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The Duskwhales began with a simple premise. Seth Flynn, Chris Baker and Brian Majewski — classmates from Seton School in Manassas — knew they wanted to form a band, even before they really knew how to play instruments. So they did. Their group’s curious name, and their upbeat, psychedelic sound, evolved while hanging out in […]
Local
By Ashleigh Buyers
After a week of impending rain from Hurricane Matthew, the sun shone brightly Oct. 9 just in time for the surprise groundbreaking of St. Jude Church in Fredericksburg.
Local
By Special To The Catholic Herald
There are currently 219,000 people who are food insecure in the Arlington Diocese, according to Feeding America, a hunger relief organization.
Columns
By Thomas J. Craughwell
Philip Howard was a man without a moral compass, and nowhere was this sad fact more evident than in his marriage to Anne Dacre, daughter of another powerful family.
Local
By Elizabeth A. Elliott
The production of “Amadeus” by the Seton School in Manassas reinterprets the ending of the story of the complicated relationship between composers Antonio Salieri and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for the sake of mercy.
Local
By Elizabeth A. Elliott
On a sunny day in Washington, standing just behind an honor guard and surrounded by 60 veterans using canes or wheelchairs, Maria Carolla, an eighth-grader at St. Andrew the Apostle School in Clifton, greets the veterans in song, “Oh, say can you see.” Veterans from the Pacific Northwest, many wearing their military insignia and matching […]
National
By Nancy Wiechec
PHOENIX — A popular Alaskan retreat has been designated a national shrine by the U.S. bishops. Bishop Edward J. Burns of Juneau, Alaska, announced the news on the Oct. 1 feast of St. Therese of Lisieux, the patroness of Alaska after whom the Catholic shrine is named. The National Shrine of St. Therese, located about […]
Global
By Dennis Sadowski
WASHINGTON — Haitian first responders and nongovernmental aid workers were assessing the damage from Hurricane Matthew even as they scrambled to deliver food, water and shelter materials to communities isolated by washed-out bridges and blocked roads. The storm left southwestern Haiti in shambles after slamming into the country’s Caribbean coast Oct. 4. The cities of […]
Columns
By Elizabeth A. Elliott
Servant of God Augustine Father Bill Atkinson never bought green bananas because he said he never knew if he would be around to see them ripen. He died at age 60 in 2006 from complications of an infection. He lived as a quadriplegic, confined to a wheelchair since age 19 following a toboggan accident. He […]
Books
By Elizabeth A. Elliott
Terry Beatley, president and founder of the Vienna-based Hosea Initiative, made a promise to Dr. Bernard Nathanson, known as the “abortion king,” in 2009 to spread his message of how he deceived the nation with his work in the abortion industry. Nathanson, longtime abortion doctor, said he was responsible for 75,000 abortions, 5,000 of them […]
