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“Virgin of Charity, pray for Cuba”
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MARLENE QUARONI | FC
MIAMI | Janice Lawrence, left, a senior history major, Barry University mascot Bucky, and Shavonne Dawson, a senior business management major, take part in a campus protest against Gov. Charlie Crist’s proposal to take away the Florida Resident Access Grant, commonly known as the FRAG. The grant gives $3,000 annually in scholarship money to students attending nonprofit colleges and universities in Florida. According to statistics compiled by Barry University, more than 2,500 of its students receive the FRAG. One-third of them also qualify for federal low–income Pell Grants, one half are the first generation in their families to go to college, 43 percent are minorities, 35 percent come from families with incomes of less than $60,000 a year and 27 percent are nontraditional students 25 and over who are working and raising families.
Knights of Malta
ANA RODRUGUEZ-SOTO| FC
MIAMI | Members of the American Association of the Knights of Malta pray during A Mass at the cathedral Feb. 17, from right: Andrew J. Vissicchio, Jr., Juan J. Calvo, and Dr. Michael Griffin. MORE…
Seeking honest lawyers
DANIEL SOÑÉ | FC
PINECREST | Former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno addresses colleagues and law students Feb. 15, during a seminar focused on how lawyers can and should adhere to moral principles while practicing law. MORE…
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Meet the new monsignors
As a jubilee year gift to the Archdiocese of Miami, Pope Benedict XVI conferred papal honors on 15 archdiocesan priests. Twelve were elevated to the rank of monsignor, and three others who already were monsignors were elevated in rank.
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News briefs
First Monroe County Red Mass scheduled; Churches host Guadalupe images; New show airs on Radio Peace; Vincentians mark 175th; Holy Rosary School seeks alumni; and Musicians discuss Holy Thursday rites.
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