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By Jessica Marsala
Sts. Denis, Dunstan and Joan of Arc walk into a corn maze. If you thought that this was going to be the beginning of a joke, you’d be wrong. Twenty-six teens, many of them dressed as a saint or saint-to-be, gathered at the Cows-N-Corn dairy farm in Midland Oct. 30 for the third Saint Maze […]
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Bishop Michael J. Bransfield of Wheeling-Charleston, W.Va. blessed the new Catholic Distance University headquarters Oct. 27. CDU moved its administrative offices in September from Hamilton, Va., to Charles Town, W. Va., to make it easier for students to transfer credits and receive degree recognition under a regional accreditation agency. Find out more Go to cdu.edu […]
Schools
By The Literary Arts Club
Going door to door with the typical refrain, “trick or treat” is a Halloween have-to for American youths. However, students in chorus and band from Seton School in Manassas found recently that if one brings the cookies, a band instrument and an able singing voice, he might find something more rewarding in the end than […]
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By Ashleigh Buyers
The sound of clarinets and flutes, violins and violas could be heard from the Bishop O’Connell High School auditorium in Arlington Oct. 31, as more than 80 students prepared for the first Diocesan Honors Music Festival. While there are a number of honors festivals in the area, this festival was the first of its kind […]
Columnists
By Elizabeth Foss
I live my life in narrative. I love stories; they were the stuff and substance of my childhood, the things that framed my paradigm and gave shape to my dreams. Inside my head, there’s always a story going. Often the stories beg to be tapped out onto the pages of my blog or this column […]
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By Ashleigh Buyers
The halls of Angelus Academy in Springfield were filled with saints of all sizes Oct. 30 for the school’s annual All Saints Day celebration. It is the one day a year students trade in their uniforms for habits, robes, armor and angel wings to become a living communion of saints. The day began similar to […]
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By Soren Johnson
One spring day in 1976, Henrietta Van Der Molen woke in her suburb of Chicago to find herself a widow. Her husband of nearly 40 years was dead of a heart attack at the age of 59. What Henrietta did next merits study in our “Age of the Selfie,” our culture of the “Big Me.” […]
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Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington received a contribution of $20,000 from Porto Charities Oct. 27 to support its new program of expanded services for students with intellectual disabilities. “We are extremely grateful for the support of Porto Charities,” said Head of School Joseph Vorbach. “This grant helps us build a strong instructional and programmatic […]
National
By Beth Griffin
HUNTINGTON, N.Y. – As Jesus called His disciples in many ways, vocation directors and seminary faculty must walk with candidates and students to understand and meet their individual needs as they discern their call to priesthood, according to the bishop of Orlando, Fla. Diocesan policies and seminary practices should accommodate varying expressions of prayer and […]
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The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washiongton needs volunteers to serve Christmas dinner to those who are alone or in need Christmas Day from 12:15 to 2:30 p.m. Volunteers will serve meals in the basilica’s dining room and help deliver meals directly to homes in Washington and in Montgomery and […]
