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Bishop Ireton Theater Arts presents a new adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Emma” this month, adapted by Kathryn Rice, director of theater arts, and her daughter, Emma Rice (class of ‘22), with Elianajoy Volin.
Schools
There are two new Purple Star schools in the diocese.
Holy Spirit School in Annandale and Our Lady of Hope School in Potomac Falls both received the distinction last month.
Bishop's Columns
By Bishop Michael F. Burbidge
As we approach Thanksgiving, it is natural to reflect on the ways God has blessed our lives and offer him praise and thanks as the source of all good gifts.
Columns
By Msgr. Charles M. Mangan
Monday, Nov. 10 will be, we hope, the first in a long line of feast days for Pope Leo XIV. That day is the Memorial of St. Leo I, Pope and Doctor (440-461), also known as “the Great.”
Local
By Jim Hale
“In the eyes of the world, Joe Guiffre is a businessman whose success has been extraordinary, but to those who know him, Joe is first and foremost a man of faith,” said Father Thomas P. Ferguson, pastor of Good Shepherd Church in Alexandria.
Schools
Theater
With its Nov. 21-23 presentation of a 20th-century telling of William Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing,” JP Drama welcomes guests to Messina, Italy, where a battle of wits ensues, and secret plots unfold.
Schools
The school community celebrated its patron St. John Paul II’s Oct. 22 feast day in style with an all-school retreat and visit from Bishop Emeritus Paul S. Loverde.
Columnists
By Elizabeth Foss
No one intentionally makes an idol of motherhood.
We start with love. With strong ideals. With a prayerful yes to the sacred calling of raising souls. We stay up late rocking babies and wake early to pack lunches.
Local
Theater
By Jim Hale
Now the club of homeschool and private school students is taking on one of its most ambitious productions with “Sleeping Beauty The Musical,” featuring a cast of 40 along with 30 working backstage. Rehearsals started in August and typically last four or more hours.
Pope Leo XIV
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — The changing landscape of Christianity in Europe, with growth in some countries and continued decline in others, poses challenges that all churches should face together, Pope Leo XIV told Christian leaders.
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