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Dominican Sister Ann Dominic Mahowald, a veteran at Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School but new to her role as assistant principal for student life, is working to keep student life alive at the Potomac Shores school amid the challenges of the pandemic.
The 2020-21 school year will be unlike any other due to COVID-19, and Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria is poised to take on the challenges it presents. Ireton developed a “Return to School” plan that details how the school will operate in any of the reopening phases in Virginia.
What on earth does the Lord’s ancient command to the Israelites to “write these words (the law) upon the mezuzot (doorposts) of your house and upon your gates” (Dt 6:9) have to do with your family’s homebound COVID-19 saga of 2020?
The answer to this question, I suggest, can be found by reimagining something as commonplace as our doors, and building a simple and small habit around them.
Two members of the social studies department at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington joined forces last spring to increase student engagement in the midst of social distancing due to COVID-19. Advanced Placement U.S. History teachers Geoff Rixon and Chesney Allgood dug into some of the more unique and less explored parts of American history and launched a podcast they titled: “Who Knew? A History Podcast.”
RICHMOND — Seven Catholic entities in the Diocese of Richmond are going solar, a process some churches in the Arlington diocese began last year.
I spent the morning rummaging around in the basement, looking for a box marked “virtue letters.” It contains wooden letters that spell out various virtues. Over the years, I’ve propped the letters on the mantel, rotating them out each month and adding seasonal decorations to go with them. Every September, I spell out “diligence.” September is for buckling down, setting goals, setting about one’s work, getting it done. I found the letters, and then I realized that despite having many fireplaces in our new house, we have few mantels. So, virtue letters set aside, we began our school year by taking a good look at Scripture.
Pregnancy center leaders share how the new climate will affect their work.
All diocesan high schools are now half in person, half online; here’s how two are managing the transition.
A roadmap to resolution
In this week's installment of Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus gives us the famous roadmap to resolving conflicts and setting healthy boundaries. The entire passage presumes that Christian believers should be at harmony with each other. Why? Because we are in the presence of Christ, and by our baptism are grafted into the prince of peace himself. After all: “Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”