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A first class relic of St. Clare of Assisi will be on display at St. Clare of Assisi Church in Clifton during a special feast day Mass Aug.11 at 7:30 p.m.
The Dale City Knights of Columbus are sponsoring a charity bingo on Labor Day, Sept. 4, at the VFW Post, 14631 Minnieville Rd., Dale City. Doors open at noon, sales begin at 1 p.m. and play starts at 2 p.m. The VFW snack bar will be open during play.
span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Carmen Briceño, a parishioner of All Saints Church in Manassas and a Herald columnist, has loved to draw ever since she was a child, and studied art and visual technology at George Mason University in Fairfax. But it wasn’t until a year ago that she launched Sacred Print, an online shop that sells her designs on journals, pins and magnets. /span>
Bob Fassbinder was recently honored for his service teaching the faith at a Mass concelebrated by Father Dale Rausch and Dubuque Archbishop Michael O. Jackels . His four children and seven grandchildren attended, along with a large contingent of the local Catholic community.
Medieval artists often depicted Mary under the title of Our Lady of Mercy, with her arms outstretched to reveal a crowd of tiny suppliants huddled in the folds of her mantle. All kinds of people found a place at Mary’s feet -- from princes and pious nuns to slaves and peasants.
The Knights of Columbus, long associated with swords, capes and chapeaus, will be going through a significant uniform change.
According to the Portland archdiocesan Office of Hispanic Ministry, around 50 percent of western Oregon's Catholics are Hispanic. The number of Hispanic students enrolled in Catholic schools, however, hasn't kept pace: Though the figures have inched upward, currently just 12 percent of elementary school students and 9 percent of secondary students are Hispanic.
The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has called on President Donald Trump to ease the "onerous" contraceptive mandate of the Department of Health and Human Services under the Affordable Care Act because it violates religious freedom.
