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Awake Yet?

If I’ve failed to stress the significance of the challenge before us through my words, perhaps the frequency of my writing on the subject (three consecutive columns and counting) will succeed in doing so!
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Mercy nurse hits all the right notes

Ten years ago, Jenny Boyle was in a car with her sister, brother and mother en route to their first ski trip. An elderly man pulled in front of the family on the highway, causing the Boyle family to swerve and flip over eight times.
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Tips for planning a budget wedding that doesn’t seem like one

Here comes the bride – and she’s trying not to break the wedding budget.
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Finding faith on the Internet starts with a reliable Web site

A Web site might tout itself as a Catholic Web site, but is it really? Is what’s written there responsible and thoughtful? Or is it the opinion of just one guy sitting in his basement? Perhaps it’s a group with its own agenda. How do you tell?
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Bumper-Sticker Ethics?

In the recent Message for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees, Pope Benedict XVI invites us to advance the new evangelization in the context of migration by “seeking ways of fraternal sharing and respectful proclamation, overcoming opposition and nationalism. For their part, the Churches of origin, of transit and those that welcome the migration...
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‘A few seconds’ can lead to summer tragedy

As the temperature hit triple digits in Maryland this week, folks sought relief in a variety of ways, especially in the cool water of pools, lakes and the ocean. As with many things, some joys come with risks.
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A Wake-up Call, Part II

Meeting the spiritual needs of the Catholic people of the Archdiocese of Baltimore in the face of an aging and dwindling presbyterate was the challenge I laid before you in last week’s column.
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Two dozen U.S. bishops could retire for age reasons in 2010

WASHINGTON – Up to 24 U.S. bishops, including two cardinals, could retire because of age this year.
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Catholic school superintendents plead for support

Catholic school superintendents wrote to Governor Martin J. O’Malley, Dec. 13, asking Maryland’s leader to support initiatives that will help Catholic school families and teachers.
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Wine more hygienic than host

Q. I’ve read that distribution of holy Communion under forms is the norm here in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, but I hesitate to receive Communion from the cup. Shouldn’t I be worried about the transmission of germs?
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Catholic Review receives high honors

PITTSBURGH – The Catholic Review garnered two first-place and three second-place journalism honors from the Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada and one honorable mention from the National Right to Life during recent national and international competitions.
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