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RADIO INTERVIEW: Dining with the Saints
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RADIO INTERVIEW: Dining with the Saints

Catholic Review StaffMarch 20, 20231 min read
Award-winning TV chef and “cooking priest” Father Leo Patalinghug and theologian and mixologist Dr. Michael P. Foley talk about their new book, “Dining with the Saints: The Sinner’s Guide to a Righteous Feast.” The book brings the liturgical year to life, pairing more than 200 saints’ stories with a smorgasbord of international recipes.
Archdiocese dispenses with meatless obligation for St. Patrick’s Day
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Archdiocese dispenses with meatless obligation for St. Patrick’s Day

Catholic Review StaffMarch 16, 20232 min read
Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori has granted Catholics in the archdiocese a dispensation from abstinence from eating meat on March 17.
Sister Mary Kathleen Marie Saffa dies at 86
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Sister Mary Kathleen Marie Saffa dies at 86

Catholic Review StaffMarch 16, 20232 min read
A funeral Mass for Daughter of Charity Sister Kathleen Marie (Marie Kathleen) Saffa was offered March 9 at the Villa St. Michael Chapel in Emmitsburg. Sister Kathleen Marie died March 6.
Trainor to retire from post as Mount St. Mary’s president in 2024
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Trainor to retire from post as Mount St. Mary’s president in 2024

Catholic Review StaffMarch 16, 20235 min read
Dr. Timothy E. Trainor, who helped boost enrollment and recently launched an ambitious capital campaign, plans to retire as president of Mount St. Mary’s University, Emmitsburg, in the summer of 2024.
Theater program hits new highs at Immaculate Conception
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Theater program hits new highs at Immaculate Conception

Robyn BarberryMarch 15, 20237 min read
The cast and crew of 50 Immaculate Conception students from grades four to eight has been preparing for “Oliver! JR” since September – and it shows.
Sister Mary Charia Ripple, S.S.N.D., former principal, dies at 96
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Sister Mary Charia Ripple, S.S.N.D., former principal, dies at 96

Catholic Review StaffMarch 14, 20231 min read
Sister Mary Charia served as a teacher at St. Mary School in Hagerstown (1963-64), a teacher at St. Ambrose School in Baltimore (1964-65), an administrator of special education at St. Ann School in Baltimore (1965-72), an administrator of special education for the Archdiocese of Baltimore (1970-72), principal of St. Jane Frances School in Riviera Beach (1972-76) and a teacher at St. Augustine School in Elkridge (1976-77).
God and country: Catholic midshipman among growing ranks of women in military service
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God and country: Catholic midshipman among growing ranks of women in military service

Yvonne WengerMarch 14, 20236 min read
A summer camp when she was 17 awakened in Maria E. Weimer the values that would come to define her life: She is a protector, a defender and a believer – and her future would be with the U.S. Navy.
Knights’ novena marks 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’ pontificate, includes Archbishop Lori’s prayer
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Knights’ novena marks 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’ pontificate, includes Archbishop Lori’s prayer

OSV NewsMarch 13, 20233 min read
As he congratulated Pope Francis on his 10th anniversary as spiritual leader of the Catholic Church, Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly of the Knights of Columbus invited Catholics to participate in a novena to St. Joseph for the pontiff.
RADIO INTERVIEW: Pope Francis Anniversary and the Jesuits in Maryland
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RADIO INTERVIEW: Pope Francis Anniversary and the Jesuits in Maryland

Catholic Review StaffMarch 13, 20231 min read
As Pope Francis marks the 10th anniversary of his pontificate, Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talks with Jesuit Father Gregory Chisholm, provincial superior, about the Jesuit pope’s roots and legacy.
Archbishop William Lori announces clergy appointments
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Archbishop William Lori announces clergy appointments

Catholic Review StaffMarch 13, 20231 min read
Archbishop William Lori announced clergy appointments for the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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