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Along with the Catholic Herald ‘s 50th anniversary this year, another well-known organization will celebrate its birth in the diocese the same year.
National
By Kimberley Heatherington
Damascus, an Ohio-based Catholic missionary movement now in its 25th season of offering camps, retreats and resources for nearly 7,000 young summer campers and more than 25,000 annually, has a simple yet powerful motto: “Jesus isn’t boring. His church isn’t, either.”
National
By Cecilia Engbert
Patrick Kenney has endless fond memories from childhood summers spent at Camp St. Charles with his brother.
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National
By Anna Donofrio
The nation’s 250th birthday has been a key talking point in Washington this year. So, naturally it was the highlight of the annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast March 19.
Local
By Anna Donofrio and Jim Hale
When it comes to visiting Virginia’s historic sites, many famous locations spring to mind: Mount Vernon, Manassas Battlefield, Monticello, Colonial Williamsburg.
Local
By Anna Donofrio
Two years after the Arlington diocese held synodal listening sessions across the diocese, another round of sessions, called “Ecclesial Assemblies,” began.
The new sessions are a continuation of Pope Francis’ call to examine “synodality.”
Parishes
By Anna Donofrio
No Hands But Yours is a ministry at Nativity Catholic Church in Burke devoted to serving the homeless and those in need in Northern Virginia and Washington. Every Sunday, volunteers meet at the parish, split the donations evenly, then drive their separate ways: one car headed to the nation’s capital, the others to spots throughout Northern Virginia.
The mission is simple: find the homeless or those in need on the streets, and give them food and words of encouragement.
Columnists
By Elizabeth Foss
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.
Local
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.
Local
By Ashleigh Kassock
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.
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10/17/24
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