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Two members of the social studies department at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington joined forces last spring to increase student engagement in the midst of social distancing due to COVID-19. Advanced Placement U.S. History teachers Geoff Rixon and Chesney Allgood dug into some of the more unique and less explored parts of American history and launched a podcast they titled: “Who Knew? A History Podcast.”   

I spent the morning rummaging around in the basement, looking for a box marked “virtue letters.” It contains wooden letters that spell out various virtues. Over the years, I’ve propped the letters on the mantel, rotating them out each month and adding seasonal decorations to go with them. Every September, I spell out “diligence.” September is for buckling down, setting goals, setting about one’s work, getting it done. I found the letters, and then I realized that despite having many fireplaces in our new house, we have few mantels. So, virtue letters set aside, we began our school year by taking a good look at Scripture. 

In this week's installment of Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus gives us the famous roadmap to resolving conflicts and setting healthy boundaries. The entire passage presumes that Christian believers should be at harmony with each other. Why? Because we are in the presence of Christ, and by our baptism are grafted into the prince of peace himself. After all: “Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”

All diocesan high schools are now half in person, half online; here’s how two are managing the transition.  

Arlington Knights of Columbus have met daily since April to ask Our Lady’s intercession to end to the pandemic.  

More than 40 women religious gathered at St. James Church in Falls Church for the Convocation of Religious Sisters Aug. 29

For Poppy Sellier, bringing face masks to school isn’t unusual. While many children are adapting to the use of face coverings as they return to class this fall, Poppy first packed them  — along with the standard back-to-school supplies of notebooks and pencils — when she set out for first grade at Our Lady of Hope School in Potomac Falls last fall. Only a few weeks before, she had completed chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia, diagnosed the previous December. The Catholic Herald ran a story about her journey from cancer to recovery in August 2019.