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By Kathleen Goss
When his son Joseph 20, fell into a septic tank at their family farm in 2008, 17 years ago this month, Tom Vander Woude jumped in and held him above the muck until rescuers arrived and pulled Joseph to safety. Tom died in the process.
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Pope Leo XIV
Pope Leo XIV poses for a photo holding a copy of “Brick Chapel to Basilica,” a history of the 230-year-old Basilica of St. Mary in Alexandria, and a rosary, both given to him by a basilica parishioner at the Vatican Aug. 23.
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By Lucia A. Silecchia
The start of every new semester is packed with activities that always manage to take me by surprise, even though they happen every term.
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By Elizabeth Foss
The house is quiet today.
It’s been quiet previously, of course. Quiet when the girls were away at camp. Quiet when they spent the whole day at an amusement park. Quiet when they slept over at a friend’s house. But this is a different sort of quiet.
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By Mary Beth Bonacci
Have you heard? Science has isolated a substance that destroys a woman’s sex drive. It’s called “wedding cake.”
So according to the (lame) joke, once a woman gets married, she loses interest in sex. Oddly, statistics have consistently proven this wrong. Back when I was researching these things, study after study showed the same thing:
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By Sister Constance Veit
For many years, our religious community was best known in the United States as half of a college sports parody comparing the worst teams to the Little Sisters of the Poor.
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By Anna Donofrio
At Marymount University in Arlington, faculty, staff, students and religious gathered for the annual Mass of the Holy Spirit at the campus’ Sacred Heart of Mary Chapel Sept. 3. But the annual Mass had an additional significance this year. The Mass, celebrated by Bishop Michael F. Burbidge, continued the university’s yearlong celebration of its 75th […]
Pope Leo XIV
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Two months after celebrating a new Mass "for the care of creation," Pope Leo XIV will return to Castel Gandolfo to formally inaugurate Borgo Laudato Si', a place of education, ecology and spirituality in the papal summer estate.
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Thirteen new diocesan seminarians are studying for the priesthood this fall, bringing the total number of diocesan seminarians to 40. Eleven of the men will participate in what’s known as the propaedeutic stage, characterized by prayer, fraternity, and character development with an emphasis on detachment from smartphones and other electronics.
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By Anna Donofrio
Bountiful balloons, numerous relics and conversations with Catholic commentators — these were a few of the highlights from the annual EWTN Family Celebration, held at Capital One Hall in Tysons Corner Aug. 30. Catholics from around the Arlington diocese — and beyond — met their favorite EWTN hosts at the celebration, which is held in a different city each year.
