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By Alexandra Geigel
The Catholic campus ministry “Catholic Patriots” at George Mason University in Fairfax is known for “Luau,” the annual August gathering that kicks off the school year with an evening of free music, dancing, games and fellowship. There’s also the opportunity to encounter on-fire Catholic college student-leaders living out an abundance of life — a witness […]
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The Catholic University of America in Washington launched the centennial anniversary of its Oliveira Lima Library Feb. 5, with an invited gathering of the library’s friends and supporters, officials of the embassies of Brazil and Portugal, U.S. diplomats, guests and university leaders. Hosted by Duilia de Mello, executive director of the Oliveira Lima Library and […]
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The famed gingham-checkered blue dress worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz” that the late Mercedes McCambridge donated to The Catholic University of America in Washington can now be auctioned to raise funds for an endowed professorship at the university’s Benjamin T. Rome School of Music, Drama and Art. In April 2022, the […]
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Last month, a group of 17 students from the Catholic campus ministry at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg joined more than 20,000 of their peers from around the country in St. Louis. They attended SEEK, an annual conference for college students hosted by the Fellowship of Catholic University Students. FOCUS is a Catholic […]
Schools
By Allison Quispe and Colette Kramer
Every student at Seton School in Manassas is required to participate in the science fair at least one year to graduate. Most students will fulfill this requirement while they are enrolled in biology class freshman year. This year, the high school science fair took place Jan. 24 and was run by Charles Chalkley, the new […]
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By Kerry Nevins
Joseph Beyer was 6 years old when he first saw a stained-glass window. It depicted St. Michael wielding a spear over the head of a dragon in the Bavarian style. Beyer was equally struck equally by the spiritual components as well as the technical skills demonstrated in the piece. “It was a very dramatic window. […]
Columns
By Billy Atwell
Over the past 13 years, I have had the blessing of serving the Church through helping direct communications efforts. One of the best parts of this great work is that communications utilizes a variety of distinct specialties. My average day involves media relations, social media, video and audio production, news publishing (through the Arlington Catholic […]
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By Elizabeth Foss
Here we are in the season of fasting. Of course, two out of three internet health gurus have been extolling the virtues of fasting day in and day out, no matter the season. Eat this, but don’t eat that. Eat now, but don’t eat then. All the rules of fasting are quickly shored up and […]
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By Anna Harvey
Patrice Winter, a professor at George Mason University in Fairfax, was looking to retire in a few years but wanted to continue serving her community. Then, a close friend encouraged her to become a spiritual director. That was when Winter first learned that Divine Mercy University in Sterling has a spiritual direction certificate through her […]
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Parishes
By Anna Harvey
Most know the saying, “the eyes are windows to the soul,” but for the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington, its new stained-glass windows are channels to heavenly beauty. Some 30 clerestory stained-glass windows bearing 60 different icons now adorn the cathedral that is under renovation. Clerestory windows are windows placed high on the […]
