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By Christine Stoddard
María Luisa Aliaga’s office is stocked with diapers and other hallmarks of early motherhood, even mini snow boots trimmed with ribbon and fleece. But she is not a new mother. She is the diocesan coordinator for Gabriel Project, a nationwide ministry for expectant mothers in need of friendship, prenatal care and other support. Every day, […]
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Patrick Mullins had been teaching history at Marymount University in Arlington for three years when he heard there was an abandoned cemetery on the northeastern edge of the campus. “Turns out it’s always been something of a campus enigma,” Mullins said. “No one was really sure who was there, why it was there or who […]
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Given by Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde at the annual Diocesan Men’s Conference at Foxchase Manor in Manassas. It has been so good to be here, deepening our faith together, and encouraging one another in our walk with Christ within His Church. Throughout the day I have seen several father-son combinations here. In fact, I […]
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The life-changing encounter between the angel Gabriel and Our Lady, which is recorded in Luke’s Gospel (Lk 1:26-38) and is especially remembered on March 25 – the Solemnity of the Annunciation – was the shortest job interview in history. When Mary was informed that her unexpected maternity would not alter what many scholars have understood […]
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By Mary Stachyra Lopez
More than three decades ago, the members of the Ladies’ Guild at Epiphany Byzantine Catholic Church in Annandale began serving up meatless dinners on Friday nights during Lent. The pirohis, haluski, nut rolls and other traditional Ukranian fare grew more and more popular, until one year, there simply weren’t enough cooks to keep up with […]
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By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has approved a miracle so that, for the first time, a married couple can be canonized together. The canonization ceremony for Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin, the parents of St. Therese of Lisieux, is likely to take place during the world Synod of Bishops on the family in October. Pope […]
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By Dave Borowski
When Deacon Albert A. Anderson Jr. started to preach at St. Joseph Church in Alexandria March 16, people sat quietly in the pews. This was the first of three nights of Lenten Revival Services at the Old Town church, and part of the ongoing centennial celebration. Deacon Anderson wanted people up on their feet. “We’re […]
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By Fr. William P. Saunders
Q: In light of the President’s recent remarks at the Prayer Breakfast referencing ISIS to the Crusades as if the beheadings, burnings, etc. throughout the ages had already happened in the “name of Jesus,” I would like to know a little history of the Crusades/Inquisition. – A reader in Woodstock A: In the last “Straight […]
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By Elizabeth Foss
Lent can be a long stretch of time for some of us. From every corner comes the call to repent – the exhortation to make a full accounting of our sins, to see our messes in the light of day. Some of us are very good at that. Some of us go to the desert […]
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Have you paid attention to the man behind the curtain? In the famous movie, “The Wizard of Oz,” Dorothy, her friends and her dog Toto journey through the magical land of Oz to reach the wizard, the only person who can send her back home to Kansas. When the group travels to the wizard’s inner […]
