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By Catholic Herald Staff Report
60 YEARS Father Cornelius O’Brien, now retired, was born Jan. 16, 1932, in Ireland. He attended St. Patrick Seminary in Carlow, Ireland, and was ordained by Bishop Thomas Keogh June 5, 1955. He was a priest in the Diocese of Alexandria, La., until he was invited by Bishop Thomas J. Welsh in 1975 to become […]
Local
By Ashleigh Buyers
When the sisters of the Order of St. Clare first broke ground to build their new monastery, they were one of Alexandria’s noisiest neighbors. Cranes and hammers from the new site could be heard miles away until its completion in February 1979. But when the dust finally settled and the sisters entered their new home, […]
National
By Catholic News Service
PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput May 13 urged prayers for all affected by the Amtrak train derailment in the city’s Port Richmond neighborhood that left at least seven people dead and injured more than 200 others. “I urge all people of goodwill to join me in extending prayerful condolences to those mourning the […]
Columnists
By Elizabeth Foss
It’s planting time. And growing time. And watering time. But, wait. First, it’s weeding time. Every year, I say I’m going to get after the weeds before it’s a big job, and every year, I don’t. The weeds around the trees are particularly overgrown this spring. They’re woody and tenacious and in need of some […]
Schools
By Paul Fritschner John Paul The Great Student Correspondent
After years of hard work, countless miles logged, a vast amount of hurdles cleared and a completed college search, seniors Katherine Duquiatan and Sean Tully of Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Dumfries recently signed their Division I National Letters of Intent. Duquiatan will be running track at the University of North […]
Global
By Anto Akkara
KATHMANDU, Nepal — The second major earthquake in less than three weeks spread renewed fears and dented the confidence of people, said church and charity workers. “The death and devastation may be less, but the psychological impact is very high,” Bishop Paul Simick of Nepal told Catholic News Service May 13. “They were slowly recovering […]
Local
By Ashleigh Buyers
Imagine you are a student in front of a large audience. Right before the show begins you realize that you have no idea what you are going to say and neither do your classmates. Don’t worry, this is not a terrible dream brought on by your public speaking final exam. This is improv night at […]
Arts
By Reviewed David Gibson
With the 2013 election of history’s first Jesuit pope, interest mounted exponentially in the now-worldwide Society of Jesus that St. Ignatius Loyola, with nine friends, founded in the 16th century. What Pope Francis’ election means for the Jesuits “remains to be seen,” writes Jesuit Father John W. O’Malley. But he points out in The Jesuits […]
Columns
By Fr. William P. Saunders
Q: In the Catholic Herald (April 23-29), there was the article, “Personal, intimate devotion to Mary.” I was surprised to read Father Majorano’s comment, “The sense of Pope Francis’ devotion to Mary is a little more personal, more intimate than St. John Paul’s was. Pope Francis expresses that feeling that exists between a son and […]
Movies
Presumably intended as a droll comedy about the pursuit of fame and the vagaries of sexual experimentation, writers and co-directors Andrew Mogel and Jarrad Paul’s film amounts instead to a consistently cynical, intermittently depraved exercise in strained humor. They use the occasion of a high school reunion to draw a hackneyed contrast between the seemingly […]
