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By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
Q: We are the parents of a 51-year-old daughter who has been profoundly handicapped since birth. We are life-long, baptized Catholics, as are our daughter and her brothers. We are currently making end-of-life plans (buying cemetery plots, etc.) and are wondering what funeral arrangements we should make for our daughter. She has not received any […]
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By Mike Flach
The Arlington Diocese is turning over the administration of two parishes to religious order priests, according to a June 8 announcement by Bishop Paul S. Loverde. The Missionhurst Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary will assume responsibility of St. Ann Church in Arlington, while the Disciples of the Hearts of Jesus and Mary (DCJM) […]
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By Katie Bahr
After years of faith formation, vocational discernment and studies in seminaries across the world, seven men took the final step on their vocational journey June 8, as they were ordained to the priesthood by Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington. Newly ordained Fathers Nicholas R. Barnes, Brendan […]
Movies
When two middle-aged watch salesmen (Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson) suddenly find themselves unemployed – and with nothing to show for their years of enthusiastic peddling – they apply to the internship program at corporate giant Google, a domain dominated by tech-savvy college-age kids. Director Shawn Levy, working from a script co-written by Vaughn, strains […]
Arts
When her best friend and roommate (Mickey Sumner) decides to move out, the eponymous heroine (Greta Gerwig) – a feckless 27-year-old New Yorker – is cast adrift, suddenly homeless with no real job and few prospects. Not that this especially bothers her, as she flits from party to party – and from drama to drama […]
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By Catholic Herald Staff Report
A peaceful thought that never left After four years of study in Rome, Deacon Nicholas Barnes is eager to serve a local parish. By KATIE BAHR Catholic Herald Staff Writer A call to the priesthood can be a frightening thought. For Deacon Nicholas Barnes, who will be ordained to the priesthood June 8 at the […]
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By Dave Borowski
Deacon Jason Burchell’s grandfather served in World War II and would tell him stories of piloting a B-24 Liberator over Italy. It was heady stuff that stayed with him all the way through seminary. “I looked up to him,” he said. “I wanted to fly.” Things didn’t work out entirely as planned. On June 8, […]
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By Dave Borowski
After Deacon Thomas M. Cavanaugh graduated from Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington in 1999, he didn’t immediately go off to college like most of his contemporaries – he went to Europe. He was born in 1981 and raised in a Catholic family by parents Mike and Susan. The family attended St. Agnes Church in […]
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By Dave Borowski
On June 8, the eve of his 32nd birthday, Deacon Michael Isenberg will be ordained a priest at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington. He said it’s the culmination of a lifelong search for happiness. Deacon Isenberg was born in Buffalo, N.Y., to parents Joan and Bob. The family moved to Herndon when […]
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By Katie Bahr
A call to the priesthood can be a frightening thought. For Deacon Nicholas Barnes, who will be ordained to the priesthood June 8 at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington, it was quite the opposite. “(Becoming a priest) was a very peaceful thought that just came to me and never really left,” Barnes […]
