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Mass on grounds of future Corpus Christi Church

Father Michael G. Taylor, pastor, celebrated an outdoor Mass Nov. 9 at the recently cleared site of the new Corpus Christi Catholic Church in South Riding. The Mass was celebrated on the future spot of the church’s altar. One of the many large rocks that had been dug up during the clearing was used as a place marker and centerpiece for the makeshift altar.

11/19/19

Catholic Herald Staff Report

Catechists tackle tough topics during conference

The conference featured 17 workshops that ranged from new online teaching tools and scripture studies to the growing sexual and technological crisis.

11/19/19

Ashleigh Kassock | For the Catholic Herald

Cutting-edge lab opens at St. Thomas More Cathedral School

Father Patrick Posey, rector of the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington, blessed a new design lab for pre-K through eighth grade students at St. Thomas More Cathedral School Nov. 18. The dedicated facility will provide a central location for innovative technology where students can collaborate on STEM projects and expand their critical thinking skills.

11/19/19
National & International

Archbishop Sheen will be beatified Dec. 21 at Peoria's cathedral

Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen will be beatified Dec. 21, Bishop Daniel R. Jenky of Peoria announced late Nov. 18.

11/19/19

Mob enters Managua cathedral, attacks hunger strikers

A pro-government mob entered the cathedral in Managua, Nicaragua, damaging property, attacking hunger strikers inside the building and jostling a priest and nun.

11/19/19

By DAVID AGREN | Catholic News Service

Having a friend who is poor will help you get to heaven, pope says

The poor are the church's treasure because they give every Christian a chance to "speak the same language as Jesus, that of love," Pope Francis said, celebrating Mass for the World Day of the Poor.

11/18/19

Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service
Catholic Living

All Saints and All Souls at seminary

Vestments violet and black that shine with gold and silver. Lit candle flames atop shining brass and incense rising to heaven. Prayers muttered, sung and silent. A table full of the photographs of loved ones and friends — these are the signs of the feasts of All Saints and All Souls at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, Pa. More

11/15/19

By JAMES R. JOSEPH | Special to the Catholic Herald

‘Lone Ranger’ discernment

As much as individualism can be a prized virtue among Americans, I’ve found that a “Lone Ranger” mentality to discerning the priesthood is counterproductive. More

11/15/19

By JOSEPH P. FLAHERTY | Special to the Catholic Herald
Arts

‘The most beautiful head of the Savior’

When Andrea del Verrocchio’s bronze sculpture of “Christ and St. Thomas” was installed in its niche overlooking a busy street in Florence in 1483, it so awed the Florentines that one writer hailed it as “the most beautiful head of the Savior ever made.” More

11/7/19

For the Catholic Herald

Zombieland: Double Tap

Follow-up to the 2009 horror-comedy combination charts the further adventures of the original's central quartet — Jesse Eisenberg's amiable nebbish, Woody Harrelson's macho gunman, Emma Stone's commitment-averse loner and her fancy-free sibling, played by Abigail Breslin — as they continue to fight for survival in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by flesh-craving zombies. When Breslin's character and her new hippie boyfriend (Avan Jogia) suddenly depart on a road trip to Elvis Presley's Graceland, the remaining trio, fearing for her safety, embarks on a quest to catch up with her. More

11/15/19

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