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Arts
By Stacy Rausch
Aleona Isakova grew up in Tver, Russia, in a family of atheists. There were no Bibles. There was no way for her to attend church. In 1991, American missionaries came to Russia and introduced her to Jesus. She said this interaction “filled an empty place in my heart when they spoke of God, and brought […]
Schools
By Dave Borowski
Decreased vocations and a desire to strengthen community life has led the Congregation of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, in Immaculata, Pa., to end the sisters’ presence at St. Michael School in Annandale. The sisters have taught at St. Michael School for more than 60 years. Currently four sisters live in […]
Schools
By Zoey Dimauro
Kirsten Fedewa fondly remembers the time she spent at St. Mary’s Academy, an all-girls high school now merged with Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria. With two brothers at Ireton, Fedewa made friends with people at both schools. She co-managed the lacrosse team at Ireton, was a varsity cheerleader, and participated in student council and […]
Schools
By Katie Scott
For years, Josie Blessard dreaded school. The soft-spoken teenager has an auditory processing disorder, dyslexia and memory and retention difficulties – a combination of learning disabilities that elicited peers’ taunts in her public school classes. “I had panic attacks and came to school crying,” said Josie. All that changed last fall when she enrolled as […]
Schools
By Dave Borowski
If you have had a child involved in music at any Catholic school in the Arlington Diocese over the past 30 years, you have probably heard the name Garwood Whaley. Whaley, who retired from Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria in 2004 after serving as the director of fine arts at the school for 34 […]
Schools
By Katie Scott
The annual luncheon for pastors and principals sponsored by the Arlington Principals Association had an added layer of celebration and sentiment Jan. 19 as both Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde and Sister Bernadette McManigal, superintendent of diocesan schools, are set to retire this year. Sister Bernadette will retire June 30 after eight years of service […]
Schools
By Ashleigh Buyers
Popular verses from classic children’s books could be heard down the hallways as kindergartners and eighth-graders sat in pairs reading to each other. The fun activity is part of a new effort led by Kathryn Crawford, eighth-grade teacher, and Caitlin Boland, kindergarten teacher, to start a buddy program at St. William of York School in […]
Movies
In following up on his 2014 comedy, director Tim Story benefits from a script (by Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi) that tones down the original’s relentless vulgarity. An elevated vocabulary fails to carry with it a higher quotient of laughs, however. Nor does the second chapter of this odd-couple story pairing a crusty Atlanta cop […]
Local
By Catholic Herald Staff Report
The blizzard that shut down the Washington area last weekend caused part of the roof to collapse above the music room at St. Timothy School in Chantilly. According to J. Reid Herlihy, director of the diocesan office of planning, construction and facilities, wind blew the snow over the peak of the roof on one side […]
Local
By Ashleigh Buyers
Poor Clare Sister Mary Clare of Our Lady’s Assumption died Jan. 20 at the age of 86 surrounded by her fellow sisters at the Poor Clare Monastery in Alexandria. After making her religious profession in 1952, Sister Mary Clare spent more than 66 years as a Poor Clare sister in both New Mexico and Virginia. […]
