Holy Family School, Randallstown, and a former principal at Holy Rosary School, Baltimore.
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Cumberland remembers its missionary hero

CUMBERLAND – Early in his ministry as one of the first Maryknoll missioners to China nine decades ago, an idealistic young priest from Cumberland came across a Chinese farm boy working in a rice field near Jiangmen.
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Father Wolfgang Bruno Mimms, O.SS.T

A funeral Mass was offered for Father Wolfgang Bruno Mimms, O.SS.T., on Jan. 3 at Holy Trinity Monastery in Pikesville. Father Mimms died on Jan. 2 after a lengthy illness. He was 82.
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Communication audit will put everyone in the know

St. Mary, Annapolis, is in the final stages of selecting a consultant to perform an internal communication audit. Much like a financial audit that examines fiscal practices, the communication audit will look at the ways in which people communicate.
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Healthy shopping is possible for single folks on the go

Single people are often on the go, but that doesn’t mean their diets have to suffer. There are ways of taking time-saving shortcuts at the grocery store that won’t sacrifice nutrition or stretch the waistline, according to Barbara Bailey, outpatient dietician for the Good Health Center at Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore.
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