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By Special To The Catholic Herald
With a new marching band, new radio broadcasting program, new lights on the field, and a new principal, Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Dumfries, heads into its ninth year exhibiting the same energy and optimism that has come to define the school. New at the helm is Dominican Sister Mary Veronica […]
Columns
By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
Q. I write to ask for guidelines on the Third Commandment – keeping holy the Lord’s day. I do not consider some of the things that I do to be work – cooking, for example, minor cleanups, mowing, trimming, weeding. Does the church look upon all chores as work? I find it very hard not […]
Schools
By Special To The Catholic Herald
Back from a recent weeklong Salesian Leadership Camp on Lake Vineyard in Brooklyn, Mich., Paul VI Catholic High School student leaders Laine Davison, Andrea Mueller, Peter Braun and Margaret Cornejo shared their life-changing experience. The students – all members of Paul VI’s student government or student ambassadors – were accompanied by Eileen Hanley, assistant principal […]
Local
By Mike Flach
The reluctance of parents to encourage their children to enter religious life is the biggest challenge facing Father Joseph Kim in his role as director of vocations and seminarians in the Diocese of San Jose, Calif. “The sense of children being a gift from God is a conversion that needs to take place,” he said. […]
Schools
By Mary Stachyra Lopez
Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde and Bridgeport Bishop Frank J. Caggiano joined about 1,500 diocesan school staff members, teachers and clergy at All Saints Church in Manassas Aug. 23 for the annual bishop’s opening Mass to start the school year. The Mass also provided an opportunity to honor the teachers celebrating 25- and 30-year anniversaries. […]
Schools
By Zoey Dimauro
“As a parent, you have a lot of aspirations for your child. Becoming a commuter is not one of them,” said Rich Cooper, an Alexandria resident and father of a student at Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Dumfries. The Coopers are one of many Saint John Paul the Great families who […]
Local
By Mary Stachyra Lopez
Across the 21 counties and 69 parishes in the Arlington Diocese, there are countless opportunities for Catholics to learn about their faith. Yet each parish faces the same challenge: Actually getting people to show up to events. To help address that challenge, the Arlington Diocese will help parishes pay for access to an online resource […]
Columnists
By John Garvey
Blessed Teresa of Kolkata came to The Catholic University of America 45 years ago to receive her first honorary degree. If I’d been president of our school at the time I would have tried hard to get a picture of her in a Catholic University sweatshirt. I do have a lovely picture of my predecessor […]
Movies
By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON – It’s been 57 years since the last film version of “Ben-Hur” hit movie theaters. That alone is, for most Hollywood types, reason enough for a remake. But when the husband-and-wife team of Roma Downey and Mark Burnett saw the screenplay of the new version from John Ridley, he of Oscar-winning “12 Years a […]
Columnists
By Russell Shaw
I’d been running into references to the book every now and then for years. People told me I really ought to read it. But somehow I never got around to that. Then a friend forced my hand by buying a copy and sending it to me. No excuses now, so I sat down and read. […]
