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Local

Christendom Crusaders capture Shield Trophy in inaugural Frassati Invitational Rugby Tournament

Rugby players from three Catholic colleges faced off at Christendom College in Front Royal April 1-2 in the first Frassati Invitational Rugby Tournament, named for Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati.

noticias locales

‘Somos migrantes y una Iglesia’

By Connor Bergeron

La Parroquia de la Sagrada Familia tiene su segunda reunión para el Quinto Encuentro Nacional. 

Local

Falls Church crossing guard, 91, honored for 50 years of service

Janet Haines, a 91-year-old crossing guard, is honored March 29 by the City of Falls Church and St. James School for 50 years of service to the community. Haines has stood at her post at the corner of Broad and Spring Streets twice a day, 180 school days per year, since 1967.  Courtesy St. James […]
Local

Folger Library offers a chance to see the other Reformation

By Nora Hamerman

The Folger Library in Washington is hosting an exhibit of precious manuscripts and early printed books along with one stunning object, the silver-gilt crosier (bishop’s staff) that once belonged to Bishop Richard Fox (1447-1528), a chief advisor to the Tudor kings of England, Henry VII and the young Henry VIII.  

National

Senate allows states to redirect funds away from abortion clinics

By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted late March 30 to override a rule change made by in the last days of the Obama administration that prevented states from redirecting Title X family planning funding away from clinics that performed abortions and to community clinics that provide comprehensive health care. “The clear purpose of this Title X […]
Local

Formerly homeless man helps others find way

UXBRIDGE, Mass. — After Todd Smith’s mother died, he took care of other elders. After they died, he was left homeless.   A piece of bread — and the bread of life — changed him.   Smith, 55, tells this story of his life, with help from other St. Mary Church parishioners in Uxbridge.   […]
Columns

Marie Collins

By Rick Kercz
The news is fading over the course of the few weeks since she quit the Papal sexual abuse panel, but since she was the last actual person from the panel who had been abused, I recommend that your paper put together an item on Marie Collins. It might serve as a reminder that the Church […]
Pope Francis

Pope visits center for the blind in Rome

By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis returned to a practice he developed during the Year of Mercy: making a Friday-afternoon visit to people in need of or deserving special care. For the visit March 31, he chose the Sant’ Alessio-Margherita di Savoia Regional Center for the Blind in Rome. The center is home to 37 adults […]
Bishop Burbidge

Public Schedule

Feb. 28 — Confirmation, St. Andrew the Apostle, Clifton, 7 p.m. March 1 — Administrative Meetings March 2 — Mass for Ash Wednesday, Cathedral of St. Thomas More, Arlington, 12:05 p.m. March 3 — Pastoral Visit, Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School, Potomac Shores Groundbreaking Ceremony, St. Katherine Drexel Mission, Haymarket March 5 […]

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