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Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien
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Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien
The Catholic Review
The 2010-11 Catholic school year has begun as most of our schools are now open, a cause for much rejoicing and great excitement for students, teachers, parents (especially so!) and for all of us who value Catholic education. It is especially true this school year because of the tremendous promise offered by the efforts of so many over the past year who generously labored to strengthen our Catholic school system so children for current and many future generations could receive the benefits of a Catholic school education.
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Mary Ellen Russell
Special to The Catholic Review
Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien has asked four individuals to serve as guest columnists in August. The fourth is Mary Ellen Russell, executive director of the Maryland Catholic Conference, the legislative lobbying arm of Maryland’s Catholic bishops.
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Father Thomas R. Hurst, S.S.
Special to The Catholic Review
Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien has asked four individuals to serve as guest columnists in August. The third is Sulpician Father Thomas R. Hurst, the president-rector of St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore.
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William McCarthy
Special to The Catholic Review
Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien has asked individuals to serve as guest columnists in August. William McCarthy is a parishioner of Church of the Nativity in Timonium and serves as executive director of Catholic Charities.
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Paulist Father John Hurley
The Catholic Review
Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien has asked four individuals to serve as guest columnists in August. The first is Paulist Father John Hurley, the executive director of the archdiocesan Department of Evangelization.
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Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien
The Catholic Review
Forty years ago, I became a chaplain in the United States Army. That fact came home to me as I prepared a talk to be given last Saturday at Fort Myer, Va., to past and present members of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, the unit I served with in Vietnam in 1971.
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Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien
The Catholic Review
Finally, at last the flow of oil – estimated at between 94 and 184 million gallons over three months – seems to be under some control in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien
The Catholic Review
This summer is a particularly busy one for many of our Catholic schools, given the exciting developments taking place.
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Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien
The Catholic Review
A major step forward for our Archdiocese took place last week with the arrival of Paulist Father John Hurley who joins us as the Executive Director of the Department of Evangelization for the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Father Hurley’s priestly life has been focused upon the spread of the gospel on behalf of our own Catholics as well as those searching for a fuller experience of the Lord, Jesus.
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Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien
The Catholic Review
Earlier this month, the Holy Father concluded the “Year for Priests” with the celebration of a series of events held in Rome in the presence of some 15,000 priests from 97 countries.
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