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By Carol Zimmerman
WASHINGTON – The best way for Catholic colleges to move forward is to look back, said speakers at the annual meeting of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities. They were not stressing the need to reminisce but instead emphasizing the importance of tapping into the charisms particular to the orders that founded many Catholic […]
Local
By Katie Scott
For many early risers, coffee is a necessary burst of caffeine sipped out of a travel mug en route to work or while checking the day’s first emails. Not for Daniel Velasquez, who grew up a parishioner of St. Leo the Great Church in Fairfax and now attends St. Timothy Church in Chantilly. When he […]
Columnists
By George Weigel
The death of Justice Antonin Scalia Feb. 13 – unexpected and, for many reasons, tragic – draws a curtain on the life and public service of one of the most important Catholic figures in America over the past half-century. Justice Scalia was regarded, by admirers and detractors alike, as the most consequential jurist of his […]
National
By Zoey Dimauro
On the cold, cloudy day of Feb. 19, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was honored by the American people he served. As his coffin lay in the Great Hall of the United States Supreme Court, draped with a flag and guarded by four former law clerks, tens of thousands of people stood outside. They waited […]
Local
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – Wealth and power are meant to serve the poor and the well-being of everyone, not to selfishly exploit others, Pope Francis said. When power loses that sense of service, it “turns into arrogance and becomes control and subjugation,” he said during his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square Feb. 24. But […]
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Father Paul Scalia, a priest of the Arlington Diocese, was a guest on Cardinal Timothy Dolan’s radio show, “Conversation with Cardinal Dolan,” Feb. 23. The two discussed Father Scalia’s late father, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the homily at the funeral Mass and the family’s Catholic faith. Click the play button below to listen to […]
Schools
By Ashleigh Buyers
People passing by St. Agnes School in Arlington Feb. 20 might have thought the school was hosting a Notre Dame pep rally. An enthusiastic rendition of the Notre Dame “Victory March” could be heard streaming through the halls. Inside the library, Drum Major John Buchanan, class of 1971, could be found marching in place with […]
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By Zoey Dimauro
A few weeks ago, college students around the country flooded their campuses with red posters bearing a simple message: #BringDatingBack. Each one offered simple tips such as “Keep it casual. Think fro-yo, not filet mignon.” “It’s a lighthearted way of calming people’s fears about dating, whether they think it’s too complicated or too awkward or […]
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By Katie Scott
Before he carried an M16 rifle and grenades as a U.S. Marine lieutenant in the jungles of Vietnam, Bill Peters wielded a fencing foil as a musketeer in the heart of the Midwest. About 50 years ago, Peters became the first-ever mascot for the athletic teams at Xavier University in Cincinnati, nicknamed the “Musketeers.” In […]
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By Dave Borowski
In December, students at St. Thomas More Cathedral School in Arlington watched their four-cubic-inch satellite, a CubeSat dubbed STMSat-1, weighing less than three pounds and packed with a payload of scientific experiments, launched to rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS). In March, the ISS will deploy the CubeSat into orbit to conduct experiments that […]
