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January 19, 2012

Loyola Blakefield student was ‘a man for others’

The sky turned a mournful grey, and finally black, as evening arrived Sept. 30 in Towson. Thunder cracked and lightning danced ominously.
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Local surgical teams heading to Peru

A dozen health care professionals from Good Samaritan Hospital, headed by orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Harpal S. Khanuja, will be among a contingent of 56 from Operation Walk Maryland that were to head to Peru Oct. 9.
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Years of Catholic education drill confidence into dentist

If Eva Queral Fiastro could write a book about the three women who greatly impacted her life, it would focus on her mother and two nuns at Notre Dame Preparatory School, Towson, from where she graduated in 1969.
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Notre Dame gets lessons from “The Mouse House”

There may not be a Space Mountain on campus, but Heidi Fletcher hopes the College of Notre Dame of Maryland can be more like Disney World.
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Tiny nun takes on tall task of defending Pope Pius XII

VATICAN CITY – Nearly 50 years after the death of Pope Pius XII, one of his strongest supporters thinks the beatification of this controversial wartime pontiff may be just around the corner.
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Wall Street slide shouldn’t affect retired religious, nun says

WASHINGTON – The slide in Wall Street stocks triggered by the federal takeover of mortgage banks and finance houses in September should not pose a problem for religious orders, including those with large numbers or percentages of retired members, according to the head of the National Religious Retirement Office.
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Synod head says it was logical to invite rabbi to biblical synod

VATICAN CITY – Inviting a Jewish scholar to address the world Synod of Bishops on the Bible was logical given the role of the Scriptures in Jewish life, said the head of the synod office.
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Loyola Blakefield student was ‘a man for others’

The sky turned a mournful grey, and finally black, as evening arrived Sept. 30 in Towson. Thunder cracked and lightning danced ominously.
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Financial-bailout rejection by Congress poses new concerns

WASHINGTON – To those entrusted with husbanding the financial portfolios of Catholic foundations and institutions, the Sept. 29 rejection by the U.S. House of a $700 billion package to shore up the nation’s financial systems posed new concerns about the economy and those charged with overseeing it.
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Late actor’s camp in Ireland gives back childhoods to ill children

DUBLIN, Ireland – A Hole in the Wall Camp founded by the late actor Paul Newman helps sick children get their childhoods back, said a New York Catholic working there as a volunteer.
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Hope, faith in abundance at first Mass on Galveston Island since Ike

GALVESTON, Texas – An hour prior to Mass, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston was walking around the grounds of St. Patrick Church, taking time to speak with those who showed up early for the first Mass on Galveston Island since it was battered by Hurricane Ike Sept. 13.
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Christ is always present during Mass

A reason given for the placement of the new tabernacle at St. Margaret, Bel Air (CR, Sept. 4) represents a serious misunderstanding. The article stated that the parishioners “were not being exposed to the real presence of Christ during the weekend Masses,” because they could not view the tabernacle in its former location. In fact,...
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