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By Ashleigh Buyers
In Ryan and Mary-Rose Verret’s new book, Witness to Love: How to Help the Next Generation Build Marriages that Survive and Thrive (St. Benedict Press, 2015), they challenge the reader to be part of the solution to the divorce culture that exists today. The husband and wife team draws upon their involvement in marriage preparation […]
Local
By Karen Mahoney
MILWAUKEE – Deacon Dale Paczkowski proudly walked his daughter Lisa down the aisle for her wedding. Dressed in a tuxedo, he was on one side of Lisa while his wife, Lucy, was on the other. After presenting Lisa to Patrick Defors, her husband-to-be, he walked into the sanctuary and into the sacristy where he performed […]
Global
By Catholic News Service
ROME – Inaugurating the new chancery of the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See less than two weeks before Pope Francis was scheduled to make his first-ever visit to the United States, officials from both sides highlighted their commitment to working together for the common good. The meticulously renovated building is located on the same […]
Local
Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde will celebrate four special Masses in October, beginning with the Blue Mass Oct. 3 at St. Agnes Church, 2002 N. Randolph St., Arlington, at 5 p.m. The Blue Mass is celebrated to honor and pray for the safety of men and women who work in police, fire and rescue departments. […]
Local
By Katie Scott
Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde welcomed seven women religious to the Arlington Diocese Sept. 8. After posing for a photo in his private chapel, the women joined their fellow sisters for evening vespers in Burke Hall and dinner in the bishop’s residence.
Local
Catholics for Housing recently received the award of excellence for its administration of the Neighborhood Stabilization Program, a federal homeownership initiative. A nonprofit that has provided affordable housing opportunities in Northern Virginia for more than 36 years, Catholics for Housing received a $1.9 million grant in 2009 to buy and rehabilitate homes in Prince William […]
Local
By Fr. Donald J. Rooney
Religious leaders and members of local faith communities filled the sanctuary of Shiloh Old Site Baptist Church in Fredericksburg Sept. 1, the day that Pope Francis declared World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. The first day of the Orthodox Church’s new year has been a day of prayer for creation since Patriarch […]
Local
1. Contact your parish at least six months (a diocesan requirement) prior to your proposed date of marriage and set up an initial meeting with a priest or deacon. This is necessary even if you plan to wed outside of the diocese. This meeting should take place before any social arrangements for the wedding are […]
Columns
By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
Q. It has been 30 years since I last saw this happen, but at Sunday Mass yesterday a couple and their two children got up from a pew in front of me just as Communion was about to be distributed and walked around our section of pews in order to get in line to receive […]
A tale of two crosses