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The call of the birds

By Christina Capecchi
“The only essential equipment for seeing birds is a pair of eyes. Good ears are a help, too.” The first edition of Birds: A Guide to the Most Familiar American Birds smells like an old missal and reads like a manual for living well – birding as a hobby, a lifestyle and a meditation. Its […]
6/3/15
Reading Time 3 min

Persecution

By Russell Shaw
The persecution of the Catholic Church and other morally conservative religious bodies has begun in the United States. As predicted, it isn’t – thank God – bloody persecution like the persecution of Christians in many countries. But it’s real persecution and likely to get worse. This new persecution currently has two prongs. One consists of […]
6/3/15
Reading Time 3 min

June Necrology

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June 13, 1989 – Deacon Jerome P. Knight June 15, 1990 – Msgr. Justin D. McClunn June 21, 1996 – Deacon Francis A. Appel June 23, 1984 – Father Thomas F. Egan June 24, 2011 – Deacon Robert J. Curtin
6/3/15
Reading Time 1 min

Corpus Christi

By Fr. Jack Peterson, Ya
The extraordinary gift of the Eucharist fits a pattern of beautifully humble acts that marked the life of Christ during His earthly sojourn. He revealed Himself first to the world as an infant, born in a lowly stable and resting in a manger. Our Savior chose to live in the modest home of a carpenter […]
6/3/15
Reading Time 3 min

Men of reparation

By Soren Johnson
Men repair stuff. I know – I’m resorting to stereotypes. But I don’t know any guys who find happiness by waking up day after day to a bunch of broken things. And yet, according to a friend of mine who oversees facilities for several dozen (yes, I said “dozen”) buildings, we are witnessing a crisis […]
6/3/15
Reading Time 4 min

Pope urges engaged couples to take time, be open to God’s surprises

By Laura Ieraci | Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Couples who are seeking to marry, even those who have lived together, should value their engagement period as a time to grow in mature love and in profound knowledge of each other, said Pope Francis. The pope urged couples not to rush into marriage. Maturation in love before marriage is a slow […]
5/28/15
Reading Time 3 min

Modern lamentations

By John Garvey
“How solitary sits the city, once filled with people. She who was great among the nations is now like a widow. Once a princess among the provinces, now a toiling slave.” These words that open the Book of Lamentations describe Jerusalem after the Babylonian conquest. They have renewed meaning for the Christians of the Middle […]
5/27/15
Reading Time 3 min

The summer of self-care

By Elizabeth Foss
Humidity hangs heavy today and the temperature has crept toward 90; it’s undeniably feeling like summer in Virginia. As I sit with a calendar that has palpably shifted from the frenetic end-of-school-year busyness to a more sanguine, relaxed busyness, I’m making a promise to myself. Summer will be for self-care. Summer will be for strengthening […]
5/27/15
Reading Time 3 min

Men such as these

By George Weigel
Like most denizens of Washington, I pay too little attention to the sites other Americans make sacrifices to visit. Earlier this month, though, prompted by reading James Scott’s Target Tokyo, a comprehensive history of the famous Doolittle Raid of April 18, 1942, I strolled through Arlington National Cemetery in search of three graves. They were […]
5/27/15
Reading Time 3 min

May Crowning

By Fr. William Saunders
Q: (The) Catholic Herald had an article about the May Crowning at St. William of York (Church) in Stafford. (When I was) growing up, my parish never had such events. I never experienced them until moving to the Diocese of Arlington. What is the background for this devotion? – A reader in Alexandria A: The […]
5/27/15
Reading Time 4 min

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