Catholic Review, Author at Archdiocese of Baltimore

January 19, 2012

Poverty, neglect make rural areas susceptible to storms like Tomas

LES ANGLAIS, Haiti – If Tomas strikes Haiti as a tropical storm or hurricane, it will severely test residents of Les Anglais, in the southwestern corner of the country.

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January 19, 2012

Famous baseball card hits a $262,900 home run for Baltimore-based School Sisters of Notre Dame

An incredibly rare T206 Honus Wagner baseball card, one of the most valuable pieces of sports memorabilia in the world, brought an unexpected blessing to the School Sisters of Notre Dame based in Baltimore Nov. 4, when it sold to an unspecified bidder for $262,900 at Heritage Auctions in Dallas.

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January 19, 2012

Castro joins church leaders as Cuba opens first seminary in 50 years

HAVANA – In a ceremony joined by President Raul Castro, Cuba’s Catholic bishops inaugurated the San Carlos and San Ambrosio Seminary Nov. 3, the country’s first major church-related construction in the half century since the revolution led by Fidel Castro.

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January 19, 2012

Baltimore maternity home affiliated with Gabriel Network to reopen

Sparrow House, a Baltimore maternity home that suspended operations in July because of a lack of finances, is reopening Nov. 15. The home raised more than $34,000 in one-time gifts and more than $38,000 in pledges over the last several months – enough to cover its $6,000 monthly minimum operational expenses for the next year.

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January 19, 2012

Clergy shortage is a national challenge

The Archdiocese of Baltimore isn't alone in grappling with the challenge of fewer priests. Dioceses throughout the country are confronting the clergy shortage in ways that are having a direct impact on the faith life of Catholics in the pews.

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January 19, 2012

Study: 74 percent of Irish Catholic women don’t feel valued by church

DUBLIN – Irish Catholic women feel that they are not sufficiently appreciated by the church, but their faith remains strong, according to a newly published survey.

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January 19, 2012

Taxation measures, legalizing marijuana rejected by voters

WASHINGTON – In a year when tax and budget issues dominated the ballot questions before voters, Catholic leaders offered the guidance of Catholic social teaching but generally remained neutral on specific referendum topics.

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January 19, 2012

Knights and ladies of Holy Sepulchre invested; Monsignor Kenney accorded highest honor

Christians in the Holy Land have new advocates half a world away.

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January 19, 2012

Father Novotny, Baltimore native, left mark on Jesuit education

WASHINTON – A Mass of Christian Burial was scheduled to be offered Nov. 3 for Jesuit Father Allen Paul Novotny, a Baltimore native who left a mark on Loyola Blakefield, his prep alma mater, and Loyola University Maryland.

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January 19, 2012

Love for his dad helps drive John Carroll athlete

When 17-year-old John Carroll School senior Robert Darin Owens Jr., known simply as “D.J.” to friends, teachers and teammates, endured the sudden death of his father a little over a year ago, football became his mainstay.

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January 19, 2012

St. Augustine ‘lunch lady’ adds warmth to kitchen, school

Six years ago, Father Gerard J. Bowen told St. Augustine School principal Patricia Schratz that his Elkridge parish needed to hire Ruth Carmichael to run a hot lunch program for the school.

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January 19, 2012

Loss of taste or smell

Q. Lately, I have been experiencing a loss of taste. Food just doesn’t taste right and, sometimes, my sense of smell is involved too. I’ve been told by friends that this sometimes happens when people age and is “normal,” however, I really would like to know if there is anything else that may be causing...

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