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By Christine Stoddard
“Like a mosaic made of tiles in beautiful colors…” is the Spanish-language pamphlet tagline that introduces readers to ¡Venga!, the Arlington Diocese’s new initiative to increase Hispanic student enrollment in diocesan schools from McLean to Winchester. Of the 17,234 students enrolled in diocesan schools, about 10 percent identify themselves as Hispanic. That percentage does not […]
Local
By Christopher Gunty
As Baltimore City cleaned up after a night of riots, looting and fires following the funeral of Freddie Gray Jr., Archbishop William E. Lori said the church’s place is to pray, be a voice for peace, and participate in a wider community dialogue to solve the systemic issues that led to the unrest. Gray, 25, […]
National
By Michelle Martin and Joyce Duriga
CHICAGO – Cardinal Francis E. George was fond of reminding people that their relationships with God and with each other are what endures and everything else “goes to the grave,” Seattle Archbishop J. Peter Sartain told worshippers at Holy Name Cathedral during the cardinal’s funeral Mass. “The only thing we take with us when we […]
National
By Patricia Zapor
WASHINGTON – The questions raised by Supreme Court justices as they considered April 28 whether they should rule that same-sex marriage should be made legal nationwide covered a gamut of rights concerns – religious, equal protection, state’s ability to enact their own laws. In two and a half hours of oral arguments, the line of […]
Local
By Katie Scott
A suicide reverberates with an added layer of loss and heartbreak when the life ended was a young one. And there have been many such deaths in the news recently. On April 13, a College of William and Mary student killed himself, the fourth to do so this year at the Williamsburg university. Last year, […]
National
By Nate Madden
WASHINGTON – The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops called same-sex marriage “the greatest social experiment of our time” and said that “children do not need experiments,” but rather the love of a mother and father at the third annual March for Marriage rally supporting traditional marriage on Capitol Hill. Addressing a crowd […]
Local
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – Ordaining 19 men to the priesthood, Pope Francis not only told them to make sure their homilies were not boring, but he offered them advice on how to ensure their preaching would touch people: speak from your heart. Priests are called to nourish the faithful, he said, so they must ensure “that […]
Local
By Mike Flach
Holy Martyrs of Vietnam Church in Arlington has 11 different choirs that enhance the numerous weekend liturgies at the busy parish. Music Director Han Pham had the difficult task of blending all of those voices into one combined choir for the Multicultural Choral Concert held April 25 at Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria. The […]
Arts
By Fr. Larry Rice
As the weather turns warm with the coming of spring, many people are beginning to make plans for the coming gardening season. Most avid gardeners will tell you that they feel closer to God while working in their gardens than they do anywhere else. Planting, weeding, pruning, weeding, mulching, weeding, harvesting, and weeding are all […]
Movies
By John Mulderig
NEW YORK – Religious values and a gentle sensibility pervade the family-friendly drama “Little Boy” (Open Road). Yet, while suitable for a wide audience, director Alejandro Monteverde’s good-hearted, nostalgic parable, set in 1940s coastal California, is not without its occasional aesthetic lapses. At its best, this tale of an undersized, bullied lad named Pepper (Jakob […]
