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By Ashleigh Buyers
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 […]
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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.
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By Mike Flach
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 […]
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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 […]
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By Zoey Dimauro
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 […]
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By Russell Shaw
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 […]
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By Katie Scott
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 […]
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By Junno Arocho Esteves
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 […]
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By Matt Brown and Maggine Cornejo
To help serve the thousands of families who go hungry every year in Fairfax County, students at Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax recently hosted the annual canned food drive in support of Food for Others, an organization dedicated to forwarding free food donations to local families in need. “I love being a part […]
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