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By Jim Hale
Annie Ray, orchestra director at Annandale High School and a parishioner of Queen of Apostles Church in Alexandria, won the 2024 Music Educator Grammy Award last weekend. Citing her work teaching music to students with disabilities, the Recording Academy announced her as the winner Feb. 1. Just hours later, she was on a flight to […]
Schools
From dressing like a teacher to charity fundraising to spelling and religion bees, schools celebrated Catholic Schools Week 2024 across the Arlington diocese Jan. 28-Feb. 3. Bishop Michael F. Burbidge visited St. Patrick School in Fredericksburg Jan. 30; St. Thomas More Cathedral School in Arlington Jan. 31; and St. Paul VI Catholic High School in […]
Pope Francis
By Francesca Pollio Fenton
Pope Francis’ prayer intention for the month of February is for the terminally ill. “When some people talk about terminal illnesses, there are two words they often confuse: incurable and un-carable. But they are not the same,” the Holy Father said in a video released Jan. 30. “Even when little chance for a cure exists, […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Lent is a time to free oneself from slavery and take action to free others suffering from the multiple forms of slavery that afflict the world, Pope Francis said. Even though baptism has begun a process of liberation, “there remains in us an inexplicable longing for slavery. A kind of attraction to […]
Bishop's Columns
By Bishop Michael F. Burbidge
Here are four pieces of practical advice I offer to those who ask how they can have a holy and productive Lent that helps them embrace the call to repentance and conversion and come to a deeper relationship with Christ. Silence As we seek to respond to God’s call during Lent, there are time-tested and […]
Global
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — In less than a week, three Chinese bishops were ordained with the approval of both Pope Francis and the Chinese government. The ordination Mass for Bishop Peter Wu Yishun, 59, was celebrated Jan. 31 after Pope Francis named him head of the Apostolic Prefecture of Shaowu in the Chinese province of Fujian […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Wrath is a “dark vice” that destroys relationships, focuses all blame on others and only worsens over time, Pope Francis said. “It is capable of depriving us of sleep, of barring the way to reason and thought” because wrath completely clouds thinking clearly and builds up incessantly without mercy, the pope said […]
Global
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Ten children from Gaza in need of medical attention arrived in Rome on a military plane late Jan. 29, the first group of young patients who will receive treatment in Italy thanks to the lobbying of the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land and negotiations involving the governments of Italy, Israel, Palestine […]
TV
By Francesca Pollio Fenton
Season Four of the hit series “The Chosen” hits theaters on Feb. 1. For the first time, the full season will be shown exclusively in theaters before its release on streaming services. The rollout of Season Four in theaters will begin with a two-week run of Episodes 1–3 on Feb. 1. Episodes 4–6 will follow […]
Local
By Jim Hale
The Options Program at St. Paul VI Catholic High School began as a dream in 1998 for three families who were frustrated with the limitations their children with special needs were experiencing in the public schools. Twenty-five years later, the groundbreaking program at Paul VI is a model and inspiration for Catholic schools across the […]
