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It is all hands on deck at St. Ambrose School in Annandale. The 200 students — ranging from pre-K through eighth grade — have signed on for the challenging task of predicting the location of the U.S. Navy’s formidable USS John C. Stennis Strike Group. In particular, they are tracking an erstwhile St. Ambrose parishioner and recently deployed naval chaplain, Father Jim Hinkle.
The desire to spend vast amounts on shopping and needless extravagances can prevent Christians from being generous with others, Pope Francis said.
Advent, the four-week period preceding Christmas, is a time to slow down as we wait in hopeful expectation for Christ's coming. It's a time to take stock of what's important in our lives, casting away extra commitments and wasted energy we've added throughout the year.
The chaotic scene in Tijuana Nov. 25 — when migrants, including women and children, were repelled from the U.S. border with tear gas — prompted the closure of one of the world's busiest border crossings.
In another example of the "diplomacy of art," the Vatican inaugurated a landmark exhibit of "spiritual" masterpieces from Moscow's famed Tretyakov Gallery and other state galleries in Russia.
For anyone wishing to celebrate the Advent and Christmas seasons with both delight and some sense of a deeper meaning of the holidays, Dumbarton Oaks in Washington offers the perfect occasion: a special exhibition called “Juggling the Middle Ages.”
Seton students prepare for the feast of Christ the King.
Forever Angels of Virginia is a nonprofit organization that donates burial garments created from donated wedding dresses.
Students at St. Thomas More Cathedral School in Arlington volunteered more than 300 hours of service at 13 sites throughout the Diocese of Arlington for the school’s 16th annual service day Nov. 27 on #GivingTuesday.
Father William P. Saunders, pastor of Our Lady of Hope Church in Potomac Falls and episcopal vicar of faith formation, releases Celebrating a Merry Catholic Christmas, with practical suggestions to enter fully into the season.
