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Marymount University emphasizes service on charter day

As Marymount University in Arlington marked the day of the institution’s founding 70 years ago, its members proved that service is not just something they talk about — it’s evident in their actions.

10/28/20

Special to the Catholic Herald

Christendom College senior and convert battles cancer

Senior Meagan Montanari, who once experienced addiction, homelessness and even jail before converting, resolved to learn everything there is about theology so she can teach the faith to others — until cancer threatened her plans.

10/28/20

JOHANNA BURKE | Special to the Catholic Herald

Catholic U. students volunteer in day honoring Mother Teresa

Students, faculty and staff of The Catholic University of America in Washington spent a day helping those in the Brookland community.

10/28/20

KATIE BAHR | Special to the Catholic Herald
Alexandria eighth grader creates a podcast on saints

To prepare for confirmation, a student at Blessed Sacrament School in Alexandria created a podcast on the lives of the saints. More

10/28/20

Zoey Maraist | Catholic Herald Staff Writer

Homecoming re-imagined

Without a homecoming football game or dance, Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Potomac Shores still found a way to celebrate school spirit. More

10/28/20

Zoey Maraist | Catholic Herald Staff Writer

‘Faith and fun’ to celebrate patron saint

Every year, the community of Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Potomac Shores celebrates the feast day of its patron, St. John Paul II, the 264th pope. John Paul Day last month was filled with a variety of fun activities and seemed to be a great stress reliever for many students as the end of the first term approached. Instead of attending classes all day, students socialized with friends and explored aspects of the Catholic faith. More

11/7/19

Philip Schott | Student Correspondent

Sister schools in France, Spain

For more than a decade, students at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington have been participating in a weeklong exchange program with their counterparts across the Atlantic. For many years, it was a back and forth exchange with students in France — one year O’Connell hosts, and then the next year they travel. But over the past five years, the program has expanded to include a sister school in Spain as well. So in the middle of October, 30 students from O’Connell boarded a plane together at Dulles Airport, bound for Paris. In Paris, half the group headed to the town of Reims — just over an hour and a half drive east of the city — while the rest of the group boarded a connecting flight to Barcelona.More

11/7/19

Special to the Catholic Herald

Catholic schools integral to church's ministry

WASHINGTON — The mission and foundation of Catholic education are directly related to evangelization, said the head of the National Catholic Educational Association.More

11/7/19

By Sydney Clark | Catholic News Service

All four Arlington diocesan high schools now offer programs for special needs students

A mission has been accomplished — all four diocesan high schools have a program allowing students with intellectual and developmental disabilities the opportunity to receive a Catholic education. More

11/7/19

Elizabeth A. Elliott | Catholic Herald Staff Writer

Diocesan students named National Merit semifinalists, AP scholars

Students at the five diocesan high schools have been named AP scholars, as well as National Merit semifinalists. The National Merit Scholarship competition begins with the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, taken in the fall of junior year. Of the approximately 1.6 million entrants, only 15,000 become finalists.More

10/31/18

Clifton students participate in wreath-laying ceremony at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Students from the sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade classes of St. Andrew the Apostle School in Clifton recently visited Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington for a field trip. Student government officers participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and students watched the changing of the guard. More

10/31/18

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