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Deacon Guillermo J. González was born in El Salvador, studied in Spain and returned to serve the Diocese of Arlington.
Five deacons will be ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Michael F. Burbidge at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington June 6. The ordination of deacons Guillermo J. González, Peter McShurley, Joseph F. Moschetto, Charles C. Pavlick and James F. Waalkes will be livestreamed from the cathedral.
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump visited the St. John Paul II National Shrine in Washington June 2 shortly before he was expected to sign an executive order at the White House to expand U.S. support for international religious freedom efforts.
Another unarmed black man dead at the hands of police. This time, a video showed an officer kneeling on the neck of the handcuffed man, George Floyd, who said repeatedly before he died that he could not breathe.“I’m tired. It just keeps happening over and over again,” said Deacon Albert A. Anderson Jr. of St. Joseph Church in Alexandria a week after the latest killing, as nightly protests continued across a nation already devastated by the coronavirus. “There’s a disease in this country that’s more deadly than the coronavirus can ever be. Until the reality of this systemic racism is addressed, it’s never going to change."
On Pentecost Sunday, Bishop Michael F. Burbidge celebrated the first public Mass at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington since public Masses were suspended in mid-March to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
The “Zero Federal Funding: Helping Catholic Students in Need” campaign will provide financial aid to students while allowing Christendom to continue teaching the fullness of the Catholic faith without inviting government interference.
Attendance will be limited to graduating students, their parents, and college faculty and staff.
