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"They're shutting down Christmas," she muttered as she bagged my groceries without lifting her eyes. "Simple as that. There won't be Christmas this year."
While continuing to offer telemedicine, the Mother of Mercy Free Medical Clinic in Woodbridge opened its doors to patients for prenatal and primary care Nov. 23.br />br />
The music minister at St. James Church in Falls Church, Dan Day, retires after 30 years at the parish.
A peculiar feature of the early Israelite people, from the time of Moses to the time of the Judges, was that they had no earthly king. They had various kinds of leaders — priests, prophets, judges — who served as mediators through whom God led. But they had no king, because the Lord himself was the king of his people. It was for God and God alone to rule.
Despite the sensational and controversial way the Dead Sea Scrolls are sometimes presented in the media, the scrolls found in 1946 and 1947 in caves east of Jerusalem have given biblical scholars valuable details about the world in Jesus’ time, and “do a lot to reaffirm our Christian and Catholic faith,” said John Bergsma, professor of theology at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, in Ohio, who spoke at the diocesan Catechetical Conference Nov. 21.
A multitude of family, fellow priests and parishioners gathered both in person and via livestream Nov. 20 at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Winchester for a Mass of Christian Burial for Father Michael J. Dobbins, pastor of St. John Bosco Church in Woodstock, who died Nov. 14 after a battle with lung cancer.
After a thorough search process and prayerful discernment, I am pleased to announce that I have appointed Mr. Stephen Carattini President and CEO for Catholic Charities Diocese of Arlington, effective January 4, 2021. I am most grateful to the members of the search committee, composed of members from the Board of Trustees of Catholic Charities, who have offered a great deal of their time to assist me with this task.
The new campus at St. Paul VI Catholic High School in Chantilly came with many beautiful donations that brought meaning, love and community to Paul VI’s new home. One prominent donation is the collection of paintings of saints in the chapel by artist Betsy Farr.
MEXICO CITY — A Dominican sister was shot in the leg as her humanitarian relief team came under gunfire from paramilitaries in Mexico's southern Chiapas state.
An ETA for the end times?
As we begin the season of Advent and a new liturgical year, our Gospel reading for this week is the traditional exhortation — keep watch. We begin each Advent remembering Christ will come again, yet we do not know specifically when Our Lord will return at the end of all things. Still, Jesus reminds us that we are like servants and door guards who know that the return is imminent. Thus, we ought to be ready at a moment’s notice to receive our master with all preparations and honor.