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By Catholic News Service
Simone Biles won the women’s Olympic all-around gold medal Aug. 11. Her teammate Aly Raisman finished second. RIO DI JANEIRO – U.S. Olympic gymnast and gold medalist Simone Biles says when she travels, she sometimes takes with her a statue of St. Sebastian, the patron saint of athletes, and she also carries a rosary her […]
Columnists
By Elizabeth Foss
It’s that time of year in the life of a family when calendar squares begin to fill. Pencils in hand (because things change and it’s not quite time for pens yet), we grid in the soccer schedule, the “first day of” dates, the fall birthdays, the auditions, the new lessons. When finished, we stare in […]
Movies
Weak fifth installment in the animated franchise for children finds the good-hearted but overprotective father (voice of Ray Romano) of a family of wooly mammoths leading his levelheaded wife (voice of Queen Latifah), sunny daughter (voiced by Keke Palmer) and soon-to-be son-in-law (voice of Adam Devine) on an unlikely quest: They’re out to use magnetic […]
Local
By Kurt Jensen
FALLS CHURCH – On a sweltering Saturday morning on a busy street in the Washington suburb of Falls Church, about a dozen college and high school students were trying to improve a negative perception they feel the public has of protesters who hold vigils outside of abortion clinics. “As long as we’re on the sidewalk, […]
Arts
By Zoey Dimauro
Stephanie Morrison is a religious education teacher at a vibrant and family-focused parish. But sometimes, the number of families around her at Mass makes the divorced woman feel isolated. Instead of being discouraged, she made it her mission to sit in the front of the church. “I want to make sure people know that if […]
Local
By Mary Stachyra Lopez
St. Ann credit union has a unique mission: to provide an alternative for parishioners who might otherwise turn to high-interest credit cards or predatory lenders.
Local
By Katie Scott
As a lector read from Ecclesiastes, a dog lay in a patch of sunshine next to a pew at St. Ann Church in Arlington. The black Lab readjusted a paw and closed her eyes, appearing to settle into a meditation on the first reading. Moments later, after hearing a gentle command, Mileigh (pronounced “Miley”) led […]
Local
By Mary Stachyra Lopez
This summer, 11 Catholic credit unions formed a new association, Catholic Credit Unions of America (CCUA), to share best practices and finance larger projects within their parishes, schools and dioceses. Previously, many credit unions would not have been in a position to loan money for larger projects, such as financing a new gym for their […]
Columns
By Thomas J. Craughwell
St. Radegunde (518-587) Feast day: Aug. 13 Not long after St. Radegunde died in 587, one of her servants was deep-sea fishing when a storm came up suddenly and giant waves swamped his boat. Before the poor man even had a chance to start bailing, his boat filled with water and sank. As the terrified […]
Columnists
By Russell Shaw
Eighty-eight years ago a “happy warrior” from the streets of New York ran for president of the United States. His name was Al Smith, and he deserves to be remembered now as another bitter presidential campaign enters its decisive phase. In writing my new book Catholics in America (Ignatius Press) profiling 15 prominent Catholics who […]
