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By Dave Borowski
Every four years, Arlington Cursillo selects a man or woman to lead the group in their mission of bringing people to Christ. In December, the Arlington Cursillo Secretariat chose Mike McBrady as its new lay director. McBrady, a parishioner of St. John Neumann Church in Reston, who succeeds Phil Kiko, was installed at a Jan. […]
National
By Jennifer Brinker and Dave Luecking
PERRYVILLE, Mo. – Perhaps it was merely coincidence. Or perhaps not. “I’d call it Providence,” said Vincentian Father Robert Brockland, who along with Amy Naeger, her brother Neal Gremaud, St. Louisan Bob Klump and Vincentian Father Walter Reisinger were at the center of this story in the last week of December and the first weekend […]
Local
By Katie Scott
When it comes to gun violence, Virginia “is a bellwether state; it is a microcosm of the United States,” said gun control activist Andrew Patrick during his Jan. 13 presentation, “Stopping Gun Violence in America: It’s Up to Us,” at St. Mark Church in Vienna. Given the contentious question-and-answer session following the event, the audience […]
National
By Nichole Golden
MARIETTA, Ga. – Before the afternoon rush at Chattooga Gymnastics and Dance school in Marietta, rhythmic gymnast Lani DeMello recently took advantage of a lull to work on perfecting a new rope routine. With years of ballet training, DeMello’s footwork is flawless and graceful. She is focused on mastering the required elements of the routine, […]
Local
By Zoey Dimauro
The year was 1976, and Lucille Maloney was in the hospital, suffering heavy blood loss after a miscarriage. Feeling woozy, she was placed in a recovery room with some 30 other women. Though in a daze, it didn’t take her long to realize that these women were recovering not from miscarriages but abortions. “There I […]
Movies
A wisecracking polar bear (voice of Rob Schneider) ventures south to New York City to save his home environment from destruction in this silly but harmless animated comedy directed by Trevor Wall. As he goes up against a maniacal developer (voiced by Ken Jeong) who’s out to build luxury housing on the Arctic ice shelf, […]
Local
By Catholic Herald Staff Report
The boys from Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax and the girls from Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria placed first in last weekend’s Northern Virginia Catholic High School Invitational Swim and Dive Meet. The annual event was held at the Freedom Aquatic Center in Manassas. Ireton junior Anna Shumate set a meet record […]
National
By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON – God may have needed just six days to make all of creation, but for the new video series “Creation,” well, it took a bit longer. Salt and Light Media started working on the project in 2010, according to Deacon Pedro Guevara-Mann, the producer and host of “Creation,” a six-part series. “We shot the […]
National
By Jessica Trygstad
ST. PAUL, Minn. – As a mother of six, Leah Jacobson is watching other parents try to raise children in a society that no longer supports sisterhood among mothers. And that’s a shame, said the founder and president of The Guiding Star Project, a Duluth-based organization seeking to combine under one roof a variety of […]
Global
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Welcoming thousands of migrants and refugees to the Vatican for their own Year of Mercy celebration, Pope Francis urged them to resist everything that would rob them of hope and joy. “Each of you is the bearer of a history, culture and precious values and, unfortunately, also often of experiences of […]
