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By Gretchen R. Crowe
Tree needles are covering the floor. The Wise Men are nearly at the manger door. So just when do Catholics bring the celebration of the Nativity of the Lord to a close and return, quite literally, to ordinary time? Some take the tree down on New Year’s Day. Others pack away the crèche with the […]
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By Katie Bahr
Seven months after being diagnosed with leukemia, Sarah Jakielski, a student at Pope John Paul the Great High School in Dumfries, passed away last Tuesday. She was 15 years old. Jakielski is survived by her parents, Jake and Mary, and her younger sister, Rachel. She was a parishioner of Our Lady of Angels Parish in […]
Arts
By Katie Bahr
It all started with two little girls who loved to color. In 2004, the girls were second-grade students in a religious education class taught by Julie Luckey, coordinator of religious education at St. John the Baptist Parish in Front Royal. At the time, Julie was having a difficult time finding Catholic coloring pages that were […]
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By Katie Bahr
The history of Sacred Heart Parish in Manassas dates back to the early 20th century when it was founded by a group of immigrants from Austria and Czechoslovakia. The first church was built in 1918 on Spriggs Road, near the current Hylton High School in Woodbridge. One Saturday a month, a Polish priest from the […]
Parishes
By Katie Collins
Maria Lee moved from South Korea to the United States when she was 14, serving as a translator for her parents when the family arrived in their adopted country. Maria, who considers herself a Korean, an American and a Catholic, is grateful for a home that embraces and nurtures each integral part of her. That […]
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By Gretchen R. Crowe
If you pass through Madison County and stop for Mass at Our Lady of the Blue Ridge Church on a Sunday morning, your arm likely will be caught by Virginia Serroka, fondly referred to as the parish’s unofficial greeter. A parishioner since 1976 and a native of the county, Serroka easily can recognize an unfamiliar […]
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By Mike Flach
Twenty years ago Father Gerry Creedon arrived in Bánica in the Dominican Republic as the first priest from the Arlington Diocese to serve at the newly established mission. The area had not had a regular priestly presence since the departure of Father Raymond Conrad in 1971. The trip from the Santo Domingo airport to Bánica […]
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By Katie Bahr
Located at the top of Beacon Hill, St. Louis Parish in Alexandria marks one of the highest points in Fairfax County. But don’t be fooled by its million-mile view. With its welcoming atmosphere, which makes room for all people in the ethnically and economically diverse areas surrounding Route 1 in Alexandria, the parish is far […]
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By Dave Borowski
Pete Cilinski is 85 years old and lives at an assisted-living residence in Manassas. He’s an old man, but if you ask him to assume a boxer’s stance, he will and you’ll see the fire that made him – and other members of the St. Mary’s Boys Club Boxing Team – champions. The 1940s often […]
TV
By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON – You’re forgiven if you think you’ve seen Catholic actor Christopher McDonald in a court of law before. A dozen years ago, he played smarmy lawyer Rex Weller on the CBS legal drama “Family Law.” This year, McDonald has bellied up to the bar – the barrister’s bar – to play I-can’t-get-no-respect lawyer Tommy […]
