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60 years Msgr. John T. Cilinski, in residence at St. Agnes Parish in Arlington, was born June 6, 1924, in Alexandria, the son of Peter and Amelia Cilinski. He attended St. Mary Elementary School in Alexandria and graduated from St. Mary’s Academy in 1941. He attended St. Mary’s College and Seminary in Baltimore, and was […]
Pope Francis
By John Thavis
VATICAN CITY — If aliens exist, they may be a different life form that does not need Christ's redemption, the Vatican's chief astronomer said.
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By For The Catholic Herald
Marymount University in Arlington has received a record $3 million gift toward the construction of its planned 26th Street project from Preston C. Caruthers, a prominent Northern Virginia businessman and community leader. Caruthers is chairman of Carfam II Associates, L.P., a real estate development firm headquartered in Arlington. He is also a longtime supporter of […]
Local
By Dave Borowski
Parishioners of St. Thomas à Becket Church in Reston know that it’s precisely 5,925 miles from their church to the holy city of Jerusalem, and they are using this fact to perform a unique Lenten devotion. “Walk to Jerusalem” is a program that helps parish members grow healthy, both spiritually and physically. The program was […]
Local
By Angela E. Pometto
Every Sunday evening at St. Mary of Sorrows Church in Fairfax you can find Mary Lenaburg in the kitchen making dinner for the parish youth ministry program. Instead of feeding the hungry teens pizza every week, Mary cooks healthy, delicious meals. But she’s not alone. Her daughter, Courtney, comes every week to help her mom […]
Local
By Herald Staff Report (from The Issue Of 6/14/07)
Following is a list of the 10 new pastors announced June 9 by Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde. Father Alexander R. Drummond, newly appointed pastor of St. Catherine of Siena Parish in Great Falls, was born Oct. 20, 1957, in Chamblay, France, the son of Charles and Christa Drummond. He attended T.C. Williams High School […]
Local
By Gretchen R. Crowe
Dressed in white and positioned between his mother and father, Tony Killian began Saturday’s diaconate ordination Mass at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington as a member of one family and ended it as a member of another. Standing in the front row, hands pressed together in a perfect steeple, Killian was surrounded […]
National
By Herald Staff Report (from The Issue Of 3/29/07)
MIDDLEBURG – The life of Emma Leigh DiVito, 17, a senior at Notre Dame Academy, was celebrated last week after she died in a car crash on March 16, said John Borley, headmaster of the private co-ed school in Middleburg. A school Mass was offered the following Wednesday and school was closed on Thursday for […]
Local
By Gretchen R. Crowe Herald Staff Writer (from The Issue Of 3/15/07)
ARLINGTON – Tucked into a corner of the St. Agnes parish center, just adjacent to the Arlington church, Jesus sits waiting, 24/7. Described by adorer and St. Agnes parishioner Jim Capretta as “an unknown gem,” the perpetual adoration chapel at St. Agnes is one of only four locations in the Arlington Diocese where the faithful […]
Columns
By Gretchen R. Crowe Herald Staff Writer (from The Issue Of 2/22/07)
For years, knitting was something grandmothers did while sitting in rockers drinking cups of tea and recollecting stories from days long gone by. In the mid-part of this decade, however, knitting suddenly became “the” thing to do, with commuters pulling out yarn and needles on the Metro and co-workers proudly comparing rows of self-crafted monotone […]
