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By Francesca Pollio Fenton
A live-action theatrical performance depicting Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection is selling out mainstream venues across the United States as it begins its spring tour visiting 25 cities before Easter.
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By Ana Lucia Batista
In Southeast Asia, on the southernmost edge of the Indonesian archipelago and northwest of Australia, you can find the beautiful, small country of Timor-Leste.
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By Andrea Picciotti-Bayer
As we begin the season of Lent, when we can more closely contemplate Christ’s passion and death, we have an opportunity to reflect on how Christ’s suffering helps us understand the suffering we face in our lives. The value of suffering can be summed up in the phrase “omnia in bonum,” meaning “all things work together […]
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By Ashleigh Kassock
On Mardi Gras this year Tara Quaadman, the gift shop manager for Gifts for All Seasons in Arlington, received a special delivery. It was a wooden box that held a rubber stamp with the inscription, The Cathedral of St. Thomas More, Catholic Pilgrimage Passport.
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By Mary Brodeur
Mark your calendars: The second annual diocesan Day of Unplugging is March 28.
In his Ash Wednesday homily, Bishop Michael F. Burbidge offered helpful imagery for entering Lent. His chapel, recently under construction, reminds us of our own need for repair in our lives. The best tools for spiritual repair are the ones Jesus himself offers us in the Gospel — prayer, fasting and almsgiving.
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By Zoey Maraist
As of Ash Wednesday, RCIA, or the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, is now officially called OCIA, or the Order of Christian Initiation for Adults.
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The Ancient Order of Hibernians honored 13 students in its seventh annual St. Patrick coloring contest during an event at the St. Mary of Sorrows Church parish center in Fairfax March 1.
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The Catholic Church helps Catholics journey through Lent, the 40-day period of preparation for Easter, with guidance on fasting and abstinence.
Art
By Nora Hamerman
Visiting the National Gallery of Art in Washington during Lent is always an enriching experience, but a recently acquired painting by a major Mexican artist offers a new reason to make it part of one’s spiritual journey.
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By Charlene Unterkofler
Have you ever heard the term Vincentian? A food pantry or thrift store helper may come to mind, yet, I am a Vincentian, and neither of those.
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