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By Dave Borowski
Each year, the Arlington County Human Rights Commission presents the James B. Hunter Award to “individuals, community groups, nonprofit organizations and business establishments that promote cultural diversity and equal rights for all residents.” The award is named for a former Arlington board member who dedicated his life to helping people access government services designed to […]
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By Katie Scott
“In this jubilee year, may the church echo the word of God that resounds strong and clear as a message and a sign of pardon, strength, aid and love,” writes Pope Francis in “Misericordiae Vultus” (“The Face of Mercy”), which instituted the Holy Year of Mercy. “May she never tire of extending mercy and be […]
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By Ashleigh Buyers
Saint Nick himself made a special pre-Christmas appearance at St. John the Evangelist’s annual Breakfast with Santa fundraiser event. But instead of arriving in his bright red sleigh, he arrived in a yellow helicopter, a first in the event’s history. The Air Care four team from Front Royal escorted the “jolly old elf” in their […]
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By Katie Scott
As the church celebrates the opening of the Year of Mercy and one of the greatest acts of mercy in salvation history – the birth of Christ – the faithful are called to consider more attentively the spiritual and corporal works of mercy. “We have to put mercy before judgment, and in every case God’s […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – Seeing baby Jesus in the Nativity scene reminds people that Christ uses humility and love to save the world, not impressive force or a magic wand, Pope Francis said. “God does not love powerful people’s imposing revolutions in history, and he doesn’t use a magic wand for changing the situation,” he said […]
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By Zoey Dimauro
They are masters of icebreakers, know the lyrics to every Matt Maher song, own dozens of WorkCamp T-shirts and above all, possess a deep love for bringing Christ to teens and college-age Catholics. Youth and campus ministers from around the diocese gathered for the annual Mass and appreciation dinner at St. Joseph Church in Herndon […]
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By Mary Beth Bonacci
I am convinced that the whole church – that has much need to receive mercy because we are sinners – will find in this jubilee the joy to rediscover and render fruitful the mercy of God, with which we are all called to give consolation to every man and woman of our time – Pope […]
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By George Weigel
We American Catholics are, in the main, notoriously uninterested in our own history. So it likely escaped the notice of many that Dec. 3 marked the bicentenary of the death of John Carroll, one of the greatest who ever lived among us. The adjective “first” is applied to John Carroll more frequently than to any […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – When Pope Francis established the Year of Mercy, a full slate of Jubilee events were slotted into his already packed calendar for 2016. A typical “business as usual” year for a pope is already full with meetings, liturgies and foreign trips. But then add the extraordinary Jubilee Year, which will run until […]
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