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By Carol Zimmermann
WASHINGTON — Each year at back-to-school-time, many parents are in sticker shock about school-supply costs. This year, with inflation, is no exception as parents pay more for everything from notebooks to backpacks and calculators. Never mind shoes and clothes, and for some, laptops. Last year, many families had help with these purchases through the government’s […]
Columns
By Lucia A. Silecchia
I was visiting a parish not my own when a young girl of about 5 greeted me. With a shy smile and the quiet encouragement of her mother, she handed me a hand-colored greeting card welcoming me to her parish. I do not know if her card-making was a class project or an initiative of […]
Columnists
By Elizabeth Foss
As I approach my 35th wedding anniversary, which will fall just days after my third son gets married, my thoughts keep turning to the miracle of marriage. I mean, what’s the chance that two people can make a commitment decision for a lifetime that involves so much sacrifice and learning and growing on both parts […]
Schools
This summer, 27 students from St. Paul VI Catholic High School in Chantilly, along with an entourage of teachers and chaperones, traveled to Rome for a musical pilgrimage. “When I was in high school, my choir went on an international tour,” said Sara Prince, choral director. “Getting to explore and perform in a new country was […]
Schools
By Briseis Ferrufino
For the better part of a school year, I and 17 juniors and seniors from St. Paul VI Catholic High School in Chantilly discussed our expectations and hopes for our summer mission trip to Georgetown, Ky. It would be more than just an adventure or vacation; it would be a transformative experience, one that would […]
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — God created every human being to be free to choose how to live in this world, Pope Francis said. And those choices “will have a consequence, for you, for others and for the world; you can make the earth a magnificent garden or you can make it a desert of death,” he […]
Global
By Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY — Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, who died Aug. 30 in Moscow after a long illness, met several times with St. John Paul II, and the two often exchanged words of appreciation for each other. The two leaders met in 1989 and again in 1990, when Gorbachev was still president of the Soviet […]
Pope Francis
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY — Jesus’ call to spread the Gospel should fill all Christians, especially those within the church hierarchy, with a sense of wonder and gratitude, Pope Francis said. Celebrating Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica Aug. 30 with the College of Cardinals, the pope said this sense of wonder “sets us free from the temptation […]
National
By Gina Christian
PHILADELPHIA — When she was in fifth grade, Jayda Pugliese realized that “something wasn’t right.” As a student at St. Mary Interparochial School in Philadelphia, she struggled to keep up in class. Her world was falling silent, due to a progressive disease that attacked her auditory nerves. Adept at lip-reading, Pugliese managed to pass regular […]
Schools
The Student Government Service Committee (SGSC) at Seton School in Manassas is continuing the tradition begun in the 2019-20 school year of selecting a specific virtue as the focus for the student body and the faculty. This year’s virtue is humility, following charity (2019-20), fortitude (2020-21) and justice (2021-22). “SGSC will promote this virtue by […]
