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Longtime Catholic Charities volunteer Ann Lanzillotta dies

Ann Marie Gallagher Lanzillotta of Arlington, a longtime volunteer for diocesan Catholic Charities, St. Ann School, Marymount University and other organizations, died Sept. 10 at home surrounded by family after a short illness. She was 90.

9/28/20

Catholic Herald Staff Report

Immigrants share their stories on World Day of Migrants and Refugees

Bishop Burbidge celebrates Mass and hears stories from immigrant families on World Day of Migrants and Refugees.

9/28/20

Zoey Maraist | Catholic Herald Staff Writer

Falls Church’s St. James School receives third Blue Ribbon

Falls Church’s St. James School receives its third Blue Ribbon for excellence.

9/24/20

Zoey Maraist | Catholic Herald Staff Writer
National & International

40 Days for Life begins; N.Y. woman shares regret over her abortion year-round

QUEENSBURY, N.Y. -- Monday through Friday, Marcia Brown stands outside Planned Parenthood on Bay Road in Queensbury.

9/28/20

Emily Benson | Catholic News Service

Barrett's nomination spotlights Notre Dame

WASHINGTON — If Judge Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed to the Supreme Court, she will be the first Notre Dame Law School graduate to sit on the bench of the nation's highest court and the only sitting justice with a law degree not from Harvard or Yale.

9/28/20

Carol Zimmermann | Catholic News Service

Trump announces Judge Amy Coney Barrett as U.S. Supreme Court nominee

WASHINGTON ؅— Eight days after the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, President Donald Trump announced Sept. 26 that Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a judge on the Chicago-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, is his nominee to fill that seat.

9/27/20

Carol Zimmermann | Catholic News Service
Catholic Living

Religious jewelry shop supports outreach to families experiencing miscarriage

A Fairfax woman’s religious jewelry shop provides accessories and support for women who suffered a miscarriage. More

9/16/20

Zoey Maraist | Catholic Herald Staff Writer

Nature Photography Day is the creation of an Oakton Catholic

An Oakton woman hopes capturing the great outdoors will help bring people closer to God. More

6/10/20

Zoey Maraist | Catholic Herald Staff Writer
Arts

The Personal History of David Copperfield

Of the numerous film adaptations of Charles Dickens' autobiographical 1850 novel, this may rank as the happiest. As directed by Armando Ianucci, who adapted the screenplay with Simon Blackwell, the movie finds Copperfield (Ranveer Jaiswal and Jairaj Varsani as a boy, Dev Patel as a man) facing life's challenges, which include child labor, rocky romances, financial instability and duplicitous colleagues, with a hero's grace and the joy of a secular saint. More

9/11/20

Catholic News Service

Seven sacraments depicted in art at the National Gallery in Washington

In these difficult times of pandemic, we may miss experiencing the sacraments instituted by Christ. We also miss being able to go to museums and see great art in person. Yet thanks to modern technology, we can use this time to re-imagine the original context and meaning of many artworks that have been separated and put on museum walls. A great example of this is the Seven Sacraments series painted by Nicolas Poussin around 1640. The National Gallery of Art in Washington owns one of those pictures, “The Baptism of Christ.” More

9/16/20

Nora Hamerman | For the Catholic Herald

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