Tracks of success laid decades ago for Westminster lawyer

When 92-year-old Charles O. Fisher Sr. thinks back to his years as a student at St. John School in Westminster during the 1920s and 30s, nuns and trains come to mind.
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Dreams come alive for Catholic high schools

Archbishop Spalding High School in Severn and The John Carroll School in Bel Air are not letting the down economy get them down. In spite of the nation's economic recession and the plight of many Catholic schools in the Baltimore archdiocese to stay afloat, these two schools have moved forward in their visions for improvements...
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Comberiate siblings excel to great heights

There’s a saying that goes around the Comberiate family: “Being lazy is like slapping God in the face.”
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Lessons beyond school walls have lasting impact

Experience is the best teacher for students enrolled in Baltimore Catholic high schools’ programs that offer young people hands-on practice in everything from medicine and engineering to tutoring and carpentry. Calvert Hall College High School in Towson and Seton Keogh High School, Institute of Notre Dame and Mercy High School of Baltimore are among the...
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Haiti gave us Mother Mary Lange

“Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted…” (Mt 5:3-5) reverberates in my head as the world looks on in stunned horror and sadness at the aftermath of a devastating earthquake on the island of Haiti. Millions have been affected...
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Miracles in Haiti need human agents

As we face the terrible tragedy and devastation in Haiti, many of us have our faith tested. Where is God? How does God allow evil to happen? Atheists often point to experiences like this to dismiss faith in God altogether.
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Heeding Heidi: the empty gains of plastic surgery

Heidi Montag has given new meaning to the concept of one-stop shopping. The 23-year-old reality TV star – one of those who is famous for being famous – underwent 10 plastic-surgery procedures in one day, as pin pointed in People magazine and now scrutinized online.
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Exiles among us

In a recent homily, it was suggested that all of us are exiles – at least in some internal, psychological or spiritual way – from the abundant life God holds out for us. There may well be some food for thought here, but for me, especially as I write this article, “exiles” most clearly applies...
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A Priest’s Personal Health

Priests have probably always suffered from the demands of trying to do too much. Priests are mandated through the ordination rite to act ‘in persona Christi.’The priest today continues this mission of Jesus in the midst of a very difficult and demanding time. There are various adjustments that priests must make in the course of...
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Pro-life ad featuring college quarterback to air during Super Bowl

NEW YORK – An ad scheduled to air on CBS during the network’s broadcast of the Feb. 7 Super Bowl has generated criticism from groups such as the National Organization for Women because of its pro-life message.
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Vigil Against Violence brings more than 1,000 to cathedral

Lineetra Seward dreams of a day when she can walk around her Baltimore City neighborhood without fear.
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Haitians living in Dominican Republic return home to find relatives

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – Saintivo Gassant boarded a small, intercity bus with 37 other passengers - mostly fellow Haitians - at a ramshackle station in the Dominican capital, beginning a seven-hour journey back to the rubble of his native Port-au-Prince.
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