Catholic Review, Author at Archdiocese of Baltimore

January 19, 2012

Crash claims 9/11 widow heading to Jesuit school’s scholarship event

WASHINGTON – Beverly Eckert, a victim of the Feb. 12 plane crash near Buffalo, N.Y., was en route to present a scholarship award in honor of her late husband at Jesuit-run Canisius High School in Buffalo.

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January 19, 2012

Marking its 80th, Vatican celebrates its growth into nationhood

VATICAN CITY – The smallest nation in the world is celebrating a relatively young 80th birthday this year.

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January 19, 2012

Boston Pilot reporter to serve in Iraq, will chronicle troops’ lives

BRAINTREE, Mass. – A staff reporter with The Pilot, the newspaper of the Boston Archdiocese, will be deployed to Iraq to serve with the U.S. Army, and his mission will be to chronicle the lives and day-to-day experiences of a unit of soldiers over the next year.

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January 19, 2012

Taizé retreat offered at Govans parish

For the first time in Baltimore, the ecumenical community will host a “Pilgrimage of Trust” weekend Feb. 27-28 featuring talks by Brother John of the Taizé community in France.

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January 19, 2012

Ads urge Catholics to see the light – and go to confession

If you haven’t been to confession in a while, the Archdiocese of Baltimore has a message for you.

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January 19, 2012

Delaware bishop says beatitudes give ‘a window’ on Lincoln presidency

WILMINGTON, Del. – The presidency of Abraham Lincoln can be placed in the context of the Eight Beatitudes, according to Bishop W. Francis Malooly of Wilmington.

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January 19, 2012

Catholics focus on Lent as time of reconciliation and renewal

At St. John’s Catholic Prep School, students star in a film with a modern-day take on Lenten sacrifice. Simon, the top earner at a financial company, sacrifices his job so a co-worker with five children can keep his in the film, shot at the Frederick school.

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January 19, 2012

Filling empty bowls

People can dine on soup served in handcrafted bowls while helping the hungry and homeless of Baltimore at St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore’s third annual Empty Bowls fundraiser.

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January 19, 2012

Former Legionaries official apologizes for defending Father Maciel

WASHINGTON – When it became public Feb. 4 that Legionaries of Christ founder Father Marcial Maciel Degollado had fathered a daughter, the order’s former communications director decided he had to apologize for having defended him after sex abuse allegations against the priest first became public in 1997.

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January 19, 2012

Catholic philanthropist offers millions for truly lifesaving ideas

WASHINGTON – Since founding the Gerard Health Foundation in 2001, retired Catholic businessman Raymond B. Ruddy has given away millions to fund pro-life causes, abstinence education and efforts to end the HIV and AIDS pandemic.

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January 19, 2012

Archbishop gives Irish audience ‘do’s and don’ts’ on promoting life

WASHINGTON – The pro-life community must not become too closely aligned to one political party, waste energy on internal bickering or become diverted by false arguments, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Denver told an Irish audience.

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January 19, 2012

Boniface brothers bred into racehorse careers

Horses are like people … some you like and some you don’t.

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