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By Dave Borowski
April 16 was a perfect day to be outside, and about 600 diocesan middle-schoolers, along with volunteers, parents and diocesan Office of Youth Ministry staff did just that at Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Dumfries for BASH 2016. This year’s theme was “Show Know Mercy.” The afternoon began with students gathered […]
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By Katie Scott
How should I communicate with God? What is my purpose in life? Can I heal from wounds of betrayal and disappointment? Because these questions are personal, difficult and sometimes painful, they frequently go unexplored. Spiritual direction, a practice as old as Christianity itself, is an opportunity for a faith-filled guide to help an individual ask […]
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By Katie Scott
Father John C. Cregan, a former Marine lieutenant colonel in residence at the St. Rose of Lima Priests’ Retirement Villa in Annandale, serves as a spiritual director to seminarians at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md. The retired priest describes spiritual direction as “developing and strengthening a relationship with Jesus under the guidance of […]
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By Katie Scott
On a recent afternoon, sunshine and sawdust filled the hard-hat-only second wing of the St. Rose of Lima Priests’ Retirement Villa in Annandale. Although a busy construction zone, the addition is on track to be finished by August – and possibly welcome Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde when the Vatican accepts his resignation and announces […]
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The Latino community of St. Joseph Church in Herndon will sponsor a rosary procession in honor of Our Lady of Fatima at St. Joseph Church, 750 Peachtree Street, Herndon, May 15 at 2 p.m. The event will conclude with the Sunday Mass in Spanish at 3:30 p.m. Find out more Call Patty at 703/463-4312 or […]
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Stand-up comedian Jim Gaffigan and his wife and creative partner, Jeannie Gaffigan, will deliver the commencement address at Catholic University in Washington May 14. Gaffigan is known as a “clean comic” who does not use foul language and who has incorporated his Catholic faith into his act. “This couple has changed the face of comedy […]
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A retreat weekend sponsored by Entering Canaan Ministry for people who have lost a sibling as a result of abortion will take place at the St. Gabriel Retreat House, 1201 Hilton Ave., Catonsville, Md., May 20-22. The retreat will be directed by Franciscan Father Fidelas Moscinski. Entering Canaan Ministry was developed by Theresa Bonopartis and […]
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The Asian and Pacific Island Catholics Marian pilgrimage will be held at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, 400 Michigan Ave., N.E., Washington, May 7, from noon to 4 p.m. The annual pilgrimage is sponsored by the Asian and Pacific Catholic Network in collaboration with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ […]
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By Elizabeth Foss
The family is the setting in which a new life is not only born but also welcomed as a gift of God. Each new life “allows us to appreciate the utterly gratuitous dimension of love, which never ceases to amaze us. It is the beauty of being loved first: children are loved even before they […]
