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By Katie Scott
Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde welcomed seven women religious to the Arlington Diocese Sept. 8. After posing for a photo in his private chapel, the women joined their fellow sisters for evening vespers in Burke Hall and dinner in the bishop’s residence.
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Catholics for Housing recently received the award of excellence for its administration of the Neighborhood Stabilization Program, a federal homeownership initiative. A nonprofit that has provided affordable housing opportunities in Northern Virginia for more than 36 years, Catholics for Housing received a $1.9 million grant in 2009 to buy and rehabilitate homes in Prince William […]
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By Fr. Donald J. Rooney
Religious leaders and members of local faith communities filled the sanctuary of Shiloh Old Site Baptist Church in Fredericksburg Sept. 1, the day that Pope Francis declared World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. The first day of the Orthodox Church’s new year has been a day of prayer for creation since Patriarch […]
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1. Contact your parish at least six months (a diocesan requirement) prior to your proposed date of marriage and set up an initial meeting with a priest or deacon. This is necessary even if you plan to wed outside of the diocese. This meeting should take place before any social arrangements for the wedding are […]
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By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
Q. It has been 30 years since I last saw this happen, but at Sunday Mass yesterday a couple and their two children got up from a pew in front of me just as Communion was about to be distributed and walked around our section of pews in order to get in line to receive […]
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By Dave Borowski
While many in the Washington metropolitan area were enjoying one last weekend of summer, dozens of people came to Marymount University in Arlington Sept. 5 to hear speakers talk about ways to combat racism. The conference theme, “Race Relations: Educating to End Racism and Build Solidarity,” brought together experts and parish social justice activists to […]
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By John Garvey
Ultrasound technology was in its early days when my wife and I were having children. Pictures of our babies in utero always looked like Rohrschach blots to me. I couldn’t tell top from bottom. The doctors could, though. It became possible for the first time to tell the sex of the baby before it was […]
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Parishioners of St. Patrick Church in Fredericksburg enjoyed a Labor Day Bluegrass Festival Sept. 7.
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By For The Catholic Herald
When Nathaniel Valenti missed the first day of classes at Marymount University in Arlington this semester, he had a pretty good excuse – He’d been off fighting wildfires in Montana and was on his way back to the East Coast. The junior criminal justice major from Dover, Del., put in 15-hour shifts in the forests […]
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By Nancy Wiechec
CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, Calif. – When Pope Francis announced in January he would canonize Blessed Junípero Serra, the announcement surprised people. He had bypassed the verification of a second miracle attributed to the intercession of a candidate for sainthood, which is generally required for canonization. It was news that raised the eyebrows of Rosellen Sanna. She and […]
