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By Dave Borowski
In 1927, automobiles were expensive – and rare. For Catholics in the 24th and South Ives Streets area of Arlington at the time, the nearest place to worship was St. Rita Church in Alexandria. While just several miles, the lack of cars and adequate public transportation presented logistical problems for families, especially those with young […]
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By Peter Finney Jr.
NEW ORLEANS – For the past 60 years, teachers and administrators at St. Augustine High School in New Orleans have wielded an 18-inch-long wooden paddle – euphemistically called “the board of education” – to administer corporal punishment to students for tardiness, sloppy uniform dress or other minor rules infractions. When Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond and […]
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By Marylynn G. Hewitt
DETROIT – That empty stomach rumble, a reminder of fasting during Lent, is beneficial spiritually and physically. It also is a way to draw attention to the work of the Church and to help charitable organizations. Catholics are required to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, which means eating only one full meal during […]
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By Patricia Zapor
WASHINGTON – The revised New American Bible that will be released on Ash Wednesday, March 9, may seem most notably different to casual readers for its efforts at providing context and clarity in how the passages fit together, according to the coordinator of its publication. “It will be like going from regular TV to high-definition,” […]
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By Mary Beth Bonacci
Have you ever wondered about the “Wrath of God”? Seriously, doesn’t it get a little confusing sometimes? God is supposed to be the ultimate incarnation (literally) of love. We grew up making rainbows and collages about how “God is love.” His love for each of us is supposed to be tender, eternal and all-encompassing, right? […]
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By Christie L. Chicoine
DARBY, Pa. – Cardinal John P. Foley, 75, a former editor of The Catholic Standard & Times in Philadelphia and former director of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications at the Vatican, is retiring and resigning from his post as grand master of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem in Rome. In September […]
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By Katie Bahr
Feed the hungry. Instruct the uninformed. Visit the sick. Pray for the living and the dead. At Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Winchester, these and all the spiritual and corporal works of mercy are a permanent part of the church atmosphere. They are inscribed on the stained glass windows. More than that, though, the […]
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By David Dicerto
NEW YORK – Those familiar with the ancient Greek myth of Daedalus and Icarus know that flying too close to the sun can be perilous. The story serves as a useful, cautionary allegory for our media-saturated age, in which young stars, elevated on wings of fame and fortune, often crash and burn, scorched by the […]
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By Thomas Craughwell
In the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary, “Health of the sick” is one of the many titles under which we invoke Our Lady. In 1992, inspired by this title, Pope John Paul II established the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes as the World Day of the Sick. The story of the apparition of […]
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By Gretchen R. Crowe
“An authentic Catholic culture.” It sounds pretty straightforward, but that’s what Father Robert J. DeMartino, pastor of St. William of York Parish in Stafford, is trying to create within his parish community. “Everything about St. William of York from the moment you get on the property should help us all move toward that final end […]
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