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By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Updated 11 a.m. ET, 1/17/2014 Rose McDermott, president of the St. Charles PTO, said that parents met with Father Grinnell Jan. 16 to talk about the possibility of keeping the school open and were told that the decision would not be reversed. Father Grinnell will hold a meeting with parents Jan. 23 to answer questions […]
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By Dave Borowski
St. Veronica Church in Chantilly was filled Jan. 5 with people eager to hear international author and lecturer Father Jacques Philippe speak on achieving and maintaining inner peace. Father Philippe was born in 1947 in Lorraine, France. In 1976, after years of teaching and research, he entered the Community of the Beatitudes and traveled around […]
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By Katie Bahr
The Arlington Diocese announced Dec. 19 its decision to pursue a possible relocation for Paul VI Catholic High School, which currently is located in Fairfax City. The diocese is determining the feasibility of a new facility at South Riding in eastern Loudoun County, but it first must assess the logistical, legal and financial challenges of […]
Columns
By Fr. William Saunders
Q: At work, I was having a debate about whether Christ was really born on Dec. 25. One fellow worker – a professed atheist – said that this was a made-up date and that the church used the dates of pagan Roman holidays for Christmas. Can you help me out? (Lansdowne) A: How wonderful it […]
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By For The Catholic Herald
In the fall of 2009, Dolores Wisecarver, director of A Woman’s Choice crisis pregnancy center in Falls Church, published a request for assistance in buying 75 cribs in the Holy Spirit Church bulletin. Holy Spirit Council 11922 of the Knights of Columbus wanted to help, so Knight Denny d’Alelio, council chancellor, went to Wisecarver to […]
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By Mike Flach
“After 48 years as a priest, I have never been more convinced that each of us needs and desires a relationship with Jesus Christ in His Church,” Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde writes in his pastoral letter on the new evangelization. “My foremost prayer is for the dawning of a New Evangelization here in the […]
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By Katie Bahr
Maybe they had a bad experience with a priest. Maybe they were upset about a church teaching. Maybe they lost their faith or never had it. No matter the reasons, the sad truth is that Catholics leave the church every day. According to a recent study from the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, […]
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By Katie Collins
Members of the Young Adults group at St. Veronica Church in Chantilly love to pray and they love to chat. And they really like to eat. “Where two or more gather at St. Veronica – there is food,” said Michael Filamor, co-leader of St. Veronica Young Adults. It’s not so much about the food itself, […]
Movies
Raucous sequel, blending comedy and drama, in which a group of college friends reunite for a Christmas house party, only to find old problems and rivalries bubbling back up to the surface. One conflict divides a football star (Morris Chestnut) from his erstwhile closest pal (Taye Diggs) based on the latter’s long-ago premarital dalliance with […]
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By Katie Bahr
What are the challenges facing Catholic higher education today? Where is there room to grow and what threats should administrators watch for in years to come? John Garvey, president of Catholic University in Washington, shared his thoughts on these issues Nov. 7 during the Catholic Press Association Southern/Eastern Regional Conference in Alexandria. Before a room […]
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