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The Virginia Catholic Conference issued an alert Oct. 26 encouraging voters to reach out to their senators in support of bipartisan anti-trafficking legislation. After passing the U.S. House of Representatives this summer, the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2022 awaits consideration by the U.S. Senate. The legislation “will go a […]
Schools
Catholic schools outperform public school counterparts in almost all categories, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), a biennial report of the U.S. Department of Education. Catholic school students performed at or near the top in reading and math compared to public schools coming out of the pandemic. NAEP, also known as the […]
Parishes
What’s distinctive about your parish? St. Joseph’s was founded in 1915 at the request of several black Catholics who wanted to worship God freely and be active members of the church but encountered discrimination in their own parishes. Priests and brothers of St. Joseph’s Society of the Sacred Heart, an interracial order also known as […]
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It’s time for the annual Herald Angel campaign to kick off. Nominate a volunteer who consistently goes above and beyond to help others, either on their own or for a Catholic non-profit in the Arlington diocese. The deadline is Nov. 30 to send us your nominations at [email protected]. You can also nominate someone on social […]
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“Gather at the Table: Multicultural Cooking for Liturgical Living,” an initiative of the diocesan multicultural office, is an international cookbook inviting readers to cook with the seasons and the liturgical calendar as part of Diocesan Golden Jubilee celebrations. The release date is planned for year three of the jubilee. The diocese is seeking family recipes […]
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The Knights of Columbus Arlington Council 2473 will deliver Thanksgiving dinners to those in need Nov. 24. The Knights are collection monetary donations to purchase food and asking for volunteers to prepare and deliver meals on Thanksgiving. Last year, the council fed 2,500 people. The Knights anticipate even more need this year due to the […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
AWALI, Bahrain — Conflicts and evil in the world are all rooted in people rejecting God and their brothers and sisters, Pope Francis said to international Islamic scholars and experts. “Dear friends, brothers in Abraham and believers in the one God: Social, international, economic and individual evils, as well as the dramatic environmental crisis of […]
Bishop's Columns
By Bishop Michael F. Burbidge
“My soul rejoices in the Lord!” Mary’s words to her cousin Elizabeth, as recounted in St. Luke’s Gospel, capture for us the theme of Preparation Year II for our Diocesan Golden Jubilee: “Rejoice!” Mary’s words encourage us also to rejoice with her in the Lord. The Lord Jesus was already present in the womb of […]
Columnists
By Elizabeth Foss
After dinner on many weeknights, my husband and I have a Jeopardy! habit. We sit and watch and compete with one another, and we’re pretty serious about it. Lately, though, it’s become a tiresome endeavor. Between rounds of trivia, we are inundated with political commercials. They are poorly written and poorly produced, and they are […]
Columns
By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
Q. I have noticed that when the choir does a piece of music differently or performs a song especially well, someone inevitably starts to applaud and the rest of the congregation follows suit. I think that this detracts from the mood that the music has just created and interferes with the solemnity of the Mass. […]
