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By Stacy Rausch
A snowstorm blanketed Old Town Alexandria in snow the weekend of Jan. 22-23. Following are photos from the aftermath of the storm.
Schools
By For The Catholic Herald
National Catholic Schools Week, which runs this year from Jan. 31 through Feb. 6, is the annual celebration of Catholic education in the United States. “Catholic Schools: Communities of Faith, Knowledge and Service” is this year’s theme that schools will observe through Masses, open houses and activities for students, families, parishioners and the community. Daily […]
Schools
By Robert Hay
As members of the Arlington Diocese, we are blessed to live in an area with quality choices for our children’s secondary education. With the opening of St. John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Dumfries in 2008, there are options and opportunities for rising high schoolers throughout the entire diocese. With this blessing, however, […]
Schools
By Dave Borowski
If you have had a child involved in music at any Catholic school in the Arlington Diocese over the past 30 years, you have probably heard the name Garwood Whaley. Whaley, who retired from Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria in 2004 after serving as the director of fine arts at the school for 34 […]
Schools
By Dave Borowski
Decreased vocations and a desire to strengthen community life has led the Congregation of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, in Immaculata, Pa., to end the sisters’ presence at St. Michael School in Annandale. The sisters have taught at St. Michael School for more than 60 years. Currently four sisters live in […]
Arts
By Stacy Rausch
Aleona Isakova grew up in Tver, Russia, in a family of atheists. There were no Bibles. There was no way for her to attend church. In 1991, American missionaries came to Russia and introduced her to Jesus. She said this interaction “filled an empty place in my heart when they spoke of God, and brought […]
Schools
By Katie Scott
The annual luncheon for pastors and principals sponsored by the Arlington Principals Association had an added layer of celebration and sentiment Jan. 19 as both Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde and Sister Bernadette McManigal, superintendent of diocesan schools, are set to retire this year. Sister Bernadette will retire June 30 after eight years of service […]
Schools
By Katie Scott
For years, Josie Blessard dreaded school. The soft-spoken teenager has an auditory processing disorder, dyslexia and memory and retention difficulties – a combination of learning disabilities that elicited peers’ taunts in her public school classes. “I had panic attacks and came to school crying,” said Josie. All that changed last fall when she enrolled as […]
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By Dave Borowski
In 2009, the Knights of Columbus began a new program – Coats for Kids – to provide new winter coats to deserving children. It’s a cooperative effort between local councils and the Knights of Columbus Supreme Council. Councils raise the money and decide how many children they can provide coats to, then order the coats […]
Local
By Katie Scott
Saving baked goods from the landfill, Bread for Our Brothers diverts items to the local needy.
