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Arbutus church's pastor to retire after 38 years of service
The new year always means change and that is true as 2011 comes to a close. Mixed emotions will be displayed when Hope Presbyterian Church members gather for worship at 11 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 8. The service honoring retiring Pastor Cherry Marshall, who has...Tags: Epiphany, Christianity, Halethorpe, New Year's Day, Roman Catholicism
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The Sun puts a PC filter on Christmas
Your newspaper included two photos of the Polish Community Association's Christmas celebration on page 2 of the Dec. 24 edition. Unfortunately, the captions were not correct. We sang Christmas carols and hymns, not "seasonal songs." We donned our...Tags: Religious Festivals, Holidays, Christmas Music (genre), Christmas
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Bridget K. Healy, student
Bridget K. Healy, a second-year George Mason University student who had also been a member of the Special Olympics team at the university, died Thursday of a pulmonary thromboembolism at St. Joseph Medical Center.
The Towson resident was 24.
"Bridget...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Parkville, Christianity, Teaching and Learning, Durham (Durham, North Carolina)
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The Walters puts its own stamp on Christmas
The Walters Art Museum has been putting its stamp on the nation for more than 77 years — but never in quite the way that it's doing this holiday season.
The museum's "Madonna of the Candelabra," a painting by Raphael with a romantic past, has...Tags: Walters Art Museum, Government Postal Delivery, William H. Keeler, Art Institute of Chicago, Christmas
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A growing religious tolerance in U.S. politics
Of the 44 U.S. presidents, all but a handful have been affiliated with a relatively narrow list of traditional Protestant denominations.
Eleven were Episcopalians (12 if you count Thomas Jefferson, whose adult beliefs are a subject of debate), eight were...Tags: Mitt Romney, John F. Kennedy, Primaries, Tim Pawlenty, Reformed
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Lisbon/Woodbine: Ladies Auxiliary brings back Quarter Mania to St. Michael's Catholic Church
The Ladies Auxiliary of St. Michael's Catholic Church will hold its Quarter Mania fundraiser Oct. 14. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the games start at 7 p.m. The cost is $5 for reserved advance tickets with two game paddles and $8 at the door with one game...Tags: Christianity, Lisbon (Portugal), Roman Catholicism, Anglicanism
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Changes to government holiday schedule receives mixed reaction from employees
In pursuit of creating a permanent winter holiday break, Howard County government has changed its holiday schedule for 2012, requiring employees to work Good Friday and Columbus Day so they can have off between Christmas and New Year's. For the past...Tags: Columbus Day, Good Friday, Religious Festivals, Layoffs and Downsizing, Holidays
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Mormonism isn't a cult
If your party nominated a generally well-qualified person for president who happened to be Mormon, would you vote for that person?
Earlier this year, Gallup pollsters asked that exact question, and 76 percent of those who responded said yes, they would....Tags: Mitt Romney, John F. Kennedy, Stranger Than Fiction, Washington, DC, Executive Branch
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Separation of church and state is as important for ministers as it is for politicians
It was said of Al Smith, a Roman Catholic, that if he won the 1928 presidential election he would take orders from the Vatican and not uphold the Constitution.
John F. Kennedy famously confronted that anti-Catholic prejudice in a 1960 speech to the...Tags: Civil Unrest, Mitt Romney, Christianity, Elections, Rick Perry
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Evangelicals and Mormons: Can we talk?
When you make as many mistakes as I do, it's good to get in the habit of learning from them. Just over four years ago, I made a big one about Mormonism, and I thank the good folks at The Sun for giving me a chance to make it right.
During the 2008...Tags: Mitt Romney, Christianity, Customs and Tradition, Elections, Customs and Tradition
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Walters welcomes heavenly bodies
To understand the appeal of sacred relics, which have caused wars and attracted devout pilgrims for nearly a millennium, look no further than Babe Ruth's bat.
Baseball fans in Baltimore forked over $10 last week to hold the Sultan of Swat's 32-ounce club...Tags: Walters Art Museum, Libraries, Babe Ruth, Baseball, The Pope
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New interest in exorcism rites comes to Baltimore
The rite, those few priests who have performed it say, can unfold as a quiet prayer session or a show of violence.
The afflicted person may curse the cleric, speak in a voice not his or her own, even assume facial features that one priest described as...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Personal Service, Benedict XVI, Sexual Assault, Christianity
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