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By Dave Borowski
One of the newer additions to Queen of Apostles Church in Alexandria is the eucharistic adoration chapel. The chapel is 2 years old and welcomes adorers 24 hours a day from 7 a.m. Monday through Saturday morning at 7:45. More than 200 parishioners volunteer their time to fill the more than 120 hours, quietly praying […]
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By Thomas J. Craughwell
St. Sebastian (died c. 300) Feast day: January 20 The first Christians saw a connection between the courage and endurance of the martyrs and the courage and endurance of athletes. In his second letter to St. Timothy, St. Paul, knowing that his martyrdom was not far off, compared himself to a boxer and a runner: […]
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By Catholic Herald Staff Report
James Jeffrey Benisek James Jeffrey Benisek, 52, was born in Oak Park, Ill., and is a parishioner of St. William of York Church in Stafford. The son of Jerome and Mary Benisek, he grew up in Elmhurst, Ill., with his younger brother. Benisek received a bachelor’s in law enforcement administration from Western Illinois University, a […]
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By Dave Borowski
St. Andrew the Apostle Church in Clifton was decorated for Christmas with poinsettias, trees and wreaths that filled the altar and the sanctuary just two days after the celebration of the birth of Christ. It was a fitting backdrop for the ordination of Father Richard Dyer by Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde – a Christmas […]
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By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Richard Eugene Dyer Sr., the father of newly ordained Father Richard Dyer, died at his home Dec. 28, just one day after witnessing his son’s ordination to the priesthood by Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde. Dyer was 77. Dyer was born Dec. 7, 1934, in Niles, Mich., to the late Vernon H. and Ruth A. […]
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By Matthew Gambino
PHILADELPHIA – The home of Philadelphia’s Catholic archbishops since the 1930s will soon be sold, archdiocesan officials confirmed Dec. 31. The 10,000-square-foot mansion located on more than eight acres at 5700 City Avenue next to St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia was purchased by Cardinal Dennis Dougherty in 1935. It has been used as the home […]
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By Katie Bahr
St. Mary Church in Alexandria has been a valued presence in the Alexandria community for more than 200 years. Located amongst the ever-changing restaurants and boutiques in Old Town, the parish has been a solid and faithful friend to Virginia’s Catholics for generations. The oldest Catholic Church in Virginia, St. Mary was established in 1795. […]
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By Gretchen R. Crowe
Tree needles are covering the floor. The Wise Men are nearly at the manger door. So just when do Catholics bring the celebration of the Nativity of the Lord to a close and return, quite literally, to ordinary time? Some take the tree down on New Year’s Day. Others pack away the crèche with the […]
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By Katie Bahr
Seven months after being diagnosed with leukemia, Sarah Jakielski, a student at Pope John Paul the Great High School in Dumfries, passed away last Tuesday. She was 15 years old. Jakielski is survived by her parents, Jake and Mary, and her younger sister, Rachel. She was a parishioner of Our Lady of Angels Parish in […]
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By Katie Bahr
It all started with two little girls who loved to color. In 2004, the girls were second-grade students in a religious education class taught by Julie Luckey, coordinator of religious education at St. John the Baptist Parish in Front Royal. At the time, Julie was having a difficult time finding Catholic coloring pages that were […]
