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Several educators from the Diocese of Arlington attended the NCEA Convention April 3-5 and participated in presentations.
Religious education teachers share how parents and sponsors can lead teens to the church.
Deacon Albert J. Anderson Jr. is a permanent deacon serving his parish, St. Joseph Church in Alexandria, since 2011.
The goal of an apostolic exhortation is to encourage — literally, to “give courage.” In his new apostolic exhortation “Gaudete et Exsultate” (“Rejoice and Be Glad”), Pope Francis achieves this goal by calling us to renewed boldness and courage to pursue holiness. “The only great tragedy in life,” our Holy Father reminds us in the words of Leon Bloy, “is not to become a saint.”
After Communion during the Vigil Mass at St. Joseph Church in Herndon April 7th, the musicians played a slow traditional hymn to the Blessed Mother. But one thing was different than any other Saturday: the lyrics of the hymn were in Polish and the singers were accompanied by an accordion, trombone and drums with a distinct Polka sound.
Feeling ashamed of one's sins does not mean wallowing in guilt, rather it is the gateway all men and women can use to experience firsthand God's tender mercy and forgiveness, Pope Francis said.
p class="Body">Crying, hugging and shaking their heads in grief, the people of Humboldt gathered at the local hockey arena April 8 for an interfaith service to mourn 15 people who died after the bus carrying the town's junior hockey team collided with a truck.
Bishop O’Connell High School of Arlington defeated Bishop Ireton High School of Alexandria 7-6 at an April 9 game in Arlington.
The path to holiness does not involve wrestling with some abstract boogeyman, but involves a "constant struggle against the devil, the prince of evil," Pope Francis said.
