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By Jean Denton
It was an unusual sight in the middle of the drillfield at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg – a white tent with a sign on the side proclaiming, “Jesus is here.” It also was an unusual setting for the exposition and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament – outside, amid occasional flying footballs and students passing by, […]
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By George Weigel
Galatians 1:15-18 is not your basic “witness to the Resurrection” text. Yet St. Paul’s mini-spiritual autobiography helps us understand just how radically the experience of the Risen Lord changed the first disciples’ religious worldview and why an evangelical imperative was built into that experience. Here’s the Pauline text: “… when He who had set me […]
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By Dave Borowski
In a tradition as old as Christianity and performed thousands of times around the world on Holy Thursday, Father Jerry J. Pokorsky, pastor of St. Michael Church in Annandale, washed the feet of 12 altar servers in a ceremony April 2. The ceremony recreated Jesus washing the feet of his 12 Apostles.
Movies
True to form, exotic settings, stale dictums and always-murky moral values characterize this extension of the “Fast and Furious” series. Led by putatively Catholic paterfamilias Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Jordana Brewster, and Tyrese Gibson set out to avenge the murder of their colleague Sung Kang. Director James Wan and screenwriter Chris Morgan […]
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WorkCamp volunteers from St. Leo the Great Church commemorate Good Friday with living Stations of the Cross in English and Spanish.
Arts
Catholic University in Washington will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music with a gala performance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington April 12 at 8 p.m. The gala will be a full orchestral and choral program that features alumni and current students and […]
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By Soren Johnson
We should say no to soundbites, but hypocrite that I am, I propose here a four-word distillation of Catholic faith: “Make the first move.” The cliche came to mind during a recent evening family prayer time. “For the sake of His sorrowful Passion,” my 10-year-old son said as he took a turn leading a decade […]
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Demolition of Marymount University’s “Blue Goose” building, constructed in the 1950s, begins in Arlington this week. The demolition will make way for two new university buildings.
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By Dave Borowski
St. Jude Church in Fredericksburg is building a new church. Until it’s completed, the congregation worships in a converted warehouse in Fredericksburg. Despite meeting in a place where motorcycles and jet skis once were sold, the church has an accomplished motet choir. A motet is a type of chant, sung by a choral group in […]
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By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde called eight men to Holy Orders on Holy Thursday and announced that the Arlington Diocese will have only one combined ordination ceremony June 6 at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington. There will be no diaconate ordination May 30. The bishop will ordain one man, Colin Davis, to […]
