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Parents of late baseball player say their son had unwavering trust in God

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By Gregory A. Shemitz, Janna Reynolds
| The Catholic Virginian
HUNTINGTON, N.Y. – Corey Phelan, a minor league player with the Philadelphia Phillies, was living his dream, playing the game he loved, when his world suddenly turned upside down earlier this year. On April 14, while he was preparing for the 2022 season at the Phillies’ training complex in Clearwater, Florida, Phelan passed out in his apartment shower and was taken by ambulance to the hospital. A scan revealed a nine-inch tumor in his chest.
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Parents of late baseball player say their son had unwavering trust in God

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By Gregory A. Shemitz
| Catholic News Service
HUNTINGTON, N.Y. (CNS) — Corey Phelan, a minor league player with the Philadelphia Phillies, was living his dream, playing the game he loved, when his world suddenly turned upside down earlier this year. On April 14, while he was preparing for the 2022 season at the Phillies’ training complex in Clearwater, Florida, Phelan passed out in his apartment shower and was taken by ambulance to the hospital. A scan revealed a nine-inch tumor in his chest.
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New York fire chaplain says there are days when 9/11 ‘feels like yesterday’

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By Gregory A. Shemitz
| The Rhode Island Catholic
By Gregory A. Shemitz, Catholic News Service BLUE POINT, N.Y. (CNS) — Father Kevin M. Smith, a veteran fire chaplain, trauma counselor and loyal friend to scores of active and retired firefighters in the New York metropolitan area, receives more phone calls in early September than any other time of the year. Most of the calls are from firefighters who served amid the carnage and chaos in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on New York City’s World Trade Center.
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NY fire chaplain: There are days when 9/11 ‘feels like yesterday’

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By Gregory A. Shemitz
| Catholic Courier
Father Kevin M. Smith, pastor of Our Lady of the Snow Parish in Blue Point, N.Y., is seen in his office Aug. 25, 2021. (CNS photo by Gregory A. Shemitz) Gregory A. Shemitz/CNS | 09.07.2021 Section: Features BLUE POINT, N.Y. (CNS) — Father Kevin M. Smith, a veteran fire chaplain, trauma counselor and loyal friend to scores of active and retired firefighters in the New York metropolitan area, receives more phone calls in early September than any other time of the year.
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New York fire chaplain says there are days when 9/11 'feels like yesterday'

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By Gregory A. Shemitz
| Catholic News Service
BLUE POINT, N.Y. (CNS) — Father Kevin M. Smith, a veteran fire chaplain, trauma counselor and loyal friend to scores of active and retired firefighters in the New York metropolitan area, receives more phone calls in early September than any other time of the year. Most of the calls are from firefighters who served amid the carnage and chaos in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on New York City’s World Trade Center.
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Mother and daughters work together in Catholic hospital

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By Gregory A. Shemitz
| Catholic News Service
ROSLYN, N.Y. (CNS) — Caring for the sick is a vocation and way of life shared by a mother and two daughters serving together at a Catholic Hospital in Long Island, New York. Novlet Davis-Bucknor, 59, is a nurse practitioner in the cardiothoracic department of St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center in Nassau County. Her oldest child, LaToya Bucknor, 39, also a nurse practitioner, works with the critical care team.
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At 108, Dominican Sister Says God 'Just Wants Me to Hang Around'

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By Gregory A. Shemitz
| The Southern Cross Newspaper
(Left) Friends of Sister Francis Dominici Piscatella hold balloons outside the window of her East Williston, N.Y., apartment on her 108th birthday, April 20, 2021. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz). (Right) Sister Piscatella, a member of the Sisters of St. Dominic of Amityville, N.Y., is the second-oldest living religious sister in the U.S. (CNS photo/courtesy Piscatella family) By Gregory A.
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At 108, Dominican sister says God 'just wants me to hang around'

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By Gregory A. Shemitz
| Catholic News Service
EAST WILLISTON, N.Y. (CNS) — To put Sister Francis Dominici Piscatella’s extraordinarily long life into historical perspective, consider that Pope Pius X was pontiff and Woodrow Wilson was U.S. president when she was born in 1913. Nine popes and 18 presidents later, Sister Piscatella, a member of the Sisters of St. Dominic of Amityville, New York, is defying the aging process while living independently in a condominium apartment she shares with another religious sister at a Long Island village.
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At 108, Dominican sister says God 'just wants me to hang around'

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By Gregory A. Shemitz
| The Boston Pilot
...Sister Francis Dominici Piscatella, a member of the Sisters of St. Dominic of Amityville, N.Y., looks on as relatives and friends gather outside the window of her East Williston, N.Y., apartment to celebrate her 108th birthday April 20, 2021. Pictured with her is Sister Francis Daniel Kammer, also an Amityville Dominican. According to searchable public data, Sister Piscatella is the second-oldest living religious sister in the U.S. (CNS photo/Gregory A.
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At 108, Dominican sister says God 'just wants me to hang around'

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By Gregory A. Shemitz, Hannah Brockhaus 
| Angelus News
To put Sister Francis Dominici Piscatella's extraordinarily long life into historical perspective, consider that Pope Pius X was pontiff and Woodrow Wilson was U.S. president when she was born in 1913. Nine popes and 18 presidents later, Sister Piscatella, a member of the Sisters of St. Dominic of Amityville, New York, is defying the aging process while living independently in a condominium apartment she shares with another religious sister at a Long Island village.
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The Ultimate Underdog: James Madison Seniors Redefine Culture During Championship Run

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By Gregory A. Shemitz
| US Lacrosse Magazine
When the right moment presents itself, a quiet leader will become a catalyst. In the fall, senior Haley Warden saw the potential in her James Madison women’s lacrosse team. Warden, a quiet leader by nature and a workhorse at heart, cried as she shared that belief with her teammates. “I voiced how confident I was in our team making the national championship,” Warden said.
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James Madison's 2018 NCAA Title 'Gave Our Sport Life'

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By Gregory A. Shemitz
| US Lacrosse Magazine
James Madison's 2018 NCAA Title 'Gave Our Sport Life' Sat May 23 2020 | Kenny DeJohn | College PHOTO BY GREGORY A. SHEMITZ Rebecca Tooker, a senior defender in 2018 for the national champion Dukes, started all 23 games. Shelley Klaes-Bawcombe remembers the flood of emotions she and her James Madison Dukes felt the morning of May 27, 2018. “You go through all of those emotions. It’s a wave,” Klaes-Bawcombe said. “It’s your ability to control it. For us, we talk about butterflies.
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Garden City (N.Y.) Girls' Lacrosse Coach Diane Chapman Retires

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By Gregory A. Shemitz
| US Lacrosse Magazine
Garden City (N.Y.) Girls' Lacrosse Coach Diane Chapman Retires Mon May 18 2020 | Kenny DeJohn | High School PHOTO BY GREGORY A. SHEMITZ Diane Chapman won 10 New York State girls' lacrosse championships. Diane Chapman, a staple on the sidelines for the Garden City (N.Y.) girls’ lacrosse team for the last 18 years and often referred to as “Chappy,” has retired from coaching.
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ESPN Lacrosse Schedule for Monday, May 18

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By Gregory A. Shemitz
| US Lacrosse Magazine
PHOTO BY GREGORY A. SHEMITZ James Madison was the underdog but captured the 2018 national championship. Relive that classic today at 4 p.m. on ESPNU. ESPNU continues re-airing past lacrosse games to fill the content void as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and beginning at noon, the network will air six recent NCAA women’s lacrosse classics. All times eastern. Noon Penn State vs.
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Around the World and Back: Rick Burton's Lacrosse Life

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By Gregory A. Shemitz
| US Lacrosse Magazine
Around the World and Back: Rick Burton's Lacrosse Life Mon May 11 2020 | Paul Ohanian | Fuel PHOTO BY GREGORY A. SHEMITZ Rick Burton launched Route 40 Lacrosse, a program aimed at bringing the game to young people from all backgrounds. This article appears in the  of US Lacrosse Magazine. Don’t get the mag? Head to USLacrosse.org to subscribe. Rick Burton is a clinician for the US Lacrosse Sankofa Clinic Series and also serves as a boys’ lacrosse coach at Edgewood (Md.) High School.
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Chinese students in New York Catholic school arrange medical gear shipment

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By Gregory A. Shemitz
| Catholic News Service
SOUTH HUNTINGTON, N.Y. (CNS) -- Two Chinese students at a Catholic high school in a suburb of New York are looking to make a difference in helping to slow the spread of the coronavirus in the U.S. In late March, senior Mengze Li and freshman Lixin Yan of the Franciscan-run St. Anthony's High School in South Huntington returned home to China, where they have since procured 10,000 sterilized medical-grade face masks and protective clothing for distribution to international schoolmates who...
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Kaeli Huff, Kerrigan Miller Settling Into New Reality

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By Gregory A. Shemitz, Lyndsay Radnedge
| US Lacrosse Magazine
With only two online classes and no lacrosse to be played, Kaeli Huff has been forced to find ways to pass the time. The USC senior is used to having her life scheduled down to the minute. That’s not the case any longer. Since the news broke that the NCAA was canceling all spring championships, Huff said she’s been working out and running around her Eastport (N.Y.) neighborhood. Her family has played board games and worked on puzzles to fill the void.
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American Heritage Climbs Nike/USL National High School Girls’ Top 25

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By Gregory A. Shemitz, John Strohsacker
| US Lacrosse Magazine
There's little national movement in the first update to the Nike/US Lacrosse National High School Girls’ Top 25, as few regions are in full swing after the first week of March. But American Heritage-Delray (Fla.) is already making its case to climb up the Top 25. Already 7-0, American Heritage-Delray have allowed just 21 goals this season. Caitlyn Wurzburger, the top recruit in the nation and future UNC Tar Heel, scored seven goals in a Feb. 28 win over Bishop Moore (Fla.).
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Photo Gallery: Stony Brook vs. Princeton Women's Lacrosse

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By Gregory A. Shemitz
| US Lacrosse Magazine
Stony Brook scored the game's first seven goals and held strong during a Princeton push for an 18-12 win over the Tigers at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium on Sunday. Ally Kennedy tallied six goals, one assist and 15 draw controls, earning US Lacrosse Player of the Week honors as a result. See some of our favorite photos from the action in the gallery below.
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Stony Brook's Ally Kennedy is the US Lacrosse Player of the Week

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By Gregory A. Shemitz
| US Lacrosse Magazine
Ally Kennedy record six goals and 15 draw controls in a win over Princeton. Ally Kennedy could not be denied Sunday afternoon against Princeton, scoring six goals and controlling 15 draws Stony Brook's 18-12 win over Princeton. She also tallied an assist. Kennedy's 15 draw controls were one short of the program record of 16 held by Keri McCarthy. Kennedy is the US Lacrosse Player of the Week.
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Junior College Legend Richie Speckmann on Championships and Relationships

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By Greg Wall, Gregory A. Shemitz
| US Lacrosse Magazine
Nine lacrosse legends — Ryan Boyle, Charlie Coker, Kara Ariza Cooke, Rachael Becker DeCecco, Sarah Forbes, Cathy Reese, Paul Schimoler, Richard Speckmann and Matt Striebel — will be inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame Oct. 19 at The Grand Lodge in Hunt Valley, Md. These are their stories. There were plenty of reasons to play lacrosse at Nassau Community College when Richie Speckmann arrived on campus in 1968. It was a time of discontent. The Vietnam War was going on.
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Three No. 1 Seeds Fall in Conference Tournament Semifinals

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By Gregory A. Shemitz
| US Lacrosse Magazine
Three No. 1 Seeds Fall in Conference Tournament Semifinals Fri 3 May 2019 | Matt DaSilva | College Tyson Gibson (19) finishes his "Game of Thrones"-inspired celebration after scoring the game-winning goal in overtime to lift Robert Morris to a 13-12 win over Mount St. Mary's in the Northeast Conference semifinals in Emmitsgburg, Md. Three No. 1 seeds went down in conference men’s lacrosse tournaments Thursday.
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Women's DI Notebook: Stony Brook Has Found its Identity

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By Gregory A. Shemitz
| US Lacrosse Magazine
Women's DI Notebook: Stony Brook Has Found its Identity Wed 17 Apr 2019 | Justin Feil | College PHOTO BY GREGORY A SHEMITZ Ally Kennedy has a team-best 53 goals for Stony Brook, which has won its last six games to improve to 10-4 for the season. Ally Kennedy and Stony Brook have their identity and their confidence now, and that could make them a dangerous team in the coming month.
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Photo Gallery: USC at Stony Brook (NCAA Women)

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By Gregory A. Shemitz
| US Lacrosse Magazine
Stony Brook completed a banner three-win week with a 12-10 victory over USC on Sunday. It was the Seawolves third victory of the week and their second over a Top 20 opponent. Ally Kennedy poured in five goals for Stony Brook, which scored the first four goals of the game before falling behind briefly in the second half. Anna Tesoriero made 11 saves for Stony Brook, which has won six straight overall. Emily Concialdi and Kelsey Huff each scored three goals for USC. Photos by Gregory A. Shemitz.
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Stony Brook's Taryn Ohlmiller Shines in Return from ACL Surgery

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By Gregory A. Shemitz
| US Lacrosse Magazine
Stony Brook's Taryn Ohlmiller Shines in Return from ACL Surgery Fri 22 Feb 2019 | Matt DaSilva | College PHOTO BY GREGORY A. SHEMITZ Taryn Ohlmiller scored three goals and added five assists in Stony Brook's 15-5 season-opening win at Colorado, Ohlmiller's first game back after ACL surgery. No KO. No Murphy. No problem. No. 5 Stony Brook looked every bit the juggernaut in a 15-5 season-opening win Friday over No. 15 Colorado.
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Time To Fly: Only an NCAA Title Will Do for Boston College

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By Bryce Vickmark, Gregory A. Shemitz
| US Lacrosse Magazine
Acacia Walker-Weinstein has a cold. It’s bad enough that Walker-Weinstein is headed home for the day, even though it’s barely noon. These are not the normal working hours of a Division I head coach chasing a third straight national championship game. Long days, late nights and lost weekends are more the norm.
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JMU Enters New Era Defending First National Title

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By Gregory A. Shemitz
| US Lacrosse Magazine
JMU Enters New Era Defending First National Title Tue 29 Jan 2019 | Justin Feil | College PHOTO BY GREGORY A. SHEMITZ Hanna Haven is one of JMU's leading returners after scoring 47 goals and dishing out 32 assists in 2018. US Lacrosse Magazine released the Nike/US Lacrosse Division I Women’s Preseason Top 20 on Jan. 2. Team-by-team previews will be unveiled on uslaxmagazine.com through the end of the month and will also appear as part of the magazine’s NCAA preview edition in February.
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Penn Looks to Juniors to Lead the Way

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By Gregory A. Shemitz
| US Lacrosse Magazine
Penn Looks to Juniors to Lead the Way Mon 28 Jan 2019 | Justin Feil | College PHOTO BY GREGORY A. SHEMITZ All-Ivy League midfielder Erin Barry does a little bit of everything for the Quakers. US Lacrosse Magazine released the Nike/US Lacrosse Division I Women’s Preseason Top 20 on Jan. 2. Team-by-team previews will be unveiled on uslaxmagazine.com through the end of the month and will also appear as part of the magazine’s NCAA preview edition in February. Don’t get the mag?
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Sam Apuzzo Named Brine/USL Preseason Player of the Year

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By Gregory A. Shemitz
| US Lacrosse Magazine
Sam Apuzzo Named Brine/USL Preseason Player of the Year Thu 3 Jan 2019 | Matt DaSilva | College PHOTO BY GREGORY A. SHEMITZ Sam Apuzzo, the reigning Tewaaraton Award winner who has led Boston College to consecutive NCAA championship game appearances, has been named the Brine/US Lacrosse Division I Women’s Preseason Player of the Year, as featured in the January edition of US Lacrosse Magazine.
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JMU Gears Up for Team USA, Assistant Dorrien Van Dyke

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By John Strohsacker, Gregory A. Shemitz
| US Lacrosse Magazine
Dorrien Van Dyke was named an assistant at James Madison and announced as a player on the U.S. women’s national team within one week at the end of her summer. “My life was going in such a good direction,” Van Dyke said. “It was so cool I was getting those opportunities next to each other.” Van Dyke will see her worlds collide when she plays for Team USA as it takes on defending NCAA champion JMU in the second game of the Team USA Fall Classic at US Lacrosse headquarters Saturday.
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NCAA Approves Altered Shot Clock Proposal Among Other Rules Changes

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By Gregory A. Shemitz
| US Lacrosse Magazine
The NCAA approved an 80-second shot clock on Wednesday, in addition to bringing back a form of the dive, reducing the substitution box and adding video replay for the NCAA tournament. The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel on Wednesday approved both a visible 80-second shot clock on every possession and rule changes that allow offenses more flexibility around the crease beginning with the 2019 men’s lacrosse regular season.
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Taryn Ohlmiller Recovers from ACL Tear Ahead of New Year for Stony Brook

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By Gregory A. Shemitz
| US Lacrosse Magazine
Because of an ACL injury, Taryn Ohlmiller couldn’t go in the ocean this summer. The Stony Brook junior could go to the beach, but she had to stay on the shore. Maybe that wasn’t such a bad thing. After all, there sure seemed to be a lot of sharks in the waters off Long Island. “They’re everywhere this year,” said Ohlmiller, who hails from Islip, a small town on Long Island’s South Shore. Because of that same ACL injury, Ohlmiller won’t be able to play lacrosse this fall.
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Priest’s ministry at U.S. Open suits him to a tee

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By Gregory A. Shemitz
| licatholic.org
Father Tom Guido, pastor of Resurrection Parish in Miramar Beach, Fla., celebrates Mass June 17 in the U.S. Open media tent at the Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton.  (CNS photo/courtesy James Escher) SOUTHAMPTON (CNS) — Several hours before Brooks Koepka captured his second straight U.S. Open golf championship June 17 at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club here, Father Tom Guido continued a personal Father’s Day tradition by celebrating Mass at his 16th straight U.S. Open.
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At U.S. Open, priest has chance to minister and enjoy his favorite sport

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By Gregory A. Shemitz
| The Boston Pilot
LONG ISLAND, N.Y. (CNS) -- Several hours before Brooks Koepka captured his second straight U.S. Open golf championship June 17 at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, Father Tom Guido continued a personal Father's Day tradition by celebrating Mass at his 16th straight U.S. Open. The tournament each June provides the Florida priest with an opportunity to perform his ministry and enjoy his favorite sport at the same venue.
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James Madison's Haley Warden Just Became a Household Name

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By Gregory A. Shemitz
| US Lacrosse Magazine
STONY BROOK, N.Y. – Haley Warden embodies everything that James Madison women’s lacrosse coach Shelley Klaes-Bawcombe searches for in a recruit. Confidence is one of the things that set Warden and her fellow seniors apart from other classes of James Madison lacrosse players. On top of that, she’s unselfish and level-headed. Most importantly, she’s a clutch performer.
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Surreal Experience as JMU Reaches First Title Game

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By Gregory A. Shemitz
| US Lacrosse Magazine
“I think that we still are the underdogs in every situation, and we’re going to keep playing to that." - JMU'S Haley Warden after her five-goal performance. STONY BROOK, N.Y. — The word of the day for the James Madison women’s lacrosse team was “surreal.” The third-seeded Dukes started early and finished late, besting second-seeded North Carolina, 15-12, in the NCAA semifinals Friday night at Stony Brook’s Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium.
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Trip through Central Park added to pope's New York itinerary

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By Beth Griffin, Gregory A. Shemitz
| Catholic Courier
NEW YORK (CNS) -- Pope Francis will get a glimpse of leafy Central Park and thousands of waving New Yorkers Sept. 25 when he makes "a historic procession" through the urban landmark, according to the city's mayor.
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Study of women deacons won't be first, but might answer questions

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By Gregory A. Shemitz
| Catholic Courier
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- When Pope Francis accepted a proposal at the Vatican May 12 to form a commission to study the possibility of women serving as deacons today, it generated plenty of buzz. The pope's agreement on the idea -- raised by members of the International Union of Superiors General, the leadership group for superiors of women's orders -- was interpreted by some as a thumbs-up to women deacons and eventually women priests, which the Vatican spokesman was quick to rebut the next day.
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Lucky few win tickets to New York papal Mass in raffles at parishes

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By Beth Griffin, Gregory A. Shemitz
| Catholic Courier
RYE, N.Y. (CNS) -- Dust off the raffle barrel! Bring it to the front of the church! There will be winners today! At the intersection of arithmetic and justice, pastors in the Archdiocese of New York are conducting distinctive raffles to distribute the limited tickets allocated to each parish for the Sept. 25 papal Mass at Madison Square Garden. Father Michael P.
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Cardinal Dolan: Newborn in manger a positive sign of a culture of life

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By Mark Pattison, Gregory A. Shemitz
| Catholic Courier
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A baby in a manger is proof enough for Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York that Americans can express a culture of life. And it wasn't the Christ child. Instead, it was a newborn infant left by his mother in the crib of a manger scene at a parish in the New York City borough of Queens. Calling it "a sad but gripping tale" in his homily during the opening Mass Jan.
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Celli: Church must embrace digital world to spread good news, Gospel

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By Gregory A. Shemitz
| Catholic Courier
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (CNS) -- The Catholic Church must establish a presence in the digital world of communications or risk being at the margins of people's lives, said the president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications.
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Pope's visits to Cuba, U.S. to highlight families, charity, tolerance

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By Gregory A. Shemitz
| Catholic Courier
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In word and deed, Pope Francis will take his vision of a Catholic's approach to family life, parish life, charity, economics, immigration and good governance to Cuba and the United States during a Sept. 19-27 visit.
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Climate encyclical expected to send strong moral message to the world

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By Gregory A. Shemitz
| Catholic Courier
By Barbara Fraser LIMA, Peru (CNS) -- Pope Francis' upcoming encyclical on ecology and climate is expected to send a strong moral message -- one message that could make some readers uncomfortable, some observers say. "The encyclical will address the issue of inequality in the distribution of resources and topics such as the wasting of food and the irresponsible exploitation of nature and the consequences for people's life and health," Archbishop Pedro Barreto Jimeno of Huancayo, Peru, told .
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Philadelphia Catholics making plans for papal visit

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By Matthew Gambino, Gregory A. Shemitz
| Catholic Courier
PHILADELPHIA (CNS) -- After the historic announcement by Pope Francis that he will visit Philadelphia next September, the reality of the challenges and joys of the event is sinking in for planners, civic officials and ordinary Catholics in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. It will be a "once-in-a-lifetime chance for Philadelphia to shine," Daniel Hilferty called the 2015 World Meeting of Families, which will be capped by the papal visit to the city.
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Maryknoll offers variety of mission options

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By Beth Griffin, Gregory A. Shemitz
| Catholic Courier
MARYKNOLL, N.Y. (CNS) -- For Father Raymond J. Finch, the new superior general of Maryknoll, "nothing is more rewarding than to go out and help people deepen their faith." "If you don't share the faith, it stops growing. The more you give of it, the more there is. The less you give, it shrinks," he added. Maryknoll, the 103-year-old Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, works in 26 countries around the world. Father Finch began a six-year leadership term in November.
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Everyone must help create culture of life, says head of March for Life

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By Gregory A. Shemitz
| Catholic Courier
WASHINGTON, (CNS) -- Jeanne Monahan-Mancini, March for Life president, answered matter-of-factly when asked why she marches each year to mark the anniversary of Roe v. Wade. "I can't not march. I march for women who have made that wrong decision and suffered greatly; most of all I march for the unborn," she said.
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Pope: To ignore the poor is to despise God

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By Gregory A. Shemitz
| Catholic Courier
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- How Christians treat the poor is the clearest demonstration of their relationship with God, Pope Francis insisted. "To ignore the poor is to despise God! And we must learn this well: To ignore the poor is to despise God!" the pope said May 18 during his weekly general audience.
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Immigrant workers, who are close to 'heart of pope,' build altar, ambo

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By Gregory A. Shemitz
| Catholic Courier
RYE, N.Y. (CNS) -- North of New York, in two workshops 26 miles apart, small teams of unlikely craftsmen are creating the altar, ambo and presider's chair Pope Francis will use when he celebrates Mass at Madison Square Garden Sept. 25. In Port Chester, Salesian Brother Salvatore "Sal" Sammarco, a veteran high school carpentry instructor, leads three immigrant day laborers who are building the simple oak chair in a borrowed two-car garage.
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Irish archbishop: St. Patrick was an 'undocumented migrant'

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By Gregory A. Shemitz
| Catholic Courier
ARMAGH, Northern Ireland (CNS) -- The leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland has urged Irish people and those of Irish descent celebrating St. Patrick's Day to remember the plight of migrants. Archbishop Eamon Martin -- St. Patrick's modern-day successor as archbishop of Armagh -- used his message for the March 17 feast to recall that St. Patrick was first brought to Ireland as a slave by traffickers.
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Catholic leaders react to House bill to repeal, replace health care law

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By Gregory A. Shemitz
| Catholic Courier
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Calling health care "a vital concern for nearly every person in the country," the U.S. Catholic bishops said March 8 they will be reviewing closely a measure introduced in the House March 6 to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
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