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High school music festival at Saint John Paul the Great

The Diocesan Honors Ensembles Music Festival will be held Oct. 26-28 at Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School, 17700 Dominican Dr., Dumfries. Approximately 200 students from four diocesan high schools involved in band, orchestra and choir will participate.   Under the direction of guest conductors, the musicians will perform a variety of styles […]
Columns

Leaving after Communion, changing God’s mind?

By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
Q: I am surprised by the number of people who regularly leave church immediately after receiving the Eucharist. In the diary of St. Faustina, Jesus says how sad He is that people treat Him as a dead object and busy themselves with other things. It is distracting and disruptive of my own personal prayer when […]
Columns

Declining with regrets

By Fr. Matthew H. Zuberbueler
Gospel Commentary MT 22:1-14  The big banquet halls used for wedding receptions try to offer their clients and guests an elegant and festive celebration. We can think of the fine tablecloths and good food served stylishly and with care. The guests are impressed, the host is proud. A good time is had by all, or […]
Columnists

Do our prayers help?

By Mary Beth Bonacci

 I suspect many of us are feeling the same way. “Our prayers don’t seem to be helping.” But are they? Is prayer just another failed tactic? If we are asking, “Have our prayers stopped the violence?” then obviously they haven’t. It continues.        

Columnists

The Catechism of the Catholic Church at 25

By George Weigel

For those expecting a Q&A format like the old Baltimore Catechism, the Catechism of the Catholic Church was a surprise. While divided into 2,865 bite-size sections, the catechism is a discursive exposition of Catholic faith in full. Its structure, which mirrors the Catechism of the Council of Trent, reaches back to the early church and the patristic catechumenate. Thus the catechism’s four parts reflect the four pillars of Christian initiation: the “Profession of Faith” (the Creed); the “Celebration of the Christian Mystery” (the Sacraments); “Life in Christ” (Christian Morality); and “Christian Prayer.”

Columns

The hollow man

By Greg Erlandson
What savagery lies in the breast of man?   Two recent television epics ask us to contemplate this question. The first is Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s magnificent documentary, “The Vietnam War.” The other epic is the massacre in Las Vegas. A lone gunman used his hotel room as a sniper’s nest, ambushing 22,000 concertgoers. […]
National

Justice Department issues memo on religious liberty to federal agencies

By Julie Asher
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice issued guidance Oct. 6 to all administrative agencies and executive departments regarding religious liberty protections in federal law.   “To the greatest extent practicable and permitted by law … religious observance and practice should be reasonably accommodated in all government activity, including employment, contracting and programming,” the Justice […]
Local

Bishop Burbidge celebrates the annual Respect Life Mass

By Elizabeth A. Elliott
Arlington Bishop Michael F. Burbidge celebrated the annual Respect Life Mass at St. John the Beloved Church in McLean Oct. 8./span>span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.3333px;"> Father Christopher J. Pollard, pastor, concelebrated.

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