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By Catholic News Service
EASTON, Mass. – Presentation of the “positio,” or official position paper, on the life and holiness of Father Patrick Peyton to a Vatican congregation is the latest step in the sainthood cause of the Holy Cross priest. A May 18 statement issued by Holy Cross Family Ministries in Easton said the document was four years […]
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By Catholic News Service
ASSISI, Italy – Delegates to the general chapter of the Franciscans elected U.S. Franciscan Father Michael Perry to a six-year term as head of the order after he had served in the role for two years. Father Perry, 60, was elected in 2013 to complete the six-year term of Spanish-born Franciscan Father Jose Rodriguez Carballo, […]
Schools
By For The Catholic Herald
What happens when your triplets graduate from three different colleges, in three different states, over the course of one weekend? John Marbach and Sherry Pressler from Belle Mead, N.J., know the answer: planes, trains and automobiles. “Four nights out, three different hotels, train tickets, car travel and airplane travel, wow,” said Pressler. Her triplets – […]
Local
By Christine Stoddard
Margaret M. Peiffer is the author of Henrietta and Henry, a self-published children’s book awarded the Trafford Gold Seal and positively reviewed by the U.S. Review of Books. But Peiffer doesn’t spend her days hobnobbing with literati. She spends her days serving Queen of Apostles School in Alexandria – and has for the past 18 […]
Schools
By For The Catholic Herald
Abigail Mix asked the question in Chinese at a Beijing restaurant. The Paul VI Catholic High School sophomore and Chinese language student was given the glass of water she asked for and then said in English, “It worked.” Mix was part of a group of six students, two chaperones and Chinese language teacher Liangyan Wang […]
Schools
By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Nine graduating seniors from four Arlington diocesan high schools will attend military academies this fall. Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington has four students who will attend the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.: Julia Bailey, Michael Galvan, Michael Hurley and Colin Snyder. Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Dumfries will send […]
Schools
By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Theresa M. Neubig, a senior at Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax, has been awarded a $2,500 National Merit scholarship. Neubig is one of 2,500 Merit Scholar designees chosen from a pool of more than 15,000 finalists in the 2015 National Merit Scholarship Program. This year’s competition began in October 2013 when more than […]
Schools
By Ashleigh Buyers
Like many high school seniors in 2012 Sophia Guerrero had college applications on the brain. The application process was made more challenging after transferring from Florida to Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Dumfries her senior year. There were definitely more questions than answers on this journey to strike out on her […]
Schools
When: Tuesday, June 2 at 11 a.m. Where: Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, 400 Michigan Ave., N.E., Washington Baccalaureate Mass: June 1 at St. Bernadette Church, 7600 Old Keene Mill Road, Springfield, at 7 p.m. Total graduates: 194 Graduates include: Fred Andrew Adams III, Jay Michael Aliaga, Ronie Rafael Castillo Altejar, […]
