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Students and faculty streamed by as students Fabrizio Reilly, a senior archaeology major, and Ethan Donnelly, a junior criminology/intelligence studies major, bent over the hole they had just dug on St. Thomas Hill at The Catholic University of America in Washington. It turns out they had just struck the archaeological equivalent of pay dirt near […]
Local
By Cecilia Engbert
As the number of children educated at home increases, parishes support more co-ops across the diocese. Homeschooling is on the rise, both nationally and in the Arlington diocese, and parishes have responded by marshaling more resources to support it. The number of children being educated at home increased by 48 percent in Virginia from […]
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By Kerry Nevins
New cathedral music director hopes to use his talents to sing God’s praise. When Father Vincent Ferrer Bagan took over as the new director of music for the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington, Rick Gibala, the former director of music, shared with him that the choir members were concerned whether or not […]
Schools
By Kevin Schweers
Elena Quartuccio taught at three different Protestant preschools before she learned that her parish, St. Mary of Sorrows in Fairfax, wanted to open its own. In June 1997, after preparatory plans were completed by parish and diocesan staff, Father Donald C. Greenhalgh, then pastor, asked her to lead it. Three months later, the doors opened, […]
Schools
By Anna Bohli
The Peer Mentoring Program at Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Potomac Shores works to integrate the students with intellectual disabilities in the Options program into the school community. The program is meant to help, aid, encourage and inspire the Options students in their studies as well as their spiritual and social […]
Schools
By Kevin Schweers
Joyful shouts rang through the classrooms and hallways of Blessed Sacrament School in Alexandria earlier this month when students heard over the loudspeaker that their new playground would be open for lunch recess. It was the culmination of a 15-month stretch of sacrifices, plans, fundraising and approvals. The parish community celebrated the playground’s public debut […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Kazakhstan’s efforts to be a nation of encounter deserve to be encouraged and supported, Pope Francis said. And, in its 30 years of independence after being a Soviet republic, “Kazakhstan has made very positive choices, such as saying ‘no’ to nuclear weapons and making good energy and environmental policies,” the pope said. […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Marking World Alzheimer’s Day Sept. 21, Pope Francis asked people to pray for all those affected by the illness, including families and caregivers. Alzheimer’s disease “affects so many people, who are often pushed to the margins of society because of this condition,” the pope said at the end of his general audience […]
National
By Dennis Sadowski
WASHINGTON — Catholics across the country continue to feel wounded by the clergy abuse crisis, seek a more welcoming church in which their “lived reality” is prioritized over rules and regulations, and desire lifelong spiritual, pastoral and catechetical formation as disciples, according to a report synthesizing the 10-month synodal process in dioceses. Participants in the […]
Local
By Kimberley A. Heatherington
As football fields once more ring with cheers and shouts of encouragement, one local Catholic parent’s thoughts turn to a future collegiate competition — an automated contest staged without a single person on the gridiron — paying tribute to a cherished son lost in an auto accident. Next spring, a dozen teams will compete in […]
