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By Leslie Miller
Starting July 1, employees of the Diocese of Arlington who are approved for family medical leave will receive full pay for the first eight weeks of their absence, a family-friendly change. The current policy protects an employee’s job for 12 weeks as required by law, but the leave is unpaid unless the employee has enough […]
Global
By Hannah Brockhaus
The Vatican’s secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, will represent Pope Francis at the coronation of King Charles III May 6. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni announced Parolin’s attendance at the ceremony May 4. Parolin will be in attendance with other high-ranking guests, including world leaders, representatives of European monarchies, and royal families from around the […]
Pope Francis
By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — Commemorating 10 years since the election of Pope Francis, the Vatican will physically represent the teachings of his encyclicals at the Venice Biennale international architecture exhibition May 20 to Nov. 26. The Vatican’s exhibit, titled “Social Friendship: Meeting in the Garden,” will take visitors through scenes in which person-like “figures,” holding their […]
Columnists
By Soren Johnson
Within months of being received into the Catholic Church in 2001, a Catholic friend who knew that I liked to “process” life by writing said to me, “Here’s a suggestion: don’t publicize or publish anything about your becoming Catholic for at least 10 years. Stay under the radar. Soak it all in. Don’t try to […]
Schools
By Allison Dunnegan
Over Easter break, the music department at Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria took a weeklong journey to Italy, where they took in the sights and sounds of a culture rich with history. On Easter Monday and led by Directors Melinda McKenzie Hall and Dan Kosko, 53 students, parents and chaperones hopped off their eight-hour […]
Columnists
By Elizabeth Foss
The last few months have been objectively stressful. There were unexpected trips away from home to provide necessary care to grown children who were sick and needed someone “on the ground” with them — my husband and me together, and then tag-teaming it, trading off so that one of us was at home and one […]
Bishop Burbidge
By Bishop Michael F. Burbidge
Brothers and sisters in Christ, Each year, our nation recognizes May as Mental Health Awareness Month. Throughout this month, we remember that mental health challenges affect millions of Americans, young and old. We encourage those who are affected by these struggles to believe that healing is possible and to seek or continue to seek professional […]
Local
Benedictine Sister Joanna Burley was reelected prioress of the Benedictine Sisters of Virginia by the monastic community April 22. The election was guided by facilitators Benedictine Sisters Jane Becker of Ferdinand, Ind., and Christine Ereiser of Tulsa, Okla. Sister Lynn McKenzie, president of the Monastic Congregation of St. Scholastica, presided. “I am once again so […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Interreligious dialogue requires sincerity and mutual respect to be fruitful, Pope Francis told Christian and Muslim leaders. It also requires “the awareness of both convergences and divergences” between different faiths, he said, but with emphasis on “what unites us on a religious and spiritual level as well as on an ethical-moral level.” […]
Local
The diocesan Office of Hispanic Ministry, Office of Vocations and St. Leo the Great Church organized the annual Hispanic Vocations Fair April 30 at St. Leo in Fairfax. Mass was celebrated by Bishop Michael F. Burbidge prior to the fair. After Mass, Father Juan A. Puigbó, pastor of St. Leo, invited attendees to the school […]
