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Toothbrush, shampoo, comb: check. Passport, wallet, breviary: check. Trash emptied, coffee pot clean, lights off: check. And so go the final preparations before a trip. Going to seminary in Rome has acquainted me well with packing and preparing. As I head into my last semester of seminary and look forward to priestly ordination June 1, God willing, I’ve begun to turn my attention to the final preparations I need to make before embarking on this lifelong journey as a priest of Jesus Christ.
Bishop Michael F. Burbidge will ordain seminarian Guillermo Gonzalez to the transitional diaconate Jan. 26. Gonzalez was born March 17, 1989, in Sonsonate, El Salvador, to Moises Amilcar Gonzalez Torres and María Kelly Cruz de Gonzalez, the younger of their two boys. His elder brother, Emerson, died in 2015. Gonzalez, who moved to the United States as a teen, has lived primarily in Fairfax and Centreville. He graduated from Westfield High School in Chantilly in 2008.
The Catholic Diocese of Richmond inaugurated its bicentennial year Jan. 18-19 with diocesan-wide Masses commemorating the arrival of Bishop Patrick Kelly, first bishop of Richmond, in Virginia. Bishop Barry C. Knestout, 13th bishop of Richmond, celebrated a Mass recognizing the Catholic presence in the diocese’s Eastern vicariate at Sacred Heart Church in Norfolk Jan. 18.
"Jeopardy" host Alex Trebek and his wife, Jean, recently received Fordham University's Founders' Award at a reception in Los Angeles. Trebek, 79, has been at the helm of "Jeopardy" for 36 years. He has continued to host the classic game show even as he has undergone chemotherapy for stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
The tiny house project — which began in November 2018 and was just recently completed — has fostered a culture of service on the Catholic school's campus; incorporated engineering, technology science and the arts; and drawn the participation of students with diverse interests.
During American Sign Language (ASL) class at Brother Martin High School in New Orleans, there is nothing but silence as students learn the facial expressions, eye, lip and hand movements and body postures that are the nouns, verbs and adjectives of ASL.
The Catholic Charities Ball, a fundraiser to serve vulnerable people in the diocese, will be held at the Ritz-Carlton Tysons Corner, 1700 Tysons Blvd., McLean, Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. A companion young adult event will begin at 9 p.m.
Diocesan Catholic Charities renamed its “Hogar Immigrant Service Education” program, which provides education and workforce training to immigrants and refugees, to “Education and Workforce Development.” The new name signifies an expansion of its previous mission to now offer services to anyone seeking assistance navigating the job market.
A transplant recipient’s experiences draw him to the medical profession.
Parishioners at St. William of York Church in Stafford celebrated the completion of their new bell tower and narthex Jan. 19. Bishop Michael F. Burbidge celebrated the Mass that included the blessing of the bells.
