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January 19, 2012

Tough economy forces Madison Diocese to freeze salaries, cut jobs

MADISON, Wis. – The Diocese of Madison announced May 28 that because of a downturn in its investment income in the past fiscal year, it is freezing all salaries and cutting several positions across the 11-county diocese.

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January 19, 2012

Four men to be ordained to the priesthood June 13

When Hector Mateus-Ariza was a toddler, his working mother had no choice but to place him in a school that had no pre-school or kindergarten. So at age 3, the Colombia native entered the first grade.

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January 19, 2012

Schools close, but legacies remain

The memories came back to Stephanie Avery June 7, as she walked around the hall of Catholic Community School of South Baltimore.

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January 19, 2012

Church’s support extends around the clock to families of fire victims

MEXICO CITY – The Catholic Church in Hermosillo, Mexico, has provided around-the-clock spiritual and material support to the families that lost children in a June 4 fire at a day care center that has claimed at least 44 young lives.

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January 19, 2012

Father’s suicide attempt leads Catholic family to help others

WASHINGTON – Patricia Gallagher vividly recalls the day in 1999 when she was dropping off film to be developed and a kind Wal-Mart clerk asked whether her husband, John, who was in a wheelchair, had been in an accident.

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January 19, 2012

Monsignor Burke celebrates 50 years of priesthood

Friends added their spin during a good-hearted ‘roast,’ but much of what one needs to know about Monsignor William F. Burke was provided during his homily at St. Francis of Assisi June 7.

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January 19, 2012

Ravens, Good Samaritan complete playground

John Harbaugh took one look at a group of children who attend Good Samaritan Hospital’s Child Development Center and said “OK, we’re going to put these guys through a drill.”

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January 19, 2012

Pope visibly upset to hear of child abuse, Dublin archbishop says

DUBLIN, Ireland – Pope Benedict XVI was visibly upset to hear June 5 of the abuse suffered by thousands of Irish children in the care of religious congregations, reported the archbishop of Dublin, Ireland.

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January 19, 2012

Seminarians embark on journey to the priesthood

When Hamilton Okeke stepped into his room at St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Roland Park for the first time, the enormity of what he was doing seemed to hit him in the gut. He was alone, literally and figuratively, as he was about to hand his life over to God. No one in his...

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January 19, 2012

Father Martin ready to guide St. Clare into future

Since he arrived at St. Clare, Essex, in early June, Father C. Lou Martin has had his room covered in moving boxes. The new pastor knows he has no choice but to roll up his sleeves and get to work.

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January 19, 2012

Immigration reform advocates enthusiastic, but wary of its prospects

WASHINGTON – An enthusiastic clamor of supporters rallied for immigration reform at a June 4 town hall meeting, though a subtext of frustration arose around the postponement of a meeting with President Barack Obama.

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