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Ken Beatrice, a fixture in Washington sports talk radio for decades, died Dec. 6 at a hospice center in Aldie at the age of 72. A funeral Mass will be offered Saturday, Dec. 12, at noon at St. John the Evangelist Church in Warrenton with a reception to follow at 1 p.m. Beatrice was the […]
Advent is a busy time of year for Alison Wertzler, a parishioner of St. Agnes Church in Arlington. Besides all the errands, holiday shopping and do-it-yourself projects that need to get done, Wertzler also serves as a religious education teacher. On Sunday mornings, the hustle and bustle of the week comes to a halt as […]
St. John the Evangelist Church in Warrenton will feature a breakfast with Santa Dec. 19, 8 to 11 a.m. Santa will arrive by helicopter at 8:30 a.m., weather-permitting. Tickets include breakfast, crafts, gifts and a digital photo with Santa.
Christian leaders from across Virginia gathered in Sterling last weekend for the 2015 LARCUM Conference. “The Church Always Reforming” was this years theme. The annual event is a statewide gathering of both clergy and laity from the Lutheran, Anglican, Roman Catholic and United Methodist faith traditions. Father Donald J. Rooney, chairman of the diocesan Ecumenical […]
Holy Trinity Church in Gainesville will present “Bethlehem Walk,” an interactive open house Dec. 18, 5 to 9 p.m., at 8213 Linton Hall Rd., Gainesville. The event will allow visitors to experience the city of Bethlehem at the time of Christ’s birth. Most of the walk is indoors, but the stable featuring the Holy Family […]
Many elements of the two small rooms are the same. The freshly cut flowers, lit candles, religious artwork and the sound of silence. The altars, one of dark wood, the other a bright white and gold, each hold a monstrance with the Blessed Sacrament exposed. Both have statues of angels on either side of the […]
During this time of the year, many of us find ourselves welcoming family and friends into our homes, and thus are familiar with the practice of “tidying up.” This includes tasks like putting the toys and books that may be lying around back in their place, running the vacuum over the carpet one more time […]
The Christians of first-century Corinth must have been a rowdy lot. St. Paul, writing to these converts, chided them for their less-than-edifying manner of celebrating the Eucharist and added a stern warning: “Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaning the body […]
The football program at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington will withdraw from the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference and play an independent schedule beginning in the fall of 2016, according to Head of School Joseph Vorbach. A WCAC member since 1993, O’Connell is the third and final diocesan high school football program to depart the […]
VATICAN CITY – On a cloudy, damp morning, Pope Francis’ voice echoed in the atrium of St. Peter’s Basilica: “Open the gates of justice.” With five strong thrusts, the pope pushed open the Holy Door, a symbol of God’s justice, which he said will always be exercised “in the light of his mercy.” The rite […]