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About believing in communitarian values but being pro-abortion. It takes some real mental gymnastics to resolve this cognitive dissonance, as if the unborn are not part of God's community. As a psychologist, I think pro-abortion folks have to indulge in a lot of denial about the humanity of the unborn. Wish we could invent a time machine and ask the mom and dad to spend a day say two years hence with their child now in the womb. Watch them play, tuck them into bed at night. Think there would be ANY abortion then?

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I think John Gehring is focusing on (and deliberately confusing) Catholic teachings vs. doctrines and dogma--and thus setting up an equivocation and a red herring to criticize Rick Santorum as holding views not in the mainstream with the Church. For instance, he (Mr. Santorum) might disagree with the Pope on whether global warming is anthropogenic or natural, but that is not a disagreement on a fundamental teaching or doctrine of the Church, nor would it put Mr. Santorum in danger of being an inauthentic Catholic. If he didn't believe in the Trinity, then that is another matter altogether. But I think John Gehring's tactic is to say that because Mr. Santorum doesn't carry the water for the majority of liberal causes and supposed solutions of the moment that he, Gehring, does, then Santorum's not a good Catholic and is outside the mainstream. Nice try, John, but the rhetorical technique is quite hackneyed, and makes your point that much more shallow.

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They just keep going and going and...

At a dinner honoring religious women and men celebrating jubilee anniversaries, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien greets Oblate Sister of Providence Mary Alice Chineworth – a 93-year-old nun celebrating 75 years in religious life. (CR Photo/George P. Matysek Jr.)

May 14 was a special day for religious women and men in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien celebrated a Mass at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, honoring those marking 25, 45, 50, 60, 65, 70, 75 and 80 years in religious life.  You can read about that special event here. Congratulations to all the jubilarians!  Thanks for your dedication and service to our community!

2011 Jubilarians:

25 Years Sr. Mary Francis Altavilla, R.G.S. Sr. Patricia Marie Barnette, R.G.S. Sr. Teresa Leimbach, S.S.M.I. Sr. Judith Murray, O.C.D. Rev. Neville O'Donohue, S.M.

45 Years Rev. Mother Christina Christie, A.S.S.P.

50 Years Sr. Colette Ackerman, O.C.D. Bro. James Bednar, F.S.C. Sr. Mary Annette Beecham, O.S.P. Sr. Eleanor Casey, D.C. Sr. Catherine Francis Clemons, D.C. Bro. Charles M. Cully, C.F.X. Sr. Maureen Delahunt, D.C. Sr. Frances Marie Demarco, R.S.M. Sr. Andre Dembowski, R.S.M. Bro. Phillip DePorter, F.S.C. Sr. Helen M. Doherty, R.S.M. Sr. Carol Durkin, D.C. Sr. Mary Jane Elligan, R.G.S. Bro. William Fealy, F.S.C. Sr. Elizabeth Thorne Grant, A.S.S.P. Sr. Mary Gilbart, D.C. Sr. JoAnne Goecke, D.C. Sr. Frances Haddow, R.S.M. Bro. Eric Henderson, F.S.C. Sr. Mary Francita Hobbs, S.S.N.D. Sr. Marjorie Gallagher, S.N.D. Sr. Miriam Jop, S.S.M.I. Sr. Helen Marie Kling, D.C. Sr. Mary Louise Kvech, S.S.N.D. Sr. Kathleen Moore, R.G.S. Sr. Virginia Muller, S.S.N.D. Sr. Mary Aloysius Norman, S.S.N.D. Sr. Maria Luz Ortiz, M.H.S.H. Sr. Mary Margaret Pignone, S.N.D. Sr. Mary Claudina Sanz, O.S.P. Sr. Mary Anne Smith, R.S.M. Sr. Mary Ian Stewart, S.S.N.D. Sr. Alice Talone, C.B.S. Sr. Mary Gabriel Walker, O.S.P. Sr. Helen Wiegmann, S.S.J. Sr. Dorothy Marie Young, S.S.N.D. Sr. Mary Louise Zaworski, M.H.S.H.

60 Years Sr. Mary Ellen Brodie, R.S.M. Sr. Virginia Cotter, D.C. Sr. Catherine Dolores Cress, S.N.D. Sr. Mary Dicroce, S.N.D. Sr. Rosemary Dilli, S.S.N.D. Rev. John R. Donahue, S.J. Sr. Kathleen Marie Engers, S.S.N.D. Sr. Barbara Ann English, S.N.D. Sr. Elaine Gentile, S.N.D. Sr. Joanne Getzendanner, R.G.S. Rev. Alban Harmon, C.P. Sr. Mary Louise Herrmann, O.S.F. Sr. Marie Carl Horn, S.S.N.D. Sr. Mary Susanne Hughes, R.G.S. Sr. Marion Agnes Jerzak, S.S.N.D. Sr. Helen John, S.N.D. Bro. Daniel Lynch, C.F.X. Rev. Francis G. McManamin, S.J. Sr. Doris Jean Miller, R.S.M. Sr. Mary Eileen Morisroe, R.G.S. Sr. Mary Lucia Quesada, O.S.P. Sr. Mariel Ann Rafferty, M.H.S.H. Sr. Cecilia Reilly, O.S.F. Sr. Marthe Restrepo, L.S.P. Sr. M. Jacinta Robson, R.S.M. Sr. Carrie Schindler, M.H.S.H. Sr. Jane Claire Simon, S.S.N.D. Sr. Marilyn Spellman, S.U.S.C. Sr. M. Delia Spitznagel, S.S.N.D. Sr. Martha Starrett, O.P. Sr. Clare Szlachetka, R.G.S. Sr. Barbara Worn, S.N.D. Sr. Mary Louise Zollars, D.C.

65 Years Sr. Mary Jean Horne, D.C. Sr. Francis Marie Lanasa, D.C. Sr. Marie Veronica Maguire, S.N.D. Sr. Regina Monahan, S.N.D.

70 Years Sr. M. Aurelia Benedetto, R.S.M. Sr. Angela Cool, D.C. Sr. Margaret Gardner, O.S.F. Sr. Naomi Grill, S.S.N.D. Sr. Mary Xavier Linz, S.S.N.D. Sr. Therese A. McMenamin, S.N.D. Sr. Mary Eileen McNamara, O.C.D. Sr. Marguerite Schaefer, S.N.D. Sr. Frances Zeller, S.S.N.D.

75 Years Sr. Mary Alice Chineworth, O.S.P. Sr. Mary Helen Edelen, D.C. Sr. Mary Lina Litvik, S.S.N.D. Sr. Agnes Silvestro, D.C. Sr. Edith Stricker, D.C. Sr. M. Mark Walsh, R.S.M. Sr. Beatrice Wise, D.C. Sr. Marie Yetter, D.C.

80 Years Sr. Bernita Hessling, S.S.N.D. Sr. Bertha Robertson, D.C.

May 16, 2011 04:36
By George Matysek

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VIDEO REPORT: New deacons for Baltimore!

Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien ordained 14 new permanent deacons for the Archdiocese of Baltimore May 14 at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland.  You can read all about it in next week's issue of The Catholic Review.  In the meantime, check out this video!

UPDATE: The story is posted here.



May 15, 2011 10:37
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VIDEO REPORT: Mount St. Mary's Seminary is booming

The Jan. 6 issue of The Catholic Review will feature a vocations story about an enrollment boom at Mount St. Mary's Seminary in Emmitburg. The nation's second-oldest Catholic seminary is putting up some impressive numbers and producing priests known for their passion and commitment to the church. Look for the story next month. In the meantime, check out this companion video report:

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December 28, 2010 07:05
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