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When: Sunday, June 5 at 2:30 p.m. Where: Eagle Bank Arena (formerly the George Mason Patriot Center), 4500 Patriot Circle, Fairfax Baccalaureate Mass: June 3 at St. Timothy Catholic Church, 13807 Poplar Tree Road, Chantilly, at 7:30 p.m. Total Graduates: 241 Graduation Speaker: Paul VI teachers and staff. Graduates include: Devon Paul Adams, Alexander Christian […]
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By Katie Bahr
Married since 2003 and the parents of five children, stand-up comedian Jim Gaffigan, and his wife, Jeannie, are devout Catholics and writing partners. They teamed up for their commencement address, bouncing off each other with wise and witty advice. To begin, Jeannie recounted their reaction when they were first asked to speak at Catholic University’s […]
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By Special To The Herald
Christendom College celebrated commencement weekend May 13-15, awarding 72 Bachelor of Arts degrees and one Associate of Arts degree, and honoring renowned historian James Hitchcock and Cardinal Edwin O’Brien, grand master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. Cardinal O’Brien celebrated the baccalaureate Mass May 13 and received an honorary doctorate during […]
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When: Friday, June 3 at 10 a.m. Where: Hylton Memorial Chapel, 14640 Potomac Mills Road, Woodbridge Baccalaureate Mass: June 2 at Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School, 17700 Dominican Dr., Dumfries at 7 p.m. Total graduates: 161 Graduation speaker: Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde Graduates include: William Cresencio Adams, Sarah Elizabeth Arata, Ashley […]
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By Catholic Herald Staff Report
According to the diocesan Office of Catholic Schools, the following people will retire at the end of this school year (diocesan years of service are indicated): Bishop Ireton High School, Alexandria: Sr. Elizabeth Rossetti (42 years); Robert Storch (23 years); Sr. Anne Tardiff (50 years) Bishop O’Connell High School, Arlington: James Hayes (41 years); Valarie […]
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By Dave Borowski
Diego Garcia is a 17-year-old senior at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington and a parishioner of St. Joseph Church in Herndon. At an age when most students would be happy with the traditional family vacation at the beach, Garcia has traveled to 52 different countries. And it’s not the usual destinations; his favorite place […]
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By Dave Borowski
There are two well-known players in standardized college entrance testing – the SATs and the ACTs. The SATs have been keeping high school seniors on pins and needles since 1926, the ACTs since 1956. Since December, a new college testing service, Classic Learning Initiatives, claims to be a more accurate and rigorous measure of college […]
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By Zoey Dimauro
Katie Mitchell attended the University of Notre Dame in Indiana to play golf, but wound up finding her Catholic faith. With chapels in every building and friends who shared the same values, sacraments and spiritual encouragement were never more than a dorm room away. Finding that same environment after college was a little more challenging. […]
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By Katie Scott
Mary Byczek walks in between rows of desks at St. Leo the Great School in Fairfax, her voice calm and deliberate and her hands gesturing. She’s giving a brief refresher on pronouns, sprinkling it with anecdotes and examples, while her fifth-graders highlight words on worksheets. When Byczek, 62, stops to ask a question, several arms […]
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By Mike Flach
Although there are two weeks left in the school year, the St. Michael School community bid farewell to the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary May 22 at a reception held in their honor. The religious community has staffed St. Michael School in Annandale since 1954. Earlier this year they announced that they […]
