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		Parish begins construction for growing school, church CLINTON - With torrential overnight rains, God had already done what Bishop Emeritus Raymond J. Boland had come to do. View entire story...
Carnahan's ballot language ruled unfair JEFFERSON CITY, MO - On Friday, May 2, 2008, the Missouri Western District Court of Appeals ruled 3-0 that the Secretary of State Robin Carnahan was wrong to mischaracterize the Cures Without Cloning ballot initiative to ban human cloning as a repeal of Amendment 2. However the appeals court ruled 2-1 that the remainder of the Secretary of State's ballot language was acceptable. View entire story...
Three seminarians to be ordained transitional deacons KANSAS CITY - Three seminarians will be ordained "transitional deacons," on May 17, one year before their ordinations to the priesthood. View entire story...
		South America is on a new course, says veteran missioner BELTON - Cold War thinking won't work any more. View entire story...
		Special needs student a hit at Nativity INDEPENDENCE - He draws, develops video games, enjoys trips to the zoo, likes math and science, and loves to make people laugh. And he also runs the 400-meter dash in 1:51.02 for Nativity of Mary School's track team. Nathan Hoppman, 14, a seventh grader at Nativity, is a special needs student who, through the Foundation for Inclusive Religious Education, receives the extra help he needs to succeed in school with his peers. View entire story...
Sister Mary Ely, SL, dies Sister Mary Ely, a Sister of Loretto, died on April 24 at Flaget Hospital, Bardstown, Ky., of congestive heart failure. She was 95 and in the 74th year of her life with Loretto. View entire story...
Sister Mary Patricia Cody, MMB, dies Sister Mary Patricia Cody, 78, a Mercedarian Missionary of Berriz, died May 3 at Our Lady of Mercy Country Home convent in Liberty, where she lived. View entire story...
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