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Even in the world of real people and real faces, the conversations are shutting down. We don’t want to hear any more. Too much contention. Too much anger. Too much fear where there once was friendship, or at least neighborliness. It’s as if the running thread has been pulled, and the fabric of community is falling away into tatters. It’s the era of “unfriending.”

Q: Growing up Catholic, I was taught that in order to fulfill your Sunday obligation, you were required to be present for three parts of the Mass — the Gospel, the offertory and Communion. Our parish just started hearing confessions at the very time the Sunday Mass is being celebrated (i.e., not just before or […]
Gospel Commentary MT 5:17-37   One of the characters made famous by the television series “Star Trek” was Mr. Spock. Spock was the completely rational person. His vision was unclouded by emotion. Sometimes, we imagine ourselves to be like that, making rational decisions, rational choices and rational responses.    In fact, we are not like […]

Nancy Harrison, a former teacher at St. James School in Falls Church, recognized the need for special education in her school. She fought to start a resource room, where struggling students can receive academic support, so they would not have to transfer to schools with those programs. To honor her efforts, a resource classroom was dedicated in her name Feb. 1.

Wedding season is here and it’s time to grab your crew and head to the dress shop. But before you have the assistants clip you into your first white, ivory or champagne gown, it’s a good idea to know what your modesty standards are and what your church has to say about it. 

WASHINGTON — People of goodwill can disagree on matters of public policy — even if they’re ordained clergy, and the public policy under debate has the potential to affect the way they conduct their ministry. The issue is the Johnson Amendment, a 1954 rider inserted by then-Sen. Lyndon Johnson into that year’s version of the […]

A Front Royal mom turns love of healthy, bone broth soup into a business. 

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