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By Peter Finney Jr.
NEW ORLEANS – They are calling it “Kat 10” – Hurricane Katrina plus 10 years – which carries with it the double meaning of an ominous meteorological warning. How could a Category 5 storm that engulfed the entire Gulf of Mexico but dropped in intensity to a Category 3 just before landfall on Aug. 29, […]
Pope Francis
By Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – More than a month before Pope Francis was scheduled to arrive in the United States, his ride landed on U.S. shores. “A Jeep Wrangler will be used as the popemobile in the USA (like the one used in Ecuador in July 2015),” the Vatican press office said in a statement Aug. 20. […]
Local
The Newman Community at Virginia Tech is raffling off four tickets to the VT vs. Ohio St. game Sept. 7. To enter go to our website http://vtcatholic.com/ticket entries must be received by Sunday, Aug. 23. You must be 18 or older to enter and only one entry per person.
Schools
Sister Kateri Rose Masters of the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia, principal of St. Thomas Aquinas Regional School in Woodbridge, was born in Columbus, Ohio. She earned her bachelor’s in interdisciplinary studies with a certification in elementary education from Aquinas College in Nashville, Tenn., in 2009, and her master’s in educational administration from the University […]
Schools
By Mary Stachyra Lopez
If Tom Vetter, a retired Navy officer with no previous connection to Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School, had thrown away a piece of mail instead of reading it, the Dumfries school would not be about to launch its own radio station this fall. Vetter, who attends the Catholic community chapel at Marine […]
Columnists
By Christina Capecchi
Arleen Spenceley can’t remember the last time she went on a date. It must’ve been 2014, she says without a trace of panic. Even though she’s in the thick of wedding season and nearing her 30th birthday, the fact that she’s still single doesn’t seem to bother Arleen. She’s not freaking out. She’s not losing […]
Schools
By For The Catholic Herald
Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington has rolled-out the “igKnight” program – an embedded professional development network designed to help teachers share best practices and make use of instructional technologies in their classrooms. The program supplements O’Connell’s existing “Bring Your Own Device” initiative by enhancing the school’s tech-friendly teaching environment and offering a variety of […]
National
By Catholic News Service
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The priesthood of Father Michael J. McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, “models the teaching of recent popes,” said Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori. “St. John Paul II said that the priest’s personality must be a bridge to Christ, and indeed Father McGivney’s unassuming, lighthearted-yet-determined character attracted many to the […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – Along with having a winning smile and a warm embrace, Pope Francis is known for challenging people. He does it regularly at morning Mass – particularly calling out hypocrisy and gossip – and does not spare even his closest aides in the Roman Curia, so it is unlikely his speeches to the […]
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