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December 19, 2013

7 Quick Takes Friday (A go-to Christmas gift, Clone Trooper birthday parties, a surprise holiday guest, and more)

— 1 —I haven’t finished my Christmas shopping, and I think that’s because I never officially started. Most years John and I sit down and make a list of everyone we need gifts for, and then we work from that. This year we never did that. We have Rubbermaid tubs

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December 18, 2013

Countdown to Christmas: December 18: A prayer for those taking exams, Santa comes to John Carroll, today’s O Antiphon, and some classic holiday music

Introduction: In the last Advent days leading up to Christmas, I will share some reflections, prayers, and music for you to enjoy during this very hectic holiday season. Santa spreads cheer at John Carroll: Fine Arts Chair Bruno Baran donned his full-length Father Christmas outfit this morning and made his way through the

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December 18, 2013

Pope, at audience, says Christmas offers lesson in humility

Pope Francis said Christmas is an occasion of joy but also a lesson in humility, when the faithful are called to imitate the example of God-made-man.

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December 18, 2013

Notre Dame Preparatory School on partial lockdown

Notre Dame Preparatory School in Towson is on partial lockdown Dec. 18 after shots were reportedly fired in the Hampton neighborhood.

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December 18, 2013

Pope talks about Marxism, women cardinals and the joy of Christmas

In another wide-ranging interview with an Italian journalist, Pope Francis denied he was a Marxist but said he took no offense at the label.

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December 18, 2013

C is for Christmas cookies

When I was a child, my father used to make hundreds of cookies at Christmas, cooling them and piling them on every horizontal surface he could find. The cookies went to friends, family, teachers, and—when my father’s back was turned—into the mouths of his six children.Now my father's cookies are

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December 17, 2013

Some Christmas light(s)

One of my favorite Christmas traditions is driving around to look at lights. When my brother and I were growing up, we were like network commentators during Macy’s Thanksgiving parade (or any given NFL game) on our trips around the neighborhood and to Baltimore’s famed 34th street, pointing out highlights

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December 17, 2013

My cousin Monsignor Ed Miller fully embodied what a priest should be

Monsignor Ed Miller was not just my friend, or my priest, but my cousin and my daughter’s god father.

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December 17, 2013

Good cheer: 13 ways the Archdiocese of Baltimore is spreading warmth in Christmas 2013

Catholic schools, parishes and organizations with Catholic ties give back this, and every Christmas.

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December 17, 2013

Countdown to Christmas: December 17: The Holy Father’s birthday, snowy Buffalo, and the O Antiphons

The Chapel at The John Carroll School during this Third Week of Advent. Introduction: In the last Advent days leading up to Christmas, I will share some reflections, prayers, and music for you to enjoy during this very hectic holiday season. Ad Multos Annos: It’s December 17: Today is Pope Francis’ 77th Birthday!! He has...

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