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The last couple weeks of Lent are difficult for the Older Brother — you know the one whose family includes the Forgiving Father and the Prodigal Son. He is the one who stayed behind, the one who did what was expected, the one who never wandered far from the rules that ordered the household.
Eighteen young adults spent Feb. 21-28 on a mission trip organized by Commissioned by Christ to El Salvador, immersing themselves in service, fellowship and local culture.
How far would you go to get your child the help they need to thrive? Would you relocate to a different city? How about a different state? For a growing number of parents of individuals with special needs, that answer is yes, and that place in the Diocese of Arlington. 
The life of the first Catholic president is forever linked to Virginia and the small country church in Middleburg where Kennedy attended Mass for the last time with his family Nov. 10, 1963.
“What really drew me to look at St. Joseph the Worker is the way they integrate the Catholic environment and instruction with real-world labor,” said Orr, who grew up in the diocese and attended Holy Trinity Church in Gainesville.
“The biggest surprise was seeing that a man who hopefully one day will be a canonized saint was right here at St. Charles,” he said. “I thought, ‘This is awesome and inspiring.’ The Servant of God Frank Parater, that holy seminarian, had been here and served a Mass in the old church.”
The Ancient Order of Hibernians of Arlington hosted the 48th annual Gaelic Mass in honor of St. Patrick at St. Agnes Church March 16. 
Pope Leo XIV will offer live remarks via telecast to a crowd in Philadelphia when he accepts the Liberty Medal award from the National Constitution Center July 3 during a celebration of the 250th anniversary of American independence.

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