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This summer, John Nothaft, a parishioner of Our Lady of Good Counsel Church in Vienna, will realize his dream to perform cathedral recitals on some of the world’s finest instruments in England. Nothaft graduated from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University in May with a degree in organ performance. Through Indiana’s Hutton Honors […]
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By For The Catholic Herald
Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington told 671 graduates of Marymount University in Arlington May 15 that their generation faces great challenges to the idea that we are part of God’s plan and that there is an interaction and interconnectedness to what God asks of us and how we live out our lives. “Jesus came to […]
Schools
By Katie Scott
Mary Byczek walks in between rows of desks at St. Leo the Great School in Fairfax, her voice calm and deliberate and her hands gesturing. She’s giving a brief refresher on pronouns, sprinkling it with anecdotes and examples, while her fifth-graders highlight words on worksheets. When Byczek, 62, stops to ask a question, several arms […]
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By Dave Borowski
Nate Revor has lived all over the country. With his U.S. Marine Corps father, Mark, and mother, Beth, sister, Megan, and brother, Brian, he’s crisscrossed the United States. He was born in North Carolina where he lived until age 4. He went to pre-school and kindergarten in California, then first- through third-grade at Holy Cross […]
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By Mike Flach
Although there are two weeks left in the school year, the St. Michael School community bid farewell to the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary May 22 at a reception held in their honor. The religious community has staffed St. Michael School in Annandale since 1954. Earlier this year they announced that they […]
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By Zoey Dimauro
This year’s jubilarians have spent a combined 205 years in service to God. Years of teaching schoolchildren, ministering to the homeless and caring for parishioners. Years following God’s call in various states and foreign lands. In spite of the challenges they faced over the years, the sisters said “yes” to God all over again when […]
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By Katie Scott
Our freedom is wounded by sin, but the “healing power of love” can be found in God’s mercy – received inwardly and extended outwardly, said Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori. “If God’s mercy finds a home in our hearts, we are not just going to be recipients, but agents of compassion in a world marked […]
Columns
By Maria Pia Negro Chin
It is always a privilege to get to see people glorifying God through their work. Their example reminds me of a verse from St. Paul’s Letter to the Colossians: “Whatever you do, do from the heart, as for the Lord and not for others, knowing that you will receive from the Lord the due payment […]
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Johnny Holliday, the voice of Maryland athletics, and the Youth Leadership Foundation (YLF) have teamed up for more than 10 years to host the annual Johnny Holliday Scholarship Classic. The golf tournament has raised more than $1 million over the years to helpsome 3,000 youths in the Washington metro area receive personal mentoring from more […]
Schools
By Zoey Dimauro
Nobody wanted to take the packet, so Ryan Orr reluctantly grabbed it. Little did he know that picking up the “How to form a pro-life club” booklet at youth group would lead him to create St. Gianna’s Life Defenders at Holy Trinity Church in Gainesville and ignite his passion for the pro-life movement. “I thought […]
