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5 Indiana bishops set for Notre Dame poverty summit
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Indiana's five Roman Catholic bishops are scheduled to attend a daylong conference at the University of Notre Dame that will seek to find ways to reduce poverty and ease the suffering it causes. Organizers say the Indiana...Tags: Poverty, Catholic Charities USA, Social Services, Social Issues, Religion and Belief
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Spiritual fervor of B Minor Mass undimmed by muddy acoustics
Holy Week has brought a rare confluence of Bachian bounty to the Chicago area, with all three of J.S. Bach's surviving sacred choral masterpieces — the St. Matthew and St. John Passions, and the Mass in B minor — turning up in performance...
Tags: Culture, Entertainment, Music, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Religion and Belief
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Some 2,000 diners sip soup to benefit the homeless
Richard Bell hardly had time to look up during the first hour of ladling rich cream of crab soup into bowl after bowl at a fundraiser to benefit Baltimore residents struggling with homelessness, hunger and poverty. In that time, the general manager of...
Tags: Dundalk, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Catonsville, Jones Falls Expressway, Homelessness
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Food giveaway benefits Head Start children, families
The families of nearly 400 children in Baltimore Head Start classes received boxes packed with healthy food items Thursday from Feed the Children and the United Way of Central Maryland. Another 400 boxes will be distributed to low-income families this...
Tags: Diets and Dieting, Feed the Children, Healthy Diet, United Way , Head Start
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George: New pope 'will be changed by the office'
— Pope Francis continued on Tuesday to remind his flock of the duty to protect all of creation and embrace the poor. Cardinal Francis George intends to carry that call back with him to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago when he returns...
Tags: Poverty, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, Religion and Belief, Social Issues, Francis I
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Images of the Homeless at New London's Gallery at Firehouse Square
Homelessness is one of those situations that we don't really fully understand until it happens to us or someone we know. The new exhibit at the Gallery at Firehouse Square aims to bring awareness to the issue and help the homeless in the New London area....
Tags: Norwich, New London (New London, Connecticut), East Lyme, Homelessness, Social Issues
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City to raze homeless encampment near JFX
Venus Wiles would rather sleep in a tent stuffed with blankets and all her worldly possessions on the side of the Jones Falls Expressway with her boyfriend, Michael Spence, than stay the night in an emergency shelter. The encampment — a...
Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Baltimore Hotels, Mary Pat Clarke, Jones Falls Expressway, Homelessness
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Libertyville thrift store opened by St. Vincent de Paul
After a year of work, a thrift store the St. Vincent de Paul Society called Libertyville's first since the 1980s opened on Monday to fanfare and crowds of people from across Lake County. Opened by the St. Vincent de Paul Society, a nonprofit...Tags: Religion and Belief, Social Issues, Christianity, Roman Catholicism
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National Prison Ministry Convocation comes to Orlando May 19-21
The Religion WorldThe 32nd Annual National Convocation of Jail & Prison Ministry will be held May 19-21, at Drury Inn & Suites, 7301 W. Sand Lake Road, Orlando. The conference, sponsored by St. Vincent de Paul Orlando, brings together a wide variety of speakers who touc... -
Reader photos: 'Electric scrapyard' at St. Vincent de Paul thrift store
L.A. NOWAt the Society of St. Vincent de Paul thrift store in Lincoln Heights, Howard Fang photographed this "electric scrapyard." Fang took this photo on Feb. 12 with a Pentax Espio 120Mi point-and-shoot camera and 4-year-old Kodak film. ALSO: Quiz: Test...... -
Cabrini Literary Guild celebrates 70th anniversary at Oakmont Country Club
The Cabrini Literary Guild will mark its 70th anniversary beginning at 11 a.m. March 2 at the Oakmont Country Club. In keeping with the celebration year, the cost to attend is $70. There will be an elite basket raffle as well as a cash raffle. Musical...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Religion and Belief, Arts and Culture, Christianity, Roman Catholicism
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Virginia T. 'Ginny' Dobry, Patterson Park activist
Virginia T. "Ginny" Dobry, a neighborhood activist who was also described as "Patterson Park's one-woman Welcome Wagon," died Sunday from a brain tumor at her North Kenwood Avenue home. She was 79. "Ginny was such a wonderful person. She made...Tags: Parkville, Health and Medical Professionals, St. Mary's County, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Roman Catholicism
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