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By Sharon Delaney
The faith community of St. Dominic Church in Brick, N.J., celebrated the life of Blessed Carlo Acutis Oct. 1 with a very special guest among them — Acutis’ mother, Antonia Salzano. After Mass, Salzano took the relic of her son from the hands of Bishop David O’Connell of the Diocese of Trenton, and together they […]
Bishop Burbidge
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By Daniel Payne
Bishop Michael F. Burbidge recently urged Catholics at Philadelphia’s Eucharistic Congress to “open ourselves to wonder” before the Eucharist and to seek the “strength, consolation and countless graces” the Blessed Sacrament offers the faithful Catholics who receive it. The bishop was among the keynote speakers at Philadelphia’s congress over the weekend; he also offered a […]
Bishop Burbidge
By Bishop Michael F. Burbidge
Pope Francis has released “Laudate Deum,” an apostolic exhortation which follows the encyclical “Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home,” which was published in 2015 and sought to guide the Church’s understanding of human and environmental ecology. “Laudato Si’ ” prompted initiatives globally oriented to caring for our common home and respecting the dignity […]
Local
Daughter of Wisdom Sister Mary Eileen McCarthy, also known as Sister John of the Heart of Jesus, died Sept. 29 at age 96. She was living at of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Convent, Sound Beach, N.Y., and had marked 77 years as a professed religious sister. Sister Mary Eileen served in the Arlington diocese […]
Schools
By Allison Quispe Sanchez
This summer, a group of students from Seton School in Manassas embarked on a weeklong mission trip to Antigua, Guatemala. The team consisted of students Julia Starrs, Amelia Geary, Lily Griffin, Annaliese Orr, Camila Lopez, Seth Kellogg, Monica De Micoli and Gabriela Brown, accompanied by chaperones Ann Martella, Aminda Lopez and Marylin Brown. Their mission […]
Columnists
By Elizabeth Foss
The other day, as I was sorting through a pile of college memorabilia, I found a card from a florist: Hang in there! October doesn’t last forever. Love, Beth. We were a pair that year — Beth and Elizabeth — completely over our heads in extracurricular activities and leadership opportunities. This card was probably the […]
National
Paul “Korky” Korkemaz of Dunn Loring has been appointed to the National Board of Directors of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, where he will serve as National Vice President of the Mid-Atlantic Region. Korkemaz became a Vincentian at Our Lady of Good Counsel’s SVdP Conference in Vienna in August 2015. He became a […]
Local
Father Paul A. Berghout, parochial vicar of Queen of Apostles Church in Alexandria, led a Eucharistic procession on the evening of Oct. 2 in the streets near St. Rita Church in Alexandria. The procession of people walking, praying and singing went through neighborhoods served daily by the Mother of Light Center Catholic food bank.
Movies
By Daniel Payne
The chief promoter of St. Teresa of Kolkata’s cause for canonization says a new film about the beloved saint is hampered by “grave errors” in how its producers approached the life of the celebrated nun. Father Brian Kolodiejchuk, the director of the Mother Teresa Center and the postulator of the cause of beatification and canonization […]
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