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By Tim Bishop
BENWOOD, W.Va. – Where parishioners once sat for Mass in Benwood now sit the charred remains of a building regarded as a monument in the community. At a time when parishes look forward to the most holy of seasons and the Easter triduum, a fire tore through St. John Church March 30. Fire officials believe […]
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By Christine Stoddard
“(Catholic music) is steeped in tradition but sung in different languages,” said Corinne Monogue, director of the diocesan Office of Multicultural Ministries. “Why not make it easily available to share with others in the diocese?” Monogue said that she and her assistant, Elizabeth Tauke, have the job of listening to “rich, moving and beautiful Catholic […]
Columns
By Fr. William P. Saunders
Q: During Holy Week, I read the Passion stories of Jesus’ Last Supper, Crucifixion and Resurrection. It seems confusing: The Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke have Jesus and the apostles eating a Passover meal, but the Gospel of St. John has Jesus dying before Passover began. Is there a reason for this? – A […]
Local
The Virginia Catholic Conference, representing the dioceses of Arlington and Richmond, recently published charts of local legislators’ votes on key issues debated during the 2014 General Assembly session Jan. 14-Feb. 27. Advocacy by the VCC was instrumental in the defeat of a secretive execution drug proposal and in the passage of measures to fight sex […]
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By Mike Flach
Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde blessed and sealed the Holy Door at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington during the April 12 liturgy for Divine Mercy Sunday. Bishop Loverde, who was the celebrant and homilist at the noon Mass, affixed a gold cross and the coat of arms of […]
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CINCINNATI – Lauren Hill, a Mount St. Joseph University freshman who gained international attention when she pursued her dream of playing college basketball even as her inoperable brain cancer advanced, died overnight April 10. She was 19. She suffered from a fatal brain cancer called diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, known as DIPG. “God has a […]
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By Katie Scott
The frigid winter morning you dash to your SUV only to find the battery is dead; or the afternoon you’re running late for your child’s swim practice and see smoke billowing from your sedan’s hood – these are the rare moments when many of us stop taking our cars for granted. For most Northern Virginians, […]
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By Seth Gonzales
DALLAS – Even after becoming the toast of the sports world, golfer Jordan Spieth, a 21-year-old Dallas Jesuit graduate, remained humble and down-to-earth as he worked the crowds at Augusta, handled the media, and bantered with morning and late night talk show hosts after his historic win. That’s no surprise to those who know the […]
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By Elizabeth Foss
It’s a good thing Easter is a season, because Lent was loath to let go. The week before Easter, my brother-in-law died. Before the suitcase was unpacked after his funeral, a very dear friend died in the early morning of Holy Thursday. And Good Friday was cold and dark and a little scarier than usual […]
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