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By Jonah McKeown
The small Midwestern diocese of Wichita, Kan., continues to lead the nation in many metrics related to priestly vocations, according to a new report from Vocation Ministry, a Texas nonprofit that supports vocations programs in parishes and schools.
Local
By Kimberley Heatherington
When Dr. William Hogan first saw the young woman who would eventually be his wife of now 64 years, it was at Mass — and she was receiving Holy Eucharist.
The date was June 27, 1957.
Local
By Ana Lucia Batista
Not everyone sees dating apps as the place to find lasting relationships, but Rohit Fonseca, 29, and Hannah Pagel, 28, found their spouse on one. What started as a simple profile “like” turned into a relationship rooted in a shared commitment to their Catholic faith.
Schools
By Sophie Karako
At the start of the new year, I attended a field trip with my Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School nursing class to the Inova Fairfax Hospital to participate in the dome experience. Led by senior administrative coordinator Chelsy Jankua, this program gives students the opportunity to watch an open-heart surgery in person.
Books
Tom McFadden Jr., vice president for enrollment and student success at Christendom College in Front Royal, is the author of “A Catholic's Guide to Finding the Perfect Spouse: ... with 101 Simple Questions.”
Columns
By Msgr. Charles M. Mangan
It is most unfortunate that the sacrament of the anointing of the sick — one of the seven signs instituted by Christ to affect the grace they signify (Code of Canon Law, 840) — is usually referred to only when one requires it or one’s family member requests it.
Local
The diocesan Ghanaian Catholic community declared its patronage to St. Josephine Bakhita at a Mass celebrated by Bishop Michael F. Burbidge Feb. 2 at St. Mary of Sorrows Church in Fairfax.
Global
By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — "Blessed are those who have not lost hope" is the theme for the fifth World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly to be observed in the Catholic Church July 27.
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