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Parishioners of St. Patrick Church in Fredericksburg enjoyed a Labor Day Bluegrass Festival Sept. 7.
Pope Francis
By Chaz Muth
WASHINGTON – When Pope Francis approaches the Catholic Charities building in downtown Washington during his U.S. visit in September, he will encounter a “homeless person” covered in a blanket laying on a park bench. The scene actually is a sculpture. And it’s not a work of art depicting any homeless person; it’s the bronze image […]
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By George Weigel
Seventy-five years ago, on Sept. 15, 1940, Winston Churchill and his wife Clementine were driven from the prime minister’s country house, Chequers, to the nearby village of Uxbridge, a Royal Air Force station and the headquarters from which Air Vice-Marshal Keith Park was directing the RAF’s No. 11 Group against the onslaught of the German […]
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Catholic Herald staff writer Katie Scott appeared on the EWTN radio show “Morning Glory” Sept. 9 to discuss Pope Francis’ recent decisions to ease the rules surrounding annulments and granting priests worldwide the authority to forgive abortion in Confession. Miss it? You can still listen in online. The discussion begins at the 33:54 mark.
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By Elizabeth Foss
There is the faintest hint of crispness in the dawn these days, just a little teaser that alludes to autumn’s approach. The seasons are shifting. A previously quick early-morning grocery run took 45 minutes transit time one way yesterday. Back-to-school traffic is a real thing, friends. September is a season of gathering. Everywhere we go, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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A tale of two crosses