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Students honored as “distinctive scholars”


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Sixty-three graduating seniors representing 21 Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore were recognized as “distinctive scholars” for their academic excellence and leadership. The awards were presented April 24 during convocation at Towson Catholic High School. Three students from each school received the award. Bishop W. Francis Malooly, western vicar, led a vespers service at the event and Monsignor F. Dennis Tinder, pastor of Immaculate Conception in Towson, served as emcee at the event.

St. Athanasius parishioners become environmentally thrifty


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Filed Under: Environment, Local News, News

A new project at St. Athanasius, Curtis Bay, is expected to bring a little more green to the planet, parish grounds and church coffers. With the delivery of a green and orange dumpster in the St. Athanasius parking lot last month, parishioners have been eagerly disposing their discarded paper products by the ton in a recycling effort they hope will create a more vibrant environment locally and globally.

Mount St. Mary’s professor wins $63,000 on ‘Jeopardy!’


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As he sits on the blue couch in his Walkersville home watching “Jeopardy! America’s favorite quiz show,” Scott Weiss knows most of the answers. “Being in front of everyone on the planet on TV on the show – that’s a different kind of thing!” said the assistant professor in the department of mathematics and computer science at Mount St. Mary’s University, Emmitsburg, who was a recent contestant on “Jeopardy!” The 36-year-old garnered winnings of $63,000 over four rounds.

Gov. O’Malley speaks to Catholic educators at mansion


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Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Schools

ANNAPOLIS – Standing inside the governor’s mansion he has occupied for less than three weeks, Gov. Martin J. O’Malley told a group of Catholic educators he never would have pursued a career in public service were it not for his own Catholic education. Glancing at some 30 Catholic schoolteachers and administrators, including Sister Columbkill O’Connor, […]

Basilica windows sparkle in new home


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Catholic Review Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Baltimore Basilica, Local News, News

On a recent sunny afternoon, the stained glass windows at St. Louis in Clarksville sparkled with a radiance few could have imagined when they stood in their original home at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore. Illuminated by the mid-day sun, brilliant shades of cobalt blue, deep purples and fiery reds seemed to leap from the glass and command a visitor’s gaze.