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By Dave Borowski
The moveable feast of Corpus Christi, officially known as the solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, was instituted by Pope Urban IV in 1264 and is a public acknowledgement of the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. The official day of the feast is the Thursday after Trinity Sunday, most […]
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By Cindy Wooden
ROME – Thousands of permanent deacons and their wives began their Year of Mercy celebration by cutting straight to the heart of what it means to be a deacon, how the ministry impacts their families and the challenge of explaining their vocation to others, including bishops and priests. The pilgrims divided into language groups and […]
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By Dave Borowski
After a drizzly morning, the sun came out and the temperature rose in time for the annual Memorial Day Mass May 30 at Fairfax Memorial Park. The Mass was celebrated by Father John M. O’Donohue, pastor of Holy Spirit Church in Annandale. He was assisted by Deacon Nicholas J. LaDuca, who served as homilist. In […]
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By Cindy Wooden
ROME – A Corpus Christi procession should honor Christ’s gift of Himself in the Eucharist, but also should be a pledge to share bread and faith with the people of the cities and towns where the processions take place, Pope Francis said. Just as the “breaking of the bread” became the icon of the early […]
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Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax plans to launch a girls field hockey team beginning fall 2016 in anticipation of more field space as the school plans its move to Loudoun County. For the short term, the new team will be a one-level club group and will compete against Washington Catholic Athletic Conference and […]
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By Junno Arocho Esteves | Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Deacons are called to be servants who set aside their own self-serving plans and are generous with their lives, Pope Francis said. A servant “is not a slave to his own agenda,” but rather always is prepared for the unexpected and responds, even if that means ignoring the parish schedule, the pope […]
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By Ashleigh Buyers
There is a band in town waking up the Christian rock scene in Northern Virginia, and they call themselves The Restless. The group of young adults started the band with the mission to be a resource to the diocese while also reaching out to the broader community through music.br />
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By Ashleigh Buyers
Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori will lay his hands on the heads of two men during the ordination ceremony at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington June 4 at 11 a.m. The archbishop, who is substituting for Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde, will ordain Jordan Willard and Stephen Vaccaro to the diaconate. Their […]
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By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – When then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger met the press in 2000 for the formal release of the so-called Third Secret of Fatima, he said he knew many people would be disappointed. Almost 16 years later, at the beginning of a yearlong preparation for the 100th anniversary of the apparition of our Lady of Fatima […]
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Read the story about the New transitional deacons featured in the Arlington Catholic Herald.
