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By Jim Hale
Devoted baseball fans regard Vin Scully among the greatest, if not the greatest baseball broadcaster of all time. He was the voice of the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers for 67 years. Kevin O’Malley wants the world to know that Scully’s Catholic faith had everything to do with his popularity and success. “He was the nicest man […]
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By Anna Harvey
In today’s culture, conversations about the environment feel pessimistic or even apocalyptic, said Commissioned by Christ volunteer Marilyn Kott. But in the Arlington diocese, the CBC’s Laudato Si’ Seven Goals Faith Journey approaches those conversations from a place of encouragement and joy: “The environmental news is not good, but it doesn’t help to despair over […]
Bishop Burbidge
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By Anna Harvey
On May 19, 1984, Bishop Michael F. Burbidge prostrated himself on the floor of the Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia and dedicated his life to God. Four decades since his ordination day, “I would do it all over again,” he said. When Bishop Burbidge was a boy, he had no idea […]
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The Diocesan Jubilee Fest will be held at Warren County Fairgrounds in Front Royal June 8. The free festival starts at 3:45 p.m. with a Marian procession followed by a vigil Mass celebrated by Bishop Michael F. Burbidge at 4 p.m. After Mass, the festival will feature rides for the kids, a beer and wine […]
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The Garden Club of Virginia held the annual Historical Garden Week tours April 24. The tours included six homes and properties containing cabins on the Potomac River, restored colonial homes, a three-generation garden and St. Paul Mission in Hague. St. Paul, surrounded by farmland, was selected as the headquarters to the Historic Garden Week Northern […]
National
By James Thunder
Jerome R. Daly, the helicopter pilot who became a Catholic priest and died last year, flew 2,000 hours in three tours. Combat helicopters played a preeminent role in the Vietnam War. He earned 80 citations for bravery, including the Silver Star, three Distinguished Flying Crosses, two Bronze Stars for valor, two Purple Hearts, an Army […]
Schools
By Hans Sirotniak
This school year, many students at St. Paul VI Catholic High School in Chantilly have created their legacies by taking the initiative to launch extracurricular clubs, service projects, and publications based on their interests, putting forth their talents to serve God and the community. All Paul VI students now have the opportunity each month to […]
Global
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — True change comes to people’s lives and communities when both spiritual and material needs receive care, said the president of a Catholic relief and development organization based in Boca Raton, Fla. “When you see communities that integrate holistically, integral human development, the spiritual, the social and the material, you see people that […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
ROME — Pope Francis, who was ordained to the priesthood 54 years ago, encouraged senior priests in the Diocese of Rome to be “witnesses of memory,” sharing their faith and experiences with younger clergy and not being afraid to argue with them from time to time. The pope met May 14 with some 70 priests […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — While it is easy for people to love what is good and beautiful or to be generous and heroic for an ideal, Pope Francis said Christian love embraces what is not lovable, it offers forgiveness and blesses one’s enemies. This “greater love,” which comes from God, “drives us where humanly we would […]
