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The Most Reverend Paul S. Loverde, Bishop of Arlington, has announced the following clergy appointments effective on Wednesday, June 29, 2011, except where noted differently. Pastors Reverend Thomas P. Ferguson – from Parochial Administrator of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Alexandria to Pastor of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Alexandria, Virginia, […]
National
By Jim Lockwood
BRAINTREE, Mass. – The Archdiocese of Boston has opened the canonization cause of an Opus Dei priest, Father Joseph Muzquiz, who established the organization in the United States and worked for many years in the greater Boston area. About 150 people, many of whom are local members of Opus Dei, attended the ceremony held June […]
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By Catholic News Service
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Identical twins and Franciscan Brothers Julian and Adrian Riester – who were born seconds apart and died hours apart June 1 at St. Anthony Hospital in St. Petersburg – were remembered by friends, family members and colleagues for their constant companionship. The twins, natives of Buffalo, N.Y., who spent the past […]
Columns
By Fr. Peter J. Daly
Sean Brooks wanted to fly. He knew it was his vocation from his earliest days. Even as a child, he watched airplanes move across the sky. He made his daddy, Michael, take him to airports. He loved everything about airports, even the baggage carousels. Knowing your call, your vocation in life, is a spiritual gift. […]
Local
By Dave Borowski
Deacon Luke Dundon comes from a naval family. He was born at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland in 1981 the son of a naval officer, David, and Colleen, and the oldest of four children. He was baptized at St. Timothy Church in Chantilly. The family moved to Spain in 1985, returning to the Washington, D.C., […]
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By Gretchen R. Crowe
Deacon Jeb Donelan wants to be a priest because he wants to give God’s people a sense of hope, even when all seems lost. This dream he has been working toward for the past six years will become a reality June 11 when he is ordained to the priesthood at the Cathedral of St. Thomas […]
Local
By Dave Borowski
Father Brian Bashista, diocesan director of vocations, bristles a bit when he hears people say that the Arlington Diocese has an abundance of priests. He cites statistics that show the Richmond Diocese has one priest for every 1,600 Catholics, while Arlington has only one priest for every 2,300 Catholics. But he concedes that the diocese […]
Local
By Katie Collins
Deacon Will Schierer’s words came quickly, articulately and with a good dose of laughs during a recent interview just days shy of his June 11 priesthood ordination at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington. Schierer’s faith was cultivated locally. Born Dec. 30, 1982, he grew up attending St. Joseph Parish in Herndon with […]
National
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – Jesuit Father Patrick J. Conroy was unanimously approved as the next House chaplain in a May 25 vote. Father Conroy, 60, a native of Washington state, had been nominated by House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, himself a Catholic, as the ideal candidate for the position. The Jesuit succeeds Father Daniel Coughlin, a […]
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