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Holy Week 2021 around the Arlington diocese

Across the diocese, Catholics celebrated the days leading up to Easter with live stations, holy hour pilgrimages, first sacraments and more. Here is the Catholic Herald roundup of Holy Week.

4/7/21

On path to priesthood: Arlington diocese welcomes seven new deacons

Bishop Burbidge ordained men to the transitional diaconate April 10.

4/10/21

Zoey Maraist | Catholic Herald Staff Writer

Fr. Dominguez calls on Holy Spirit as new chaplain for diocesan Spanish Charismatic Renewal

Youth Apostles Father Ramón Dominguez is all about inspiration and motivation.

4/7/21

Leslie Miller | Catholic Herald Staff Writer
National & International

Inspired by a priest in the family, a mother and daughter become Catholic

PORTLAND, Ore. — As a Presbyterian teen in the southern Oregon town of Medford, Judy Crowe would walk past Sacred Heart Church on the way to school. The sturdy brick church and the children in tidy uniforms intrigued her.

4/9/21

Ed Langlois | Catholic News Service

Priests' dogs are more than just parish mascot: They're 'good for the soul'

WILMINGTON, Del. — People get pets for all kinds of reasons, and those apply to priests as much as anyone.

4/9/21

Mike Lang | Catholic News Service

'Profound evil' of abuse must be eradicated, Pope Francis tells symposium

VATICAN CITY — As religious leaders, scholars, experts and abuse survivors come together online to participate in a three-day international symposium on faith, healing and prevention, Pope Francis sent a message as part of a series of opening remarks for the event.

4/9/21

Catholic News Service
Catholic Living

A knock on the door

Knock knock. I heard some movement inside the apartment. A small elderly woman’s face peeked through the window, then pulled the door open. “Oh, Peter. I wasn’t expecting you to come today, but please come in.” She immediately ran over to grab some holy water and her Bible and brought them to the small table where we sat. More

3/24/21

PETER J. CLEM | Special to the Catholic Herald

Making a mini pilgrimage

Our journey begins in the dark, before the first rays of the sun bring light and warmth to the city and, no less significantly, before any coffee has been consumed. No one speaks, but the gentle “click’”of rosary beads reveals the internal prayer taking place amid the external silence. Winding through the dark, narrow streets of Rome, I find myself surrounded by unfamiliar buildings and am grateful that someone knows the way. We round a corner and arrive at a dimly lit, half-full church that is centuries old. A bell rings and Mass begins. One journey ends, another continues. More

3/24/21

DEACON JOSEPH B. TOWNSEND | Special to the Catholic Herald
Arts

Aquinas in Appalachia: Bluegrass-picking priest explains genre's appeal

ROME — Rome's baroque churches, street-side shrines to the Virgin Mary and regular cycle of papal liturgies conjure fitting sentiments for a priest living and teaching theology in the Eternal City.More

3/19/21

Catholic News Service

Raya and the Last Dragon (Disney)

To defeat the dark force that has brought turmoil to her once-tranquil world and turned many of its inhabitants into stone statues, a teen (voice of Kelly Marie Tran) teams with a dragon (voice of Awkwafina) on a quest to reunite the five fragments of a magical gem that, once made whole again, will restore peace and revive the petrified. More

3/11/21

Catholic News Service

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