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When looking at colleges, high school students and their families are interested in the return on investment if they attend. While students generally choose Christendom College in Front Royal primarily for its authentic Catholic culture and faithful, time-tested liberal arts education, prospective students and their parents are eager to know what alumni do and whether they […]
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Sister Marie Victoria Bartkowski, a Felician Sister for 61 years including at Church of Nativity in Burke, died at Immaculate Conception Convent in Lodi, N.J., Feb. 22. Formerly known as Sister Mary Florentine, she changed to her baptismal name after the Second Vatican Council. Sister Bartkowska was born in 1943 in Wilmington, Del., and entered […]
Schools
By Lauren Allen
After a fun start to their season with the classic, “You Can’t Take It with You” last fall, theater arts at Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria stops next at River City, Iowa, for their spring musical — Meredith Willson’s “The Music Man.” “This enchanting, Tony Award-winning musical tells the tale of Harold Hill, a […]
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The Catholic University of America Conway School of Nursing was named the nation’s fifth ranked online master’s program for nursing last month, according to the latest rankings by the U.S. News and World Report. In addition, the university was honored as having the 13th Best Online Family Nurse Practitioner Master’s Programs in the U.S. “It is always […]
Pope Francis
By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis will travel to Hungary April 28-30 where he will meet with government officials, refugees, academic scholars and young people in Budapest, the Vatican announced Feb. 27. The pope will arrive in Budapest April 28 and will meet with Katalin Novák, president of Hungary, and the country’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — The call to make sacrifices for others out of love remains urgent as so many people continue to suffer from war, violence, exclusion and poverty, Pope Francis said. “Let us put into practice the call to do good to everyone, taking the time to love the least and most defenseless, the abandoned […]
Parishes
What’s distinctive about your parish? Historically speaking, the distinctive thing about this parish is that it is located on the site of the famous Battle of Chancellorsville. During our recent church construction, military articles from that battle including bullets and uniform buttons were discovered on the parish grounds. The wooded natural surroundings of the area […]
Pope Francis
By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — Rather than foment hate and seek revenge, Palestinians and Israelis need to engage in dialogue in the pursuit of peace, Pope Francis said. After praying the Angelus with an estimated 20,000 visitors in St. Peter’s Square Feb. 26, the pope prayed in a special way for those in the Holy Land to […]
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The traditional handcrafted pipe organ for Christendom’s new Christ the King Chapel in Front Royal was delivered last month. The organ, funded by anonymous donors, will take approximately three weeks to assemble, followed by another four weeks of careful tuning of each of the 2,825 pipes. The new organ was designed and constructed by Kegg […]
National
By Joe Bukuras
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has announced the funeral arrangements for the late Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell, who was murdered in his Hacienda Heights home Feb. 18. Three days of services will be held for Bishop O’Connell, beginning March 1. On Wednesday, there will be a memorial Mass for Bishop O’Connell at St. John Vianney […]
