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By For The Catholic Herald
Mark Randall was appointed the new executive director for institutional advancement for the Pontifical North American College (PNAC) in Rome July 16. Randall will oversee various operations of the PNAC in the United States. “Mark brings an impressive background of business acumen, fundraising ability and passion for the Catholic Church,” said Msgr. James Checchio, PNAC […]
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By Calvin “chip” Coleman
This “letter to the editor” by Calvin “Chip” Coleman, mayor of Culpeper, appeared in the July 8 edition of the Culpeper Star Exponent. It is reprinted here with permission. As we mature, a father figure affects who we are and who we want to be. Whether as a youngster or an adult, a father guides […]
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By Katie Bahr
In front of a church filled with family, friends and fellow Catholics, local man Randy Sly was ordained to the priesthood last Saturday by Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde at Our Lady of Hope Parish in Potomac Falls. A former Anglican archbishop, Father Sly, 63, was raised in the Episcopal Church. For more than 30 […]
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By Fr. Paul Scalia
Father Raniero Cantalamessa, preacher to the papal household, once noted the important distinction between a personage and a person – especially as regards Jesus Christ. A “personage” (granted, an uncommon word) is an important figure, someone we might call “larger than life.” We have heard about the person, read about him and perhaps even seen […]
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By Gretchen R. Crowe
Only at a Catholic trivia night would you find team names like “The Hammer of Heretics,” “Former Embryos,” “Papists” and “Can I get an Amen!” Such were the competitors who participated in Monday night’s young adult Catholic Trivia Night, held at Pat Troy’s in Alexandria as part of diocesan involvement in the national Fortnight for […]
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The new congregational leaders of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, elected in April, were installed earlier this month in Immaculata, Pa. More than 500 sisters, family and friends were in attendance. Sister Lorraine McGrew, general superior of the congregation; Sister John Evelyn DiTrolio, sister assistant; and general councilors: Sister M. Patricia […]
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By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
Q. I often witness adults chewing gum during Sunday Mass and then going right up to receive holy Communion. Am I wrong in thinking that chewing gum breaks the one-hour fast that Catholics are required to observe before receiving the precious body and blood? (Galloway, N.J.) A. The governing canon (No. 919 in the church’s […]
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By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde released clergy assignments last weekend. Here are the biographies of the new pastors and parochial administrators. Fr. James C. Bruse Father James C. Bruse, the newly appointed pastor of Our Lady of the Blue Ridge Parish in Madison, was born Oct. 28, 1954, in Washington, D.C., to James G. and […]
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The Most Reverend Paul S. Loverde, Bishop of Arlington, has announced the following clergy appointments effective on Wednesday, June 27, 2012, except where noted differently. Pastors Reverend James G. Bruse – from Pastor of the Church of Saint Francis de Sales in Kilmarnock and the Mission Church of Saint Paul in Hague to Pastor of […]
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