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By Zoey Dimauro
When her husband unexpectedly died of a stroke, Jane White turned to her parish bereavement group for support. “It helped me a lot to go that first time, to cry openly and have people understand why I was crying,” she said. The bereavement group, from St. Timothy Church in Chantilly, meditated on the seven sorrows […]
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By Catholic Herald Staff Report
John Christopher “Jay” LaMonica, an award-winning producer for ABC News and the Discovery Channel who traveled to nearly every corner of the globe during his distinguished career, died March 13 of cancer at the age of 60. LaMonica, a member of St. John the Beloved Church in McLean, was involved in several charitable organizations, including […]
Schools
By Trey Lovisone
At Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria, senior Corey Johnson has started at cornerback for the varsity football team for the past three years. He earned second team all-state standing during his sophomore and junior years, and he made first team in his senior year. Feb. 3, Johnson signed a letter of intent to play […]
Columns
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis will declare Blessed Teresa of Kolkata a saint at the Vatican Sept. 4. The date was announced March 15 during an “ordinary public consistory,” a meeting of the pope, cardinals and promoters of sainthood causes that formally ends the sainthood process. At the same consistory, the pope set June 5 […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – Serving others, helping them without making a show of it, “that’s amore,” Pope Francis said. “Amore,” or love, “is the concrete service we render to one another,” the pope said March 12 during a special general audience for the Year of Mercy. “Love isn’t words, but works and service, a humble service […]
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By Catholic News Service
JACKSON, Miss. – Retired Bishop William R. Houck of Jackson, who led the diocese from 1984 to 2003 and in recent years had served as president of Catholic Extension, died March 9 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. He was 89. “It is with a heavy heart and great sadness that I announce the death […]
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Presentation by Fr. David Pignato at the Diocese of Arlington Men’s Conference, Jubilee Year of Mercy, March 5, 2016. 1. Focus on God’s Mercy During this Jubilee Year of Mercy, we are all encouraged to contemplate the mystery of God’s mercy (cf. Francis, Misericordiae Vultus, 1). Pope Francis hopes that the Church will experience a […]
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By Sr. Constance Veit, L.s.p.
A few weeks ago, I received a New Year’s card that read, “This will be the best year yet.” We Little Sisters of the Poor are fervently praying that 2016 will be remembered as the year we were able to return to our quiet lives at the service of the elderly after a happy resolution […]
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By Ashleigh Buyers
As the Supreme Court date approaches for the Little Sisters of the Poor’s challenge to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services contraceptive mandate, the congregation is asking everyone to storm heaven with prayers for religious liberty. Their hope is that the Supreme Court’s ruling on the HHS mandate will restore their freedom to […]
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