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Parishes across the Diocese are celebrating the season with Christmas bazaars and craft fairs featuring handmade gifts, holiday treats and family fun. Mark your calendar for one — or several — of these festive events.
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By Sister Constance Veit
As we look toward Thanksgiving and Christmas, I realize that 2025 is quickly coming to an end, and so is the Jubilee Year of Hope. What will be our take-aways from this special time of grace?
Schools
St. Paul VI Catholic High School in Chantilly announced that its academic team — Finn Hargadon (’26), Indra Malli (’27), Gus Radkowski (’27) and Ethan Tran (’26) — earned a decisive victory on the popular quiz show “It’s Academic.”
Schools
The Bishop O’Connell boys cross country team took first place at the Oct. 21 Virginia Catholic Cross Country Championship in Newport News.
Schools
Bishop O’Connell High School’s longtime girls’ soccer coach, Alberto Starace, and alumna Gabriella “Kika” Toulouse (’07) were formally recognized at the 2025 Annual Induction Dinner, presented in partnership with the Better Sports Club of Arlington.
Columnists
By Mary Beth Bonacci
I just finished reading the excellent book “From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life” by Arthur C Brooks.
Schools
By Zoey Maraist
The Council for American Private Education announced that St. Mark School in Vienna was one of two schools in Virginia named a 2025 CAPE Blue Ribbon School last month.
Schools
By Sophia Dillenbeck and Maya Ptak
God not only calls us to serve our fellow brothers and sisters but also to serve to enlighten and transform our souls. Through the people around us, we can learn to love like Christ.
Columnists
By Christina Capecchi
It was a Monday afternoon in November when Debbie Champeau got the call. The 17-year-old, a senior at St. Pius XI in Milwaukee, Wis., left school immediately, taking two buses to get home.
Schools
By Anna Donofrio
Two years after his cancer diagnosis, coach Tom Noone has a unique perspective: “I’ve never felt better in my life.” In July 2023, Noone, 70, was diagnosed with Merkel cell carcinoma, a rare and aggressive form of skin cancer.
