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The Most Reverend Paul S. Loverde, Bishop of Arlington, has announced the following clergy appointments effective on Wednesday, July 7, 2010, except where noted differently. Pastors Reverend Gerard Creedon – from Pastor of the Church of Saint Charles Borromeo in Arlington to Pastor of the Church of the Holy Family in Dale City. Reverend Denis […]
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Explosively noisy, stunt-laden, cheesy and somehow engrossing film based on the TV series in the 1980s without that program’s self-mocking humor. Director Joe Carnahan, who also scripted along with Brian Bloom and Skip Woods, reinvents the story line as sort of a video game, with Liam Neeson, Quinton Jackson, Bradley Cooper, and Sharlto Copley playing […]
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Learn what it takes to access, apply and secure a job with the federal government. Federal agency representatives will be on-hand to answer specific questions about openings and how to apply for positions within their agency. Kim Bauhs, assistant director, recruitment and diversity, Office of Personnel Management, will be the keynote speaker. If you go […]
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By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – The outgoing president of The Catholic University of America, Vincentian Father David O’Connell, has been named coadjutor bishop of Trenton, N.J., by Pope Benedict XVI. The appointment was announced June 4 in Washington by Archbishop Pietro Sambi, apostolic nuncio to the United States. Bishop-designate O’Connell, 55, is a native of Philadelphia who attended […]
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St. Columba is the patron of everyone involved in the book publishing business, but he could also be invoked against copyright infringement. St. Columba was born a prince of the O’Donnell clan of County Donegal in northwest Ireland. Like so many Irish Christians of this period St. Columba was an avid collector of beautiful books. […]
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By Dave Borowski
The Year for Priests comes to an end June 19. When Pope Benedict XVI announced the yearlong celebration, he also declared St. John Vianney to be the universal patron of priests. It was the 150th anniversary of the death of the Curé d’Ars, or “pastor of Ars,” and the pope said that because of the […]
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By Gretchen R. Crowe
“Let’s go.” That brief phrase sums up Deacon Jason Weber’s feelings as he prepares for his ordination to the priesthood June 12. The 28-year-old deacon has known the priesthood was for him since his senior year at the University of Virginia (UVA) in Charlottesville, and he credits and thanks his parents, Bill and Susan Weber, […]
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By Katie Bahr
One week from Sunday, Deacon Ed Bresnahan – by then a priest – will celebrate his first Mass. It’s an event he’s been looking forward to for years and one he anticipates eagerly, with butterflies in his stomach. “I’ve been to Mass almost every day for my whole life so I should have a pretty […]
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By Mark Zimmermann
WASHINGTON – April 17, 2008, the day Pope Benedict XVI visited the Catholic University of America, was “probably the greatest day of my life,” said Vincentian Father David O’Connell, who will step down Aug. 31 as president after leading the university for the past 12 years. On the day of the pope’s visit to campus, […]
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When: Saturday, June 3 at noon Where: Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, 400 Michigan Ave., N.E., Washington, D.C. Baccalaureate Mass: May 23 at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington at 9 a.m. Graduation speaker: Sister, Servant of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Sister Rose DeCarlo Total graduates: 339 Graduates include: Joseph […]
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