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By Katie Scott
“This place is about people constantly moving forward as their hands pull others along – and then those people in turn are reaching out and lifting others up,” said Kenisha Salvary, a single mother who was homeless for 10 years. “It’s a ripple effect of hope.” Salvary, 25, was describing what was for 30 years […]
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By Katie Scott
A little after 8:30 a.m. May 21, 2005, the first patient stepped through the doors of the Guadalupe Free Clinic in Colonial Beach. She didn’t know it at the time, but late-stage cancer filled her body. “We knew something was wrong, but didn’t know what,” said her husband, Frank Anderson (his name has been changed […]
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By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Alward V. Burch dedicated his life to Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington, first as a teacher and record-breaking baseball coach, then as its longtime principal. The school returned the favor April 30 when it dedicated its new baseball stadium in his honor. Donna Burch, Al Burch’s widow, cut the ribbon on the field, and […]
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By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Father Robert A. Lange, who retired from active service in the Arlington Diocese in 2012, died May 4 at St. Joseph’s Home for the Elderly in Richmond after a long illness. He was 70. “Father Lange’s love for the Lord was so evident and visible, coupled with the desire to lead people to Jesus Christ […]
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The Office of Youth Ministry hosted BASH 2015 April 25 at Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax. More than 500 students attended the daylong festivities that included Mass celebrated by Father Thomas Cavanaugh, parochial vicar of St. Theresa Church in Ashburn. After listening to inspirational stories from speakers Bob Rice and Katie Prejean, students […]
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St. Rita School in Alexandria hosted 53 students at the Catholic schools chess tournament April 26. Competing in three age groups, the students represented 13 diocesan elementary schools. Photos by Gerald Martineau for the Catholic Herald.
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By Dave Borowski
It’s almost time for high school seniors to graduate and begin the next phase of their lives – college. It’s a big transition away from the watchful eyes of parents, and often faith can get lost in the move. Recognizing the impact college life can have on the faith of young people, Father Christopher Vaccaro, […]
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By Dave Borowski
In its 2000 statement on immigration, “Welcoming the Stranger Among Us: Unity in Diversity,” the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops wrote, “The church of the 21st century will be, as it has always been, a church of many cultures, languages and traditions, yet simultaneously one, as God is one – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit […]
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Mary Higgins Clark, author of 42 books, many of which have become bestsellers, will deliver the commencement address at Catholic University in Washington May 16. A devout Catholic, Clark is a Dame of the Order of St. Gregory the Great, the highest honor the pope can offer a layperson. “Her personal story of faith, perseverance […]
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