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Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Fifty years have passed since St. Paul VI instituted the ministries of lector and acolyte, opening them to the laity, and Pope Francis wants a formal “dialogue” with the world’s bishops’ conferences to discuss their experiences with the ongoing promotion of the church’s ministries so they foster unity and evangelization. The pope […]
National
By Catholic News Service
YORK BEACH, Maine — With so many summer chapels and mission churches open across Maine during the warmer months, scheduling priests to fill the Mass schedules can be daunting. So when Star of the Sea Church in York Beach found itself needing a priest for more than 350 people assembled for Sunday Mass Aug. 21, […]
Schools
Several diocesan schools welcome new leadership ahead of the 2022-23 school year: Adrianne Jewett, principal of Linton Hall School in Bristow, earned her bachelor’s in biological sciences, and two master’s in education: in administration/supervision Catholic school leadership, and curriculum and instruction. She worked for 18 years at Our Lady of Good Counsel in Vienna, in […]
Schools
Fourteen years ago, the nation’s first four-year bioethics curriculum launched at Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School. Now, the author and department chair behind the landmark program passes the torch to new leadership and emphasizes the enduring need for ethical formation of this generation’s high school students. In 2008, the nation buzzed with […]
Pope Francis
By Junno Arocho Esteves
ROME — Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, who was expected to meet Pope Francis at the Congress of World and Traditional Religions in Kazakhstan, will not attend the interreligious gathering in September, a senior Russian Orthodox bishop said. Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, head of external relations for the Russian Orthodox Church, confirmed to the Russian news […]
Global
Local
By Ann M. Augherton
Seeing the Passion Play that made the quaint Bavarian town of Oberammergau, Germany, famous is a bucket-list item for many. The result of a promise to God in 1634 in exchange for his sparing the townspeople from the plague, the play is performed every 10 years, with a few exceptions, including wars and a new […]
Global
Local
By Ann M. Augherton
The Passion Play, performed every 10 years since 1634 in Oberammergau, Germany, is one of the more ironic casualties of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The epic production — a five-hour play in two acts with 2,000 actors and extras — resulted from a bargain made with God in the time of the plague nearly 400 […]
Bishop's Columns
By Bishop Michael F. Burbidge
Dear friends in Christ: On Sept. 5, I will celebrate my 20th anniversary as a bishop. This is a special time for me to reflect and to renew my promises to the Lord and his Church. I do not wish to bore you with my “life story” as a bishop, but I desire to share […]
Schools
By Leslie Miller
High school chaplains lean into a ministry of presence for teens. After two years in a parish, Father Peter M. McShurley this year is joining the ranks of the diocese’s high school chaplains. And he’s excited for the opportunity — because as chaplain at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington, he will have “a front […]
Arts
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