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By Special To The Catholic Herald
St. Joseph Church in Herndon celebrated its 17th annual craft fair Oct. 28. Sponsored by the St. Joseph Ladies Society, the fair is held on the last Saturday of October. The St. Joseph craft fair began in 2007 after the society recognized a need to serve children in the Herndon area who did not have […]
National
By Tyler Arnold
The U.S. bishops recently renewed their call for peace in the Holy Land as the Israel-Hamas war moves toward its second month and the casualties of the conflict continue to grow. “The war in the Holy Land is playing out in real time before us with its mounting casualties, the growing humanitarian disaster, and the […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Holiness is a gift everyone receives with baptism, and it is a journey to be made together with the help of the saints in heaven, Pope Francis said on the feast of All Saints. The saints “are our elder brothers and sisters, on whom we can always count,” he said before reciting […]
Global
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — As leaders of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem prepared to meet in Rome, the explosion of violence between Israel and Hamas highlighted the importance of their prayers and their material support for local Christians, leaders of the order said. Cardinal Fernando Filoni, grand master of the order and […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis regularly asks people to pray for him, and in October he jokingly told a group of nuns why: “This job is not easy; in fact, it’s a bit bothersome.” But since the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network, formerly known as the Apostleship of Prayer, has asked Catholics across the globe to […]
Local
Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop of Arlington, has announced the following clergy appointment: Reverend Ramon Dominguez, YA — from ministry at The Don Bosco Center in Manassas to Interim Chaplain at St. Paul VI Catholic High School in Chantilly, with residence at Corpus Christi Parish in Aldie, effective November 13, 2023.
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A full Gospel choir with piano accompaniment and “Amens” from the congregation reverberated through St. Joseph Church in Alexandria for Mass in Celebration of Respect Life Month Oct. 29. Bishop Michael F. Burbidge was principal celebrant and homilist at the historically Black Catholic church, assisted by Josephite Father Donald M. Fest, pastor, and Deacon Albert […]
Global
By Courtney Mares
The Vatican released the Synod on Synodality’s “synthesis report” Oct. 28 outlining key proposals discussed during the nearly monthlong assembly’s confidential conversations. The highly anticipated text was approved paragraph by paragraph by a vote of 344 synod delegates, which for the first time included women and other non-bishops as voting members. The document, the synthesis […]
Local
Father Lee W. Gross, 78, longtime professor at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md., died Oct. 27, one day shy of his 79th birthday. Father Gross was born Oct. 28, 1944, in Rapid City, S.D., and spent most of his childhood in Pennsylvania. After graduating from Hempfield High School in Landisville, Pa., in 1962, […]
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6/18/26
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