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By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON – You’re forgiven if you think you’ve seen Catholic actor Christopher McDonald in a court of law before. A dozen years ago, he played smarmy lawyer Rex Weller on the CBS legal drama “Family Law.” This year, McDonald has bellied up to the bar – the barrister’s bar – to play I-can’t-get-no-respect lawyer Tommy […]
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By Dave Borowski
“I love it here,” said Father Peter Nassetta, chaplain and director of George Mason University Catholic Campus Ministry. Since 2000, the 52-year-old Youth Apostle priest has been attending to the spiritual needs of students at the Fairfax university. The St. Robert Bellarmine Chapel and the Catholic Campus Ministry offices are located on Roberts Road. You […]
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By Katie Bahr
Established in 1965 by Richmond Bishop John Russell, St. Mark Parish in Vienna started out with Father Robert J. Walsh as pastor and 400 families. In its earliest days, parishioners celebrated Mass at James Madison High School in Vienna for three years before the original church was built in 1968. As the years went by, […]
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By Fr. Peter J. Daly
The world needs more brothers. The Church needs more brothers. Not the “blood brother” kind, but the kind of brothers found in religious orders. Most people today don’t have any contact with religious brothers. In the United States in the late 1960s, there were more than 5,000 brothers, mostly in teaching orders. But today, there […]
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By Gretchen R. Crowe
Asked to give one-word descriptors of St. Michael Parish in Annandale, a roomful of parishioners, fresh out of a parish town hall meeting, answered efficiently: welcoming, traditional, caring, ready to serve. Most of all, they agreed, the parish is devout, with priests always available for confession and guidance, a 30-year-old perpetual adoration chapel and strong […]
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By Gretchen R. Crowe
Let me start by saying this: Everyone should spend a day tagging along after a priest. It’s a great opportunity to witness pastoral service that is not often seen and was, in my case, just plain fun. Let me also say this: Because of time constraints, my “day” consisted of four hours with Father Ed […]
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By Thomas Craughwell
There are two reasons why St. René Goupil is the patron of anesthesiologists: first, because he had been a student of medicine in France, and second, in tribute to the terrible sufferings he endured at the hands of the Mohawk Indians.
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By Dave Borowski
For a town of only 4,800 people, Luray has a lot of churches. They’re all Protestant denominations, from Baptist to Episcopalian, except one Catholic church – Our Lady of the Valley. It serves a congregation of just over 200 people and draws parishioners from all over the Page County area. The population of Luray grows […]
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By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
Q: I am wondering why I was almost unable to read a eulogy at my mother’s funeral. The pastor of the church said that they were eliminating family eulogies because of occasional improprieties in such talks and the extended length of the service. Due to the undertaker’s pleas on my behalf, I was finally allowed […]
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By Catholic Herald Staff Report
After years of ministerial work as founding pastor of Holy Trinity Parish in Gainesville, Father Francis Peffley has reached the decision that it is beneficial to step down from his current responsibilities and obligations. Accordingly, Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde has accepted Father Peffley’s resignation as pastor and has given him an assignment as parochial […]
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Pope Leo XIV
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