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Eighth grade students attending public schools or non-Catholic private schools who are interested in attending Catholic high schools in the Arlington diocese must take the High School Placement Test offered Dec. 2 or Jan. 6, 2024. This test is required for placement at Bishop Ireton High School, Bishop O’Connell High School, St. Paul VI High […]
Local
By Kevin Schweers
The U.S. bishops’ three-year National Eucharistic Revival underway is intended to promote understanding and devotion to the mystery of Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament. In the Arlington diocese, Catholics say that interest in one of the most concrete forms of that devotion — Eucharistic adoration — runs deep and is growing stronger. Years ago, […]
Global
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Coming from different parts of the world and having different experiences and talents, members of the College of Cardinals are called to create a “symphony,” listening to one another and to the Holy Spirit, Pope Francis said. Creating 21 new cardinals from 16 nations Sept. 30, the pope used the biblical story […]
Books
Local
By Ashleigh Kassock
The Catholic bookstore void in Fredericksburg was filled Sept. 12 with the soft opening of Rex Rappahannock, a family-owned store of religious books and gifts. Co-owner Heather Gardner, a parishioner of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Church in Fredericksburg, hopes the store will fill the gap left by Christ the King bookstore, which closed […]
Parishes
What’s distinctive about your parish? What really stands out is how utterly vibrant the sacramental life is here. From young to old and every age in between, people are practicing the faith. Young families bring their children to daily Mass, and lines form regularly for confession. It is all the result of many years of […]
Local
Meet the young men discerning their call to the priesthood. Jonathan Amgott, from St. Charles Borromeo in Arlington, attends Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md. What did you do prior to entering seminary? As a lawyer for nearly eight years, I worked for a law firm, federal trial and appellate judges, and the U.S. […]
Local
By Ana Lucia Batista
From selling Christmas cards to running family Bingo, Knight of Columbus Don Mailki is always ready and willing to help. Mailki was born in 1940 in the Pittsburgh area, approximately 20 miles from the Allegheny River. He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a bachelor’s degree in metallurgical engineering in 1963. He later joined […]
Pope Francis
By Daniel Payne
Pope Francis released a new document on the environment Oct. 4 that he has described as the “second part” of his 2015 encyclical “Laudato Si’, ” and which warns of “grave consequences” if humanity continues to ignore the threat of climate change. The apostolic exhortation, titled “Laudate Deum” (“Praise God”), is meant to address what […]
Bishop Burbidge
In union with my brothers and sisters in Christ throughout the Diocese of Arlington, I congratulate Cardinal Christophe Pierre on his appointment to the College of Cardinals by Pope Francis. Cardinal Pierre has served the Church admirably in many fruitful and sacrificial ways. Having been a parish priest and diplomat, as well as an apostolic […]
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