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By Christine Stoddard
This year’s Virginia General Assembly session, which ended Feb. 27, was “about maintaining the status quo,” said Jeff Caruso, executive director of the Virginia Catholic Conference. Given the political climate, Caruso has said repeatedly at Virginia Catholic Advocacy Day and other speaking engagements that completely outlawing abortion may not be possible at this time; therefore, […]
Arts
The Father Mychal Judge O.F.M. Division of the Ancient Order of Hibernians will sponsor “Dublin’s Irish Cabaret” March 14 at 8 p.m. at the St. Francis of Assisi Parish Center, 18825 Fuller Heights Rd., Triangle. The show will feature Irish tenor Andy Cooney and Irish comedian Noel V. Ginnity with the Darrah Car Dancers and […]
National
Charles E. Rice, professor emeritus at the University of Notre Dame Law School, an expert in constitutional law and jurisprudence, champion of the rights of the unborn, and leading Catholic scholar, died Feb. 25. He was 83. Rice served as an advisor to the board at Christendom College in Front Royal and was a recipient […]
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A grand reopening of St. Martin de Porres Senior Center, 4650 Taney Ave., Alexandria, will be held March 9 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. After an Oct. 15 fire temporarily suspended center programming, activities were held at nearby Queen of Apostles Church for about two months. The reopening will include a blessing by Oblate […]
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By Ashleigh Buyers
Every Friday afternoon during Lent, the students and faculty of Angelus Academy in Springfield come together for Stations of the Cross. Gathering in the chapel with their own copies of “Way of the Cross,” the students read, kneel and recite together the responses while Principal Joseph Ammirati leads them through each station. “It is good […]
Global
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – A homeless man who faithfully attended Mass at a church inside Vatican City for decades was buried in a Vatican cemetery after it was discovered he had died and was left unidentified in a hospital morgue. Willy Herteleer was well-known by the Swiss Guards keeping watch at St. Anne’s Gate, by […]
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By Christine Stoddard
“Our program produces theater artists, not just actors,” said Tori Boutin, a senior drama student at Catholic University in Washington. The lithe, bespectacled Floridian was one among a crowd of drama students – aspiring actors, directors, playwrights, designers, stage managers, dramaturgs and teachers – chattering in the upper lobby of Hartke Hall for an informal […]
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By Christine Stoddard
Due to unprecedented demand, Christendom College in Front Royal is expanding its mission trip program to include summer in-service. Previously, students could serve only during spring break. This year, students can commit to two months in Alaska, Chile, Patterson, N.J., and the Bronx, N.Y. “We’ve grown big enough and popular enough that we’re able to […]
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CINCINNATI – Dr. John “Jack” Willke, an obstetrician and a former president of the National Right to Life Committee who is credited with helping shape the pro-life movement, died Feb. 20 at his home in Cincinnati. He was 89. A funeral Mass was to be celebrated Feb. 26 at St. Clare Church in Cincinnati. “There […]
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By Christine Stoddard
“Abandon the notion that girls become women at age 15,” said Father Alexander Díaz at a recent diocesan retreat for Hispanic girls. “(That milestone birthday) is the first step toward womanhood, but 15-year-old girls are still girls.” Father Díaz, who serves as parochial vicar at Holy Family Church in Dale City, was addressing a room […]
