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By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
Q: I receive, on a daily basis, mailings from multiple religious organizations requesting monetary help. Often they include address labels, holy pictures, prayers cards, etc. I feel guilty just trashing them, so I collect them and when the pile gets big, I mail it to one of the organizations, hoping that they will know how […]
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By Beth Griffin
NEW YORK – On a drizzly gray morning in early May, the bright kitchen at Visitation Mission on Manhattan’s East Side was filled with the sound of laughter and the inviting aromas of fresh-cut vegetables and baking cookies as postulants and novices of the Sisters of Life prepared food for themselves and their anticipated guests. […]
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By Ashleigh Buyers
The varsity baseball team at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington lost in the semi-final round of the WCAC playoffs to Our Lady of Good Counsel High School. The Knights lost the first game of the three game series 4-1 May 9 and the second game 2-0 May 10.
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By Christina Capecchi
It had been a long Thursday, and Brooke Paris couldn’t wait to take off her heels, peel off her contacts and wipe off her make-up. She changed into her pajamas, climbed into bed and opened her MacBook to the pope’s new apostolic exhortation. “Amoris Laetitia” (The Joy of Love) was released two weeks after Brooke’s […]
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By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Sophomore Lexi Ledoyen scored the winning goal on a pass from senior Kelly Larkin with seven seconds left on the clock as the Bishop Ireton Cardinals from Alexandria (18-3) defeated top-ranked Our Lady of Good Counsel High School from Olney, Md., 10-9 to capture their second Washington Catholic Athletic Conference title in the past three […]
Schools
After a two-year hiatus, baseball will return to Christendom College in Front Royal in spring 2017. Athletic director Patrick Quest has made the return of the sport a priority since joining the Christendom staff last summer. “With the help and efforts of many, we are excited to bring ‘America’s pastime’ back to Christendom,” said Quest. […]
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Four students from Christendom College in Front Royal won top awards in this year’s Latin translation contest sponsored by the Classical Association of the Middle West and South. At the intermediate level, sophomores Cecilia Gallagher and John Martz were among five first-place winners, and freshman Garrett Boord earned second-place honors. At the advanced level, senior […]
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St. Mary of Sorrows Church in Fairfax Station will award scholarships as part of the 2016 Amigos en Cristo/Friends in Christ scholarship program. Committed to the advancement and education of youths, the program will award scholarships of up to $1,000 each for post-secondary education to Hispanics in the Arlington Diocese. Factors considered in awarding the […]
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This adaptation of British author Rudyard Kipling’s 1894 collection of stories about the adventures of a “man-cub” (Neel Sethi) raised by animals offers delightful, good-natured, heartfelt entertainment for the entire family, the most easily frightened tots possibly excepted. Orphaned as a baby, the boy is led by a kindly panther (voice of Ben Kingsley) to […]
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