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By Lucia A. Silecchia
“White smoke” was all that my friend’s text said. That was, of course, all that I needed to hear to know that the quiet afternoon I had planned in my office at Catholic University would no longer be so quiet. That text was followed by an invitation to everyone on campus to gather in the […]
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By Bishop Michael F. Burbidge
Pope Leo XIV greeted the world for the first time from the Central Loggia at St. Peter’s Basilica May 8, nearly one month ago. The days and weeks since our Holy Father’s election as successor of St. Peter have been marked by his calls to embrace the peace only Christ can give.
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By Kathleen Goss
Asked why he is a member of the Northern Virginia chapter of Legatus, which helps business leaders navigate the intersection of Catholicism and commerce, Gil Guarino had a natural response.
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By Zoey Maraist
“Do you have a lavender dream?” That question, posed on social media, was how Katie Rinker first learned that Seven Oaks Lavender Farm was up for sale. Katie, a lavender lover who enjoyed visiting the Catlett farm near Nokesville, quickly asked her husband, Jason, about buying it. He was hesitant, but Katie smelled opportunity. Previously, […]
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By Anna Donofrio
Deacon John M. Meyerhofer’s journey to the priesthood was gradual but steady. “I found that, rather than too many singular moments in my life, God tends to work very slowly but consistently,” he said. Deacon Meyerhofer, 30, grew up as the third of four kids. His family attended St. John the Apostle Church in Leesburg […]
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By Jim Hale
The first time he considered a vocation to religious life, Deacon Timothy Banach was an engineering student at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Catholicism at UVA is heavily influenced by the dynamic witness of the Dominican priests at St. Thomas Church, and Deacon Banach felt compelled to consider life as a Dominican after breaking […]
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By Anna Donofrio
As long as he can remember, Deacon Christian N. Njodzela, 28, has felt a desire for the priesthood. The youngest of eight growing up in Vekovi, Kikaikelahki, Cameroon, Deacon Njodzela said he often attended daily Mass with his mother, where he first felt the desire to become a priest one day. At the age of […]
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By Anna Donofrio
Deacon Andrew T. Lewandowski, 56, said his decades-long journey to the priesthood is “not the norm.” “I don’t think God calls most people to the priesthood at a late age, which is probably a good thing, but at the same time … God’s constantly surprising us,” he said. Deacon Lewandowski grew up the third of […]
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By Jim Hale
Catholicism wasn’t on his mind the day a bizarre experience happened to Deacon Mike Sampson in 2012. The Washington lawyer had been exploring Christianity, but that amounted to visiting Protestant churches. “One day, I was coming back from work in Arlington and was just walking up the stairs and I began to pray,” said […]
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By Jim Hale
The loneliness that stirred Deacon Joseph Connor to pick up a book on New Year’s Eve 2013 was about to transform everything he knew about prayer. The sophomore engineering student at Virginia Tech didn’t have a party to go to, so he searched for something to read at his parents’ home in Alexandria. “The book […]
