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By Dave Borowski
It was raining and chilly when golfers teed off May 9 in the 20th annual Youth Apostles Golf Tournament at Raspberry Falls Golf and Hunt Club in Leesburg. After 12 years as general director of the Youth Apostles Institute in McLean, this was Youth Apostle Father Jack Peterson’s first tournament since his tenure ended April […]
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By Katie Scott
On May 9, for the first time since St. Mark School in Vienna was founded in 2003, students sang, prayed and knelt in the center pews of St. Mark Church during a school Mass. After being named a Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education last fall, Father Patrick Holroyd, pastor, decided “they’d […]
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By Christina Capecchi
It had been a long Thursday, and Brooke Paris couldn’t wait to take off her heels, peel off her contacts and wipe off her make-up. She changed into her pajamas, climbed into bed and opened her MacBook to the pope’s new apostolic exhortation. “Amoris Laetitia” (The Joy of Love) was released two weeks after Brooke’s […]
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By Ashleigh Buyers
The varsity baseball team at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington lost in the semi-final round of the WCAC playoffs to Our Lady of Good Counsel High School. The Knights lost the first game of the three game series 4-1 May 9 and the second game 2-0 May 10.
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By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Sophomore Lexi Ledoyen scored the winning goal on a pass from senior Kelly Larkin with seven seconds left on the clock as the Bishop Ireton Cardinals from Alexandria (18-3) defeated top-ranked Our Lady of Good Counsel High School from Olney, Md., 10-9 to capture their second Washington Catholic Athletic Conference title in the past three […]
Schools
By Mary Wright
“The Sound of Music” is iconic for its singing nuns, seven mischievous children and the beloved love story between Maria and Captain Von Trapp. For the drama club of Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Dumfries, making the spring musical the best show of their lives included some specialized training from the […]
Movies
This adaptation of British author Rudyard Kipling’s 1894 collection of stories about the adventures of a “man-cub” (Neel Sethi) raised by animals offers delightful, good-natured, heartfelt entertainment for the entire family, the most easily frightened tots possibly excepted. Orphaned as a baby, the boy is led by a kindly panther (voice of Ben Kingsley) to […]
Schools
After a two-year hiatus, baseball will return to Christendom College in Front Royal in spring 2017. Athletic director Patrick Quest has made the return of the sport a priority since joining the Christendom staff last summer. “With the help and efforts of many, we are excited to bring ‘America’s pastime’ back to Christendom,” said Quest. […]
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Four students from Christendom College in Front Royal won top awards in this year’s Latin translation contest sponsored by the Classical Association of the Middle West and South. At the intermediate level, sophomores Cecilia Gallagher and John Martz were among five first-place winners, and freshman Garrett Boord earned second-place honors. At the advanced level, senior […]
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