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Students from preschool through eighth grade at Epiphany Catholic School in Culpeper walked and ran to raise funds for the school in the 2016 Race for Education Oct. 26. The school community joined together to form “Team Oliver” to rally around their principal, James Oliver, and to raise cancer awareness. The race was a success […]
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By Ashleigh Buyers
What do a Confederate sympathizer, an Olympic swimmer and a graphic designer from Kansas all have in common? They are all part of the rich history of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Church in Fredericksburg, a faith community that predates the Civil War and has watched Catholicism grow and blossom in the commonwealth despite years of persecution.
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By Christina Capecchi
It’s almost as if November’s Mass readings were written for election-weary Catholics, with their foreboding tones and calls for “perseverance” and “endurance” amid distress. “They will seize you and persecute you,” St. Luke warns. “Let us then throw off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light,” St. Paul exhorts. […]
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By Soren Johnson
For those who work with Bishop Loverde daily, the little things eclipse the big labels: the kindness as he holds the elevator for you; or remembers that today is the anniversary of your brother’s death; or takes the time to learn the name of the temp assisting down the hall.
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By Zoey Maraist
This summer, Cecilia Braveboy helped organize a prayer service for peace and racial healing at her home parish since childhood, Our Lady, Queen of Peace Church in Arlington. The recent shootings and riots across the nation sadly reminded her of the unrest she had lived through during the civil rights movement of the 1960s. As […]
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By Elizabeth A. Elliott
Three parishes in Alexandria joined forces to purchase a refrigerated food truck to help diocesan Catholic Charities keep up with the demand for food among the diocese’s neediest. With this second truck, the St. Lucy Project will be able to pick up and deliver food donations. Father Thomas Ferguson, moderator of the curia and pastor […]
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The Bishop Ireton Cardinals beat the Paul VI Panthers 20-17 in a football game held Oct. 28 at Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax. Buy photos from this game at catholicherald.smugmug.com.
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The girl’s team from Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington took home the title for the 10th straight year at the WCAC Cross Country Championships held Oct. 29 at Lake Fairfax Park in Reston. Buy photos from this event at catholicherald.smugmug.com.
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By Rhina Guidos
WASHINGTON — The tension and frustration that the country feels over an election season filled with insults and rancor, feels a bit more amped up in Washington, the city where the winner of the presidential race will reside. With days to go before Election Day, the feast of All Saints seemed like a good […]
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