Search Results
Local
The Asian and Pacific Island Catholics Marian pilgrimage will be held at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, 400 Michigan Ave., N.E., Washington, May 7, from noon to 4 p.m. The annual pilgrimage is sponsored by the Asian and Pacific Catholic Network in collaboration with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ […]
Schools
Seventh- and eighth-graders from 31 schools and a home-school association participated in the annual Arlington diocesan science fair at Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax April 16. Trophies were awarded to the top three schools: first place, Nativity School in Burke; second place, St. Patrick School in Fredericksburg; and third place, St. Bernadette School […]
Local
By Zoey Dimauro
A few years back, Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde gave a speech to the Catholic Business Network of Northern Virginia that inspired Lucia Jason to make a change. “He stood here and said, ‘God gave you all gifts. Focus in on what your gift is, and use it to the benefit of others,'” she said. […]
Local
By Mike Flach
The Knights of Columbus hold a special place in the heart of Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde. Not only has he been a Knight for 40 years, but he served as state chaplain both in New York while he served in Ogdensburg and for the last 17 years as bishop of Arlington. The Knights showed […]
Local
By Dave Borowski
April 16 was a perfect day to be outside, and about 600 diocesan middle-schoolers, along with volunteers, parents and diocesan Office of Youth Ministry staff did just that at Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Dumfries for BASH 2016. This year’s theme was “Show Know Mercy.” The afternoon began with students gathered […]
Local
By Katie Scott
How should I communicate with God? What is my purpose in life? Can I heal from wounds of betrayal and disappointment? Because these questions are personal, difficult and sometimes painful, they frequently go unexplored. Spiritual direction, a practice as old as Christianity itself, is an opportunity for a faith-filled guide to help an individual ask […]
Local
By Katie Scott
Father John C. Cregan, a former Marine lieutenant colonel in residence at the St. Rose of Lima Priests’ Retirement Villa in Annandale, serves as a spiritual director to seminarians at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md. The retired priest describes spiritual direction as “developing and strengthening a relationship with Jesus under the guidance of […]
Local
By Katie Scott
On a recent afternoon, sunshine and sawdust filled the hard-hat-only second wing of the St. Rose of Lima Priests’ Retirement Villa in Annandale. Although a busy construction zone, the addition is on track to be finished by August – and possibly welcome Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde when the Vatican accepts his resignation and announces […]
Columnists
By Elizabeth Foss
The family is the setting in which a new life is not only born but also welcomed as a gift of God. Each new life “allows us to appreciate the utterly gratuitous dimension of love, which never ceases to amaze us. It is the beauty of being loved first: children are loved even before they […]
