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By Mary C. Tillotson
Her songs have been on top Christian and contemporary radio network lists. She’s played for crowds of 5,000 people, recorded two CDs and had a song featured in a movie. Eucharistic adoration is on her short list of non-music activities. The third of 10 children, Marie Miller got her start at an early age. She […]
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By Fr. Tadeusz Pacholczyk
In the current debate over gay marriage, people sometimes ask: Who should define marriage? Democrats or Republicans in Congress? The Supreme Court? Should it be put to a referendum, allowing the majority to choose a definition? We can identify two kinds of “definitions” when it comes to marriage. The first touches on the essence, the […]
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By Jay Lamonica and Gabe Lamonica
The sound of pickaxes and shovels chipping a red grave into the dry earth is broken by the happy yells of children playing. In the distance a spinning funnel of dust marks their location. “Whirlwind,” said one gravedigger as he turns back to the brittle, sunbaked pit. For as far as the eye can see, […]
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By Katie Scott
Anne Giaccio was a medical student in her native Ireland when she first learned about sickle cell anemia, an inherited blood disorder that affects predominantly those of African descent. At that time, “there were virtually no blacks in Ireland,” said Anne. She remembers thinking, “Why are they teaching us this? I’ll never see this condition.” […]
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By Mary Witko
Oct. 4 is the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the saint we pet lovers turn to for help when the cat won’t stop coughing up hairballs or the dog’s arthritis seems particularly painful. It’s not that we think St. Francis can work magic – magic has no place in a world where God’s power […]
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By Katie Scott
Bold blues, deep greens and delicate, precise lines drew parishioners’ eyes to the new icon inside St. Michael Church in Annandale. With Christ at the center, His head encircled by a golden halo, “The Baptism of Our Lord” is the fruit of an ancient tradition given fresh life. Father Jerry J. Pokorsky, St. Michael pastor, […]
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By Christina Capecchi
“Lena Dunham is not done confessing.” That’s the headline of The New York Times Magazine profile just published about the actress-turned-memoirist, and it couldn’t be more apt. Though I’ve never seen an episode of her highly rated, super-raunchy, nudity-filled HBO show “Girls,” I consider Lena something of a cultural case study, given how often she […]
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By Jim Mcelhatton
This time last football season, Bishop Ireton quarterback Joe Dickinson and kicker David Cooper played on opposite sides of the world. Dickinson made the roster at Chapin High School in El Paso, Texas, while Cooper played in South Korea on a high school military base team so bad that he never got a chance to […]
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By Katie Scott
Images of angels are on calendars and notecards, magnets and mugs. But these spiritual beings are not the stuff of Hallmark designs; they are real and powerful, serving as protectors and ministers of divine care. Among the myriads of angels are guardian angels – special beings who guide and guard every human life. They are […]
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By Mike Flach
A light rain couldn’t dampen the enthusiasm of students and parishioners at Church of the Nativity in Burke as they broke ground Sept. 13 for their new parish activities center. The memory of their late pastor, Father Richard B. Martin, was never far from their thoughts as they welcomed back their founding pastor, Father Frank […]
