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Richeldis de Faverches had a vision of Mary in which the Blessed Mother showed her the Holy House of Nazareth, the home of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Mary asked Richeldis to build a replica of the Holy House in England. Mary promised, “Whoever seeks my help there will not go away empty-handed.”

Some people, maybe even many, are puzzled by today’s Gospel parable. When we hear this story told by Jesus, we focus on the seeming injustice of those who worked for only one hour being paid the same as those who worked for a full day. The thrust of this parable, however, is not on justice but on God’s generosity even to the latecomer.

For the past year, 14-year-old Angelica Hatke has worked religiously in her second floor bedroom to bring birds of all shapes, sizes and colors to life. She is determined not to stop until she has painted all the living species of birds — more than 10,000 of them.

Catholic college leaders who have protested the Trump administration's plan to do away with the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA, also have heightened their resolve to do more for DACA students and have expressed cautious belief that federal legislation to give these students more permanent help could be at hand.

WASHINGTON — A U.S. bishop vigorously defended Jesuit Father James Martin when a prominent U.S. seminary canceled an invitation it had extended to the well-known author, who was to speak about Jesus at an October event, after fringe groups unhappy with the priest’s recent book about the church and the gay community mounted a series […]
First responders are called to keep the community safe. Sometimes that duty can take them away from attending Mass with their loved ones. Arlington Bishop Michael F. Burbidge prayed for them during the 14th annual Blue Mass at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More Sept. 16.

The identities of the Philothea Guild —  the four people chosen by Father Ronald S. Escalante, pastor of St. Francis de Sales Church in Purcellville, to help with the interior renovation of the church — were revealed Sept. 17 when Arlington Bishop Michael F. Burbidge celebrated Mass to dedicate the new altar and celebrate the parish’s 50th anniversary.

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