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By Zoey Maraist
Minutes after the door opens, several customers are already combing through the racks of the St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store in Fredericksburg. The homey, well-organized shop is full of clothes, books, knickknacks, cookware, and this time of year, lots of festive seasonal decor. To volunteer Terry Mann, it always feels like the most wonderful […]
Global
By Ann M. Augherton
The third Sunday of Advent is Dec. 17 and it is called Gaudete Sunday. This is the Sunday to light the sole pink candle on the Advent wreath. The fourth Sunday of Advent is Christmas Eve, Dec. 24. Most parishes will have to make a quick turnover in church decorations from Advent to Christmas. Mass […]
Columnists
By Christina Capecchi
Oprah Winfrey looks regal in a purple pleated skirt and matching sweater, beaming on the cover of the magazine that delivers her much-anticipated Favorite Things — “112 crowd-pleasing gifts for everyone on your list.” Now in her ninth year partnering with Amazon, Oprah vouches for each product with her trademark hype: a $22 silk eye […]
Art
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Piero Casentini’s painting of the Magi adoring the baby Jesus is the image the Vatican philatelic office chose for its 1.30-euro Christmas stamp for 2023. Casentini painted the work in 2006. Casentini’s painting of St. Francis of Assisi holding the baby Jesus in the cave in Greccio, Italy, where he set up the first Nativity […]
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By Zoey Maraist
The weekday night Mass was packed full of Legion of Mary members. As they prayed for the canonization of their founder, Servant of God Frank Duff, Bishop Michael F. Burbidge extolled the group for their commitment to the work of evangelization. “A sincere devotion to Mary must be active,” said Bishop Burbidge, echoing Duff’s words. […]
Books
By Ashleigh Kassock
Donna Lee Davis’ new novel, “Mea Nico,” dives into the life and legends of St. Nicholas of Myra. While most tales of this popular saint are targeted toward children, Davis’ retelling is intended for adults. It is clear in the first page that this story will have less tinsel and sleigh rides and more prisons […]
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By Catholic Herald Staff Report
The diocesan Office of Youth, Campus and Young Adult Ministries hosted its annual Youth, Campus and Young Adult Ministry Appreciation Mass and Dinner at St. Joseph Church in Herndon Dec. 5. The evening began with Mass, celebrated by Bishop Michael F. Burbidge. Some 440 attendees then gathered in the parish hall for a reception and […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Christians must be open to the Word of God and to welcoming and serving others, Pope Francis said. “ ‘Be open,’ Jesus says to every believer and to his church: be open because the Gospel message needs you to witness to it and proclaim it,” he said during his weekly general audience […]
Global
By Nicolás de Cárdenas
More than 100 cities joined in praying the rosary for Spain Dec. 8, the feast of the country’s patroness, the Immaculate Conception, asking for her intercession due to the political, social, and moral crisis in the nation and in response to attempts to suppress religious freedom. A flash point in the crisis came when in […]
