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January 19, 2012

Bishops might meet to discuss Chavez proposal

CARACAS, Venezuela – Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino of Caracas said the Venezuelan bishops’ conference might have a special meeting to discuss Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s proposed constitutional reform. The proposal “concerns the life of the Venezuelan people, of the Catholics of Venezuela and the rights of everybody,” he said. The cardinal said Venezuelan Catholics should...

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January 19, 2012

Bumps in the road should not slow journey

VATICAN CITY – Summer brought a few bumps in the road of generally good Catholic-Jewish relations, bumps almost certainly caused inadvertently.

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January 19, 2012

Camp St. Vincent celebrates 100 years of fun and caring

Asked what he wants to be when he grows up, 11-year-old Diallo Bratcher didn’t pause for a moment before he replied with the most serious expression he could produce. “A lawyer,” he answered. Why? “Because I talk a lot,” Diallo said, and this time his almost ever-present, infectious grin returned. Diallo, his 10-year-old brother and...

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January 19, 2012

College of Notre Dame names new posts

College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore, has named Carolyn Boulger Karlson, associate vice president of weekend, accelerated and graduate programs. Dr. Karlson is a parishioner of St. Pius X, Rodgers Forge, and former dean of graduate studies at Notre Dame.

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January 19, 2012

Two St. Michael students among gifted

Two students from St. Michael the Archangel School, Overlea, were honored at a statewide awards ceremony for gifted children held by The Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY).

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January 19, 2012

Priest’s new project aims to unite families over food

ARLINGTON, Va. – What began as a joke in the kitchen will become a published cookbook this fall and possibly a TV cooking series next fall, said Father Leo Patalinghug, the break-dancing, martial-arts guru who also happens to be a skilled cook. The media project, “Grace Before Meals,” aims to bring families together around the...

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January 19, 2012

Mount St. Mary’s enhances campus emergency plan

Mount St. Mary’s University, Emmitsburg, announced they are first in the nation to work with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to develop a plan for responding to a campus crisis, announced president Thomas H. Powell.

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January 19, 2012

Bishop says quake victims need food, water immediately

LIMA, Peru – People left homeless by the magnitude 8 earthquake that struck Peru Aug. 15 face an immediate shortage of food and water, said Bishop Guido Brena Lopez of Ica, one of the cities hardest hit. “The situation is dramatic, because many houses have collapsed and many people have died. It’s very difficult,” Bishop...

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January 19, 2012

Bishops tell citizens to elect honest candidates

NAIROBI, Kenya – Kenya’s bishops, saying the country’s future was at stake, have advised citizens to vote for candidates with a track record of honesty in the December general elections. They also expressed concern that corruption was still a major issue in the government of President Mwai Kibaki, who plans to seek re-election.

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January 19, 2012

Many seek small Christian communities

ST. PAUL, Minn. – In an age of cavernous megachurches, where parishioners sometimes outnumber pastors 2,000 to 1, it can be easy to get lost in the masses, so to speak. Mounting evidence suggests, however, that a worldwide movement to reclaim the sense of community upon which the church was founded is taking shape.

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January 19, 2012

Father Wood faces joys and challenges in Iraq

The first time Father Tyson Wood went on a ground convoy after arriving in Iraq earlier this summer, a roadside bomb exploded nearby. No one was hurt and no significant damage was sustained, but the incident was a sudden and sobering reminder that the 40-year-old military chaplain’s ministry would be one of his most challenging...

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January 19, 2012

Father Hilgartner to work for U.S. Bishops Conference

After serving two years as chaplain and director of campus ministry at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, Father Richard Hilgartner has been named the new associate director for the Secretariat for Liturgy at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington, D.C. In his new role, the 39-year-old priest will support the work...

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