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Bishop Mitchell T. Rozanski (left) blesses a memorial wreath to be laid at the tomb of Archbishop Michael Joseph Curley during an Aug. 29 Mass celebrating the high school named in his honor 50 years ago. Conventual Franciscan Father Joseph Benicewicz (right) was officially installed as president of Archbishop Curley High School. (CR Staff/Matt Palmer)
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By Matt Palmer
mpalmer@CatholicReview.org
Archbishop Curley High School began its 50th year with a nod to the past and an eye to its future.
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Sharon Hughes Wible, Holy Angels School librarian, speaks with Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien during his visit to the school Aug. 26. The school will open Sept. 7 and is located on the campus of Seton Keough High School. (CR Staff/Owen Sweeney III)
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By Matt Palmer
mpalmer@CatholicReview.org
Pamela Walters saw the future of St. Clement Mary Hofbauer School in Rosedale develop right before her eyes Aug. 23.
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Bishop-designate F. Richard Spencer visits Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine in Baltimore August 17. Bishop-designate Spencer will be installed an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese for U.S. Military Services Sept. 8 during a 2 p.m. liturgy at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. (CR Staff/Owen Sweeney III)
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By George P. Matysek Jr.
gmatysek@CatholicReview.org
On one of the bloodiest days of the Iraq War – April 9, 2004 – Father F. Richard Spencer became the link between this world and the next for many of the mortally wounded.
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Some 490 students begin a new year at St. Louis in Clarksville Aug. 25 (CR Staff/Owen Sweeney III)
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By Matt Palmer
mpalmer@CatholicReview.org
CLARKSVILLE – As Linda Wilson waited in the main hallway of Clarksville’s St. Louis School on the morning of Aug. 25, she couldn’t contain her enthusiasm.
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Archdiocese of Military Services, USA
On Sept. 8, in Washington, D.C., Father F. Richard Spencer, an Archdiocese of Baltimore priest, will be ordained an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese for the Military Service. The following are excerpts from the official history of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA.
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Participants in a vigil calling for immigration reform and an end to violence depart an Epsicopal Church Aug. 29 and prepare to walk to Patterson Park. (CR Staff/Matt Palmer)
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By Matt Palmer
mpalmer@CatholicReview.org
While Baltimore City immigrants are living in fear of violence and persecution, they are united for change.
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The Catholic Review
The date (CR, Aug. 26) for the special brunch reception and viewing of “A Blessing to One Another: John Paul II and the Jewish People” sponsored by The Catholic Review and the Baltimore Jewish Times, was incorrect. The special reception will be Wednesday, Sept. 15, 10 a.m. to noon.
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Monica Copeland, asset development program manager for Baltimore CASH Campaign, discusses banking, ATMs and check writing with the financial literacy class at My Sister’s Place Women’s Center in Baltimore. (CR Staff/Owen Sweeney III)
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By Renee Newberry
Special to The Review
My Sister’s Place Women’s Center in Baltimore is equipping its clients with the financial know-how to secure stable and more confident futures. The center is accomplishing its goals for the financial security of women through the offering of a financial literacy class in partnership with Baltimore CASH Campaign.
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By Gary Adornato
varsitysportsnetwork.com
The Baltimore Catholic League, which has lost two marquee programs over the last two years, announced Aug. 25 the addition of two new members, giving the fabled boys’ basketball league a new lease on life.
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Baltimore City residents attend news conference at Patterson Park August 24 after city resident Martin Reyes was killed Aug. 21 in Southeast Baltimore (CR Staff/Owen Sweeney III)
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By Matt Palmer
mpalmer@CatholicReview.org
Immigrant parishioners are living in fear of violence and persecution, Redemptorist Father Robert Wojtek believes.
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Jobi Zink (left) and Karen Falk prepare “A Blessing to One Another: Pope John Paul II and the Jewish People” exhibit at the Jewish Museum of Maryland in Baltimore. (CR Staff/Owen Sweeney III)
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By George P. Matysek Jr.
gmatysek@CatholicReview.org
A few days before workers carefully unpacked transcripts, photos, prayer books and other items highlighting Pope John Paul II’s special friendship with the Jewish people, Karen Falk was hopeful the collection would inspire many to live out the pope’s call for interfaith understanding.
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By Matt Palmer
mpalmer@CatholicReview.org
Baltimore’s Loyola University Maryland, the College of Notre Dame of Maryland and Emmitsburg’s Mount St. Mary’s University are cited in U.S. News and World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges” issue.
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Haitians use wheelbarrows to haul gravel in a cash-for-work Catholic Relief Services program set up in response to the Jan. 12 earthquake that destroyed much of Port-au-Prince. (Courtesy Lane Hartill/Catholic Relief Services)
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By Paul McMullen
pmcmullen@CatholicReview.org
Whether it was local citizens using wheelbarrows to haul off rubble or holding an umbrella to protect the body and blood of Christ at Mass during a downpour that broke through a tent, there is much about the spirit of the Haitian people that inspires Bishop Denis J. Madden.
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By Matt Palmer
mpalmer@CatholicReview.org
When Loyola Blakefield mothers and supporters organized a bone marrow drive at the school Aug. 17, they hoped 500 people would come for cheek-swab testing.
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Amy Lamke, a parishioner of St. Augustine in Elkridge, talks about her organization – People Acting Together In Howard- during the Catholic Campaign for Human Development luncheon Aug. 19. (CR Staff/Matt Palmer)
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By Matt Palmer
mpalmer@CatholicReview.org
As thousands of fans filed out of Oriole Park at Camden Yards several years ago, Veronica T. Dorsey was part of a frustrated crew of people that cleaned up the tons of trash left behind.
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Paulist Father John E. Hurley (left) welcomes the staff of the Division of Youth and Young Adult Ministry- Margaret Brogden, Scott Miller and Georgina Vaca into his office. Miller was recently appointed the director of the division. (CR Staff/Matt Palmer)
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By Matt Palmer
mpalmer@CatholicReview.org
The young church has its leader.
D. Scott Miller, who served as interim director of the Division of Youth and Young Adult Ministry during the last year, will permanently have the role starting Sept. 1.
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By Matt Palmer
mpalmer@CatholicReview.org
One by one, hundreds of people placed a small, colored note card in a cross that sat in front of the altar of Cockeysville’s St. Joseph Church Aug. 19.
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Conventual Franciscan Father Ross M. Syracuse pilots a four-seat Cessna Aug. 11, during a round-trip between Martin State Airport and Lancaster, Pa. To view a slide show featuring Father Ross, scroll over “multi media” and click on “slide shows.” (CR Staff/Paul McMullen)
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By Paul McMullen
pmcmullen@CatholicReview.org
ESSEX – Conventual Franciscan Father Ross M. Syracuse is reminiscing about his theology studies at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland.
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After being abused by a former teacher, Elizabeth Ann Murphy has found healing through both her faith and counseling. (CR Staff Owen Sweeney III)
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By George P. Matysek Jr.
gmatysek@CatholicReview.org
When Elizabeth Ann Murphy was growing up in South Baltimore, she loved sneaking into the choir loft at St. Mary, Star of the Sea. Hiding away in the quiet church, the youngster would sit still and stare at the tabernacle.
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By Catholic Review Staff
A funeral Mass for Father Gerald F. West, a longtime chaplain to the Franciscan Sisters, was to be offered Aug. 18 at Clare Court Convent Chapel in Baltimore.
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Carpenters works to complete the main entrance of Holy Angels School in Baltimore. (CR Staff/Owen Sweeney III)
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By George P. Matysek Jr.
gmatysek@CatholicReview.org
Ten-year-old Andre Dickerson is pumped to be one of the first students at the brand-new Holy Angels Catholic School in Southwest Baltimore.
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Hispanic Catholics in the Archdiocese of Baltimore participate in a two-day celebration focusing on the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Eucharist at Archbishop Spalding High School in Severn Aug. 14-15. (Courtesy Kyle Taylor)
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By Kyle Taylor
Special to The Review
SEVERN – They came to encounter Jesus, receive the blessing of his mother, the Virgin Mary, and to both celebrate and learn about two important aspects of the Catholic faith.
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Danny Gossman runs through drills during the first week of football practice at Our Lady of Mount Carmel High School. (CR Staff/Owen Sweeney III)
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By Matt Palmer
mpalmer@CatholicReview.org
Patrick Williams always wanted to play football, but his parents thought he would get hurt.
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Noreen Heffner (CR File)
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By George P. Matysek Jr.
gmatysek@CatholicReview.org
After six years as principal of the now-closed St. William of York School in Baltimore, Noreen Heffner is taking on a new role as principal of St. Casimir School in Canton.
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By Paul McMullen
pmcmullen@CatholicReview.org
September and October are traditionally filled with some of year’s road-racing events. Some of the more popular events and those sponsored by institutions in the Archdiocese of Baltimore follow.
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By Monsignor Robert J. Jaskot
Special to The Review
Mass ends with the Concluding Rites, which consists of announcements, the priest’s greeting and blessing, the dismissal, and the kissing of the altar by the priest. These are not merely incidentals that can be ignored. They are an important part of the transition from the Mass back into our lives.
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Joe Gorman
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By Catholic Review Staff
Loyola Blakefield in Towson will host a bone marrow testing drive Aug. 17 from 2-8 p.m. in search of a possible bone marrow transplant match for Joe Gorman, an incoming freshman who is battling leukemia.
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By George P. Matysek Jr.
gmatysek@CatholicReview.org
Vincentian Father Vincent J. O’Malley had just preached on Sunday’s Gospel reading, warning that no one knows the hour when the Son of Man will come. Moments later, as the priest greeted people outside St. Joseph in Emmitsburg following the 10:15 a.m. liturgy, an automobile struck and killed two Mass-goers and seriously injured a third.
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Father Michael W. Carrion, pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary, Baynesville, sand the national anthem Aug. 6 before a crowd of nearly 20,000 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. (Courtesy ofTodd Olszewski / Baltimore Orioles)
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By Matt Palmer
mpalmer@CatholicReview.org
Father Michael W. Carrion celebrates Mass in front of hundreds of people each weekend as pastor of Baynesville’s Immaculate Heart of Mary
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Catherine Combier-Donovan joins Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien and Paulist Father John E. Hurley, executive director of the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Department of Evangelization, after the announcement of her appointment as the new director of the Office for Worship. (CR Staff/Owen Sweeney III)
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By Catholic Review Staff
Paulist Father John E. Hurley, executive director of the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Department of Evangelization, announced the appointment of Catherine Combier-Donovan as the new director of the Office for Worship.
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