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CURRENT ISSUE: February 8, 2010 • VOL. 48, NO. 3 • Oakland, California

St. Bernard
students move to
St. Jarlath School
Bussing began Feb. 1
while parents and the
parish community raise
funds and work to increase
enrollment so the school
can reopen in August.

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Bishops to Congress: Set aside partisanship on health care reform
Three leading U.S. bishops call on members of Congress to “set aside partisan divisions and special-interest pressures.” >>>

At Olympic venues, chaplains prepare
to serve athletes of varied faiths” >>>

Special section:

Both sides await Prop 8 trial ruling
Closing arguments expected around the beginning of March in the challenge to the constitutionality of California’s ban on same-sex marriage. Presiding Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker called it “a fascinating case . . . extremely well presented on both sides.”
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The struggle to recover in Haiti

50,000 find
help and hope
at CRS camp

No sleep, little aid:
Salesian nun
pleads for
more help

Coping with
care of
quake victims

Haitian bishop:
build anew
based on
justice

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