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Bishop Burbidge
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, May the Risen Lord, who fills us with his love and consolation, be with you during this Sacred Season of Easter! The same Lord who was raised from the dead in Jerusalem and inspired the great acts of heroism in the early Church seeks to inspire you, today. He […]
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By Anna Harvey
As families prepare for their Easter feasts, priests suggest an extra step: blessing the ingredients. On Holy Saturday, parishes across the diocese will hold an Easter meal blessing, where families bring their Easter foods in baskets to receive a blessing from the parish priest. Father John D. Kelly, pastor of Blessed Sacrament Church in […]
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By Anna Harvey
“Good morning, good morning! Let’s learn about vocations,” speaker Daniel Harms sang as eighth grade students processed into All Saints Catholic Church in Manassas. Students laughed as Harms improvised songs on the guitar, describing individual students in the crowd. More than 1,300 eighth graders from Catholic schools across the diocese gathered March 28 for the […]
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By Anna Harvey
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a statement March 20 expressing “great concern” over current and proposed surgical and chemical treatments for gender dysphoria. The 14-page statement advised Catholic health care services to “employ all appropriate resources” to individuals experiencing gender confusion but not to “perform interventions, whether surgical or chemical, that aim […]
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By Zoey Maraist
Bishop Loverde reflects on his years as a prelate on the anniversary of his episcopal ordination.
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By Anna Harvey
Priests in the Diocese of Arlington renewed their priestly promises at the annual Chrism Mass, celebrated by Bishop Michael F. Burbidge April 4 at All Saints Catholic Church in Manassas. During the sacred liturgy, the faithful also asked God to bless their priests and guide them as leaders in the church. In his homily, Bishop […]
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By Zoey Maraist
These new Catholics will enter the church at the Easter Vigil.
Art
An exhibit featuring a replica of the Shroud of Turin is on display at the Catholic Information Center in Washington through September. The life-size replica of the shroud, believed to be burial cloth of Jesus, was produced by the International Center for Sindonology in Turin, Italy, and loaned to the center by the Museum of […]
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Participants of the Mother of Light Center’s semiannual Street Retreat took to the streets of Alexandria during Holy Week April 3 to pray with those in need and evangelize. The retreat included preaching by Father Paul A. Berghout (center), parochial vicar of Queen of Apostles Church in Alexandria; hymns led by Martha Orellana from St. […]
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By Zoey Maraist
An autobiographical play details how one Catholic found healing after clergy sexual abuse.
