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By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – Drawing on the experience of the public exposition of the Shroud of Turin, Vatican officials are adopting a reservation system for pilgrims who want to cross the threshold of the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica during the Year of Mercy. The free, online registration will not be activated until October, but […]
Schools
The fall high school sports season is underway. Herald photographers Ashleigh Buyers and Mary Witko recently traveled to Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington to see how the student athletes were preparing for the coming season.
Local
By Fr. Mike Mendi, S.d.b.
Salesian Brother Minh Duc Dang, a native of Vietnam whose family immigrated to the United States in 1992 and joined Church of the Nativity in Burke, pronounced a perpetual vow of obedience, poverty and chastity Aug. 9. He pledged himself, in the words of the formula of religious profession, “to devote all my strength to […]
Schools
Students and their parents gathered for an opening Mass Aug. 31 to kick off the school year at St. Andrew the Apostle School in Clifton. Schools in the Arlington Diocese opened for the year Aug. 31.
Global
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – A Vatican official has ordered an autopsy on the body of former archbishop Jozef Wesolowski, who was found dead Aug. 28 in the Vatican residence where he was awaiting trial on charges of child sexual abuse and possession of child pornography. Passionist Father Ciro Benedettini, Vatican spokesman, said Wesolowski’s body was found […]
Schools
By Lyndsey Raynor
Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington, Holy Spirit School in Annandale and St. Charles Early Childhood Education Center in Arlington will begin the school year with new options for students with intellectual disabilities. The schools join three others with established programs – Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax, Saint John Paul the Great Catholic […]
Schools
The dance teams of Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington and Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax both received “superior” ratings at the Universal Dance Association camp at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County last month, qualifying them for the National Dance Team Championship in Orlando, Fla., in January. Both teams will participate in […]
National
By Nancy Wiechec
This is the first in a series on Blessed Junípero Serra. SAN FRANCISCO – To Andrew Galvan, Blessed Junípero Serra is a stalwart of faith and mission worthy of the title “saint.” “He was all wood and nails. He was a tough dude. He fought, he defended, he wrangled, he was frustrated and he was […]
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By Ashleigh Buyers
The Oblate Sisters of St. Francis de Sales who staff Holy Cross Academy in Fredericksburg took a “go big or stay home” approach to summer vacation this year. Last month, Sisters Miriam Elizabeth Cusack, Susan Louise Eder and her biological sister, Frances Carol Eder, and flew to Namibia and South Africa with Father Donald J. […]
Schools
Daniel McInerny, English and drama teacher at Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Dumfries, reads from his book Stout Hearts and Whizzing Biscuits at Joyful Spirit Gifts in Arlington Aug. 15. The work is part of his “Kingdom of Patria” series, fiction for middle school-age readers.
