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By Lucia A. Silecchia
“Will this be on the exam?” Anyone who is a teacher will recognize this question as one that erupts like clockwork when midterm or final exam season rolls around. Intellectually, I know that students are likely to ask this question out of fear. Often, time is short and reading assignments are long. Thus, practical and […]
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By Elizabeth Foss
Just as Lent calls us to repent, it calls us to forgive. As we live out these days and we take a good look at the state of our souls and at the tendency toward sin that challenges us, we begin to see clearly the sins of other people. You will recognize people in your […]
Bishop's Columns
By Bishop Michael F. Burbidge
In his Apostolic Letter, “Tertio Millennio Adveniente,” written in preparation for the start of the new millennium in the year 2000, St. John Paul II wrote, “In Christianity time has a fundamental importance. Within the dimension of time the world was created; within it the history of salvation unfolds, finding its culmination in the ‘fullness […]
Art
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National
By Steve Masson
There are few words that adequately describe the wonders of Niagara Falls. The power and majesty of the falls are a clear and earthly manifestation of God’s great glory, and they have been attracting visitors to this region for decades. It is perhaps no small coincidence that the first “tourist” to the region was a […]
Local
Night to Shine was an unforgettable prom night experience, centered on God’s love, for approximately 100 people with special needs ages 14 and older at All Saints Catholic Church in Manassas. Every guest enters this complimentary event on a red carpet complete with a warm welcome from a friendly crowd and “paparazzi” photographers. Once inside […]
Parishes
Pope Francis has granted the favor of a plenary indulgence on the occasion of the Diocesan Golden Jubilee. The indulgence is granted to anyone who “visits the Cathedral Church of St. Thomas More on pilgrimage and there devoutly attend the sacred Jubilee celebrations, or at least for a suitable period of time offer prayers to […]
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By Kasey Miller
Fifty middle-school students gathered at St. Bernadette School in Springfield March 2 for the National Catholic Academic Junior High Decathlon. Teams from St. Bernadette, St. John the Evangelist School in Clinton, Md., and St. Patrick School in Fredericksburg competed in the daylong event. The National Catholic Academic Junior High Decathlon is a nationwide competition for […]
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The Basilica School of St. Mary, in partnership with Special Olympics and Porto Charities, present the first annual Young Athletes Event March 23 from 12:30-2:30 p.m. in the in the school gym at 400 N. Green Street in Alexandria. Athletes of all levels of ability aged 2-10 are invited to practice different athletic skills in […]
Pope Francis
By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis urged prideful people to recall one of Jesus’ moral commandments to “never judge.” The sin of pride “ruins human relationships” and is an evil that “poisons the feeling of fraternity that instead should unite humanity,” the pope wrote in the catechesis for his general audience in St. Peter’s Square March […]
