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By Zoey Maraist
Jill’s House provides for the needs of children with intellectual disabilities and their families.
Local
By Kimberley Heatherington
For anyone who has ever wished they could join a religious order — but couldn’t leave behind a spouse, family or obligations — there is another path. The Arlington diocese is home to communities of Secular Franciscans, Lay Dominicans, Secular Carmelites, Third Order Norbertines, Benedictine Oblates and others — all orders whose members seek to […]
Columnists
By Elizabeth Foss
The days between Christmas and the new year are some of my favorite days every year. There is a hush after the flurry of activity and excitement. The pace slows if I allow it to, and there is time for sitting and pondering, for recollection and quite conversation. I resist the urge to create more […]
Global
By Hannah Brockhaus
Pope Francis on Wednesday asked for prayers for a “very ill” Pope Benedict XVI. Francis made the appeal for the 95-year-old pope emeritus at the end of his weekly public audience on Dec. 28 in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall. “I ask to all of you a special prayer for the Pope Emeritus Benedict, who, […]
Global
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — With the birth of Jesus, God became flesh to share the joys and sorrows, hopes and fears of all people, especially the poor and those living daily amid danger, Pope Francis said in his Christmas message. “He comes as a helpless child. He is born in the cold night, poor among the […]
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Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Christ was born to touch people’s hearts and show that love is the power that changes the course of history, Pope Francis said. However, the faithful must ask themselves, “Do we want to stand at his side? Do we draw close to him? Do we love his poverty? Or do we prefer […]
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Parishes
By Catholic Herald Staff Report
What is your parish’s charism? We are built on the charism of St. Francis de Sales, and we embrace Salesian spirituality in all we do. We strive for gentleness, patience and humility. “All are Welcome” is our parish motto, and we try to live up to that. Salesian spirituality embraces the holiness of laypeople and […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Expressing his desire to bear witness to “the truth,” Pope Francis is returning three marble fragments that were originally from the Parthenon in Athens, Greece, according to the Vatican. The pope will donate the pieces to Orthodox Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens and All Greece. The archbishop has a degree in archaeology […]
Schools
By Jack Sague
Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington offers Expanded Services to provide students with cognitive and intellectual disabilities a Catholic education in an inclusive environment. Inclusion through Expanded Services is an integral part of the O’Connell experience, and it doesn’t stop in the classroom or in the hallways. This past fall, the Knights’ Special Olympics soccer […]
Local
By Catholic Herald Staff Report
In some of the biggest news of the year in the Arlington diocese, pro-lifers celebrated a major victory when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and the diocese welcomed more than 1,200 Afghan refugees and other newcomers. Eight men were ordained to the priesthood, and another nine to the transitional diaconate, on track to […]
