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‘Bethlehem Walk’ at Holy Trinity

Holy Trinity Church in Gainesville will present “Bethlehem Walk,” an interactive open house Dec. 18, 5 to 9 p.m., at 8213 Linton Hall Rd., Gainesville. The event will allow visitors to experience the city of Bethlehem at the time of Christ’s birth. Most of the walk is indoors, but the stable featuring the Holy Family […]
Local

‘Stay awake with me’

By Zoey Dimauro
Many elements of the two small rooms are the same. The freshly cut flowers, lit candles, religious artwork and the sound of silence. The altars, one of dark wood, the other a bright white and gold, each hold a monstrance with the Blessed Sacrament exposed. Both have statues of angels on either side of the […]
Columns

‘What should we do?’

By Fr. Robert J. Wagner
During this time of the year, many of us find ourselves welcoming family and friends into our homes, and thus are familiar with the practice of “tidying up.” This includes tasks like putting the toys and books that may be lying around back in their place, running the vacuum over the carpet one more time […]
Columnists

Communion for divorced and remarried Catholics

By Russell Shaw
The Christians of first-century Corinth must have been a rowdy lot. St. Paul, writing to these converts, chided them for their less-than-edifying manner of celebrating the Eucharist and added a stern warning: “Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaning the body […]
Local

O’Connell football to leave WCAC

By Katie Scott
The football program at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington will withdraw from the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference and play an independent schedule beginning in the fall of 2016, according to Head of School Joseph Vorbach. A WCAC member since 1993, O’Connell is the third and final diocesan high school football program to depart the […]
Global

Pope Francis: Holy Year is a reminder to put mercy before judgment

By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY – On a cloudy, damp morning, Pope Francis’ voice echoed in the atrium of St. Peter’s Basilica: “Open the gates of justice.” With five strong thrusts, the pope pushed open the Holy Door, a symbol of God’s justice, which he said will always be exercised “in the light of his mercy.” The rite […]
Schools

Paul VI students show ‘can-do’ attitude to fight hunger

By Matt Brown and Maggine Cornejo
To help serve the thousands of families who go hungry every year in Fairfax County, students at Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax recently hosted the annual canned food drive in support of Food for Others, an organization dedicated to forwarding free food donations to local families in need. “I love being a part […]
Local

Shine a light

By Bill Dodds
“You were so good at making pies!” my mother said to her childhood friend who was visiting our family. “I can’t make pies.” “Oh, pies are easy,” the other woman answered and her face lit up as she explained the secrets to a flaky crust. Both women were in their mid-70s, and as they shared […]
Local

Former IHM general superior, Sr. Marie Angela Natoli, dies

By For The Catholic Herald
Sister Marie Angela Natoli, 87, former general superior of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, died Nov. 13 at Camilla Hall Nursing Home in Immaculata, Pa. Sister Marie Angela was born in Reading, Pa., the second of five children of Thomas J. and Mariana Stella Natoli. She pursued undergraduate studies at Immaculata […]
National

Murdered churchwomen remembered at vespers service

By Beth Griffin
MARYKNOLL, N.Y. – Thirty-five years after they were murdered in El Salvador, four American churchwomen were remembered in their own eerily prescient and profoundly moving words. Colleagues and successors of the women gathered Dec. 2 for a vespers service at the headquarters of the Maryknoll Sisters. On Dec. 2, 1980, Salvadoran National Guardsman abducted, raped […]

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