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Jean Vanier, founder of L’Arche, wins Templeton Prize

By Katie Scott
“Before being Christians or Jews or Muslims, before being Americans or Russians or Africans, before being generals or priests, rabbis or imams, before having visible or invisible disabilities, we are all human beings with hearts capable of loving,” said Catholic theologian and author Jean Vanier, founder of L’Arche, after being named the 2015 recipient of […]
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Salesians find God in the turmoil

By Mike Flach
Find God in the turmoil and tragedy of everyday life and act gently. That was the message delivered to more than 1,000 people by Oblate Father Barry Strong March 21 at the 12th annual Live Jesus! Lenten Retreat, held at St. John Neumann Church in Reston. Paraphrasing Pope Francis, Father Strong told the crowd to […]
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Ashby leads Panthers over Knights

By Mike Flach
Senior Hanna Ashby was a force in goal March 19 as she led the Paul VI Panthers over the Bishop O’Connell Knights 12-5 in girls’ varsity lacrosse. The game was played in Fairfax. Ashby’s athleticism and aggressiveness around the goal prevented the Knights from mounting any serious offensive threat. Offensively, the Panthers relied upon juniors […]
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Feast of St. Joseph celebrated with tasty tradition

By Katie Scott
A statue of St. Joseph and the Christ Child stands at the center of a St. Joseph Table at St. Andrew the Apostle School in Clifton March 19. Each year the school honors the solemnity of St. Joseph with the table, also called an altar – a tradition brought to the United States from Italy. […]
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A panther looks back

By Briana Florez
The Lady Panthers of Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax won their second consecutive WCAC championship and their ninth straight VISAA championship in late February. Senior forward Kendall Hunter was named to the VISAA Division I First Team All State and also was honored as Player of the Year. As she prepares to graduate […]
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Cameroonian Catholics find home in Arlington

By Christine Stoddard
Often there’s an assumption that all or most Catholic immigrants in the United States hail from Latin America and speak Spanish. But that does a disservice to other immigrant groups whose struggle to assimilate and observe their faith in a new land may be misunderstood or even go unnoticed, explained William Dinges, a professor of […]
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Conversion through giving and sharing

There was a time in medieval history and in some places even later when believers would use extreme methods of self-discipline or self-punishment during Lent as a penance for sin. We’re most familiar with these practices from movies we’ve seen or, in my case, the historical novels I enjoy reading. Hair shirts that bit at […]
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Drawn to Christ on the cross

Little Lucette was inexplicably drawn to the man on the cross. Inexplicably, because she had no idea who He was or why He was crucified. Her parents had banished from her life any knowledge of or reference to God. But a gift catalog had slipped through their defenses, and Lucette found in those pages a […]
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Gabriel Project seeks bilingual volunteers

By Christine Stoddard
María Luisa Aliaga’s office is stocked with diapers and other hallmarks of early motherhood, even mini snow boots trimmed with ribbon and fleece. But she is not a new mother. She is the diocesan coordinator for Gabriel Project, a nationwide ministry for expectant mothers in need of friendship, prenatal care and other support. Every day, […]
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Marymount students unearth the past

Patrick Mullins had been teaching history at Marymount University in Arlington for three years when he heard there was an abandoned cemetery on the northeastern edge of the campus. “Turns out it’s always been something of a campus enigma,” Mullins said. “No one was really sure who was there, why it was there or who […]

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