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By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
Q. At our parish weekend Mass, one child comes regularly to the altar at the same time as the eucharistic ministers and receives Communion separately from the congregation. My understanding is that he has celiac disease and gets a gluten-free host. But I just realized today that the celebrant gives him Communion using the same […]
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By Russell Shaw
For many people, the season of good cheer is a deeply trying affair. I don’t mean souls who have good reason to be sad — the loss of loved ones, poor health, loneliness — but those who feel let down when Christmas doesn’t deliver all the personal gratification they were looking for. The funk they […]
Columnists
By Mary Beth Bonacci
A gentleman named Harmon Hallett, the father of a friend, died recently. In a Facebook post, she wrote, “He was very adamant about not being eulogized. He was terrified nobody would pray for his release from purgatory. He was sure he was headed there first and said on more than one occasion ‘I don’t want […]
Books
By Mark Zimmermann
WASHINGTON — When Pope Francis first stepped onto the balcony overlooking St. Peter’s Square in Rome, Mark Shriver, like millions of other people around the world, was captivated by this man who humbly bowed his head after asking the people there to pray for him, before he would offer his first blessing to them. […]
Schools
By Lawson Herald
After attending the 2016 Capital Area Peer Tutoring Association (CAPTA) Conference last month, several students from Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Dumfries are eager to launch a student-led writing center. Selected by their teachers, the students participated in the conference held at George Mason University in Fairfax, and learned the […]
Books
By Regina Lordan
WASHINGTON — The following books are suitable for Christmas giving: All Shall Be Well: A Spiritual Journal for Hope and Encouragement by Hilda St. Clair. Paraclete Press (Brewster, Mass., 2016). 120 pp. Teenage readers and adults alike will find calm, inspired creativity and peaceful contemplation with this beautifully illustrated journal. Sixty quotes illuminated […]
Local
By Zoey Maraist
A Paul VI student and her family have spent the past seven years serving the hungry at Christ House in Alexandria.
Local
By Zoey Maraist
The Daughters of St. Paul in Alexandria host a Christmas party for families.
Schools
By Connor Bergeron
Local Catholic school will integrate new greenhouse to classes, students activities and local charities.
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