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By Catholic Herald Staff Report
The third-ranked Paul VI Panthers defeated the Bishop O’Connell Lady Knights 66-54 Jan. 15. The game was played in Arlington. Paul VI senior guard Jasmine Whitney was a stabilizing influence for the Panthers, who used their superior interior size to wear down the Knights. Prior to the game, O’Connell senior Jasmine Taylor was honored for […]
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By Catholic Herald Staff Report
The boys from Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax and the girls from Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria placed first in last weekend’s Northern Virginia Catholic High School Invitational Swim and Dive Meet. The annual event was held at the Freedom Aquatic Center in Manassas. Ireton junior Anna Shumate set a meet record […]
Movies
Stale horror film set in the Aokigahara Forest at the base of Japan’s Mount Fuji, which has a reputation as a suicide lure, as its excuse to produce deadly wraiths who urge an American girl (Natalie Dormer) to “join” them while she searches for her lost sister. The story line doesn’t endorse suicide, but rather, […]
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By Dave Borowski
The 2016 Virginia legislature convened Jan. 13 with more than 1,000 bills awaiting legislative review and action. Many of these bills will have a direct impact on Catholic interests in the commonwealth. The Virginia Catholic Conference is the policy agency for Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde and Richmond Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo. Jeff Caruso, VCC […]
Columns
By Fr. John Catoir
Recently, I received a letter from a person desperate because his brother left the church in anger, saying a lot of what the church teaches is a myth. I told the person I would pray for the situation. But I imagine there are a lot of similar situations out there. Here are a few thoughts […]
Schools
By Patrick Faga
Each year, seniors at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington participate in an overnight retreat during November or December. They select one of two “boys-only” or “girls- only” sessions and leave Arlington by bus at 3 p.m. one day to travel to the 4-H Educational Center in Front Royal, returning at 3 p.m. the next […]
National
By Jessica Trygstad
ST. PAUL, Minn. – As a mother of six, Leah Jacobson is watching other parents try to raise children in a society that no longer supports sisterhood among mothers. And that’s a shame, said the founder and president of The Guiding Star Project, a Duluth-based organization seeking to combine under one roof a variety of […]
Columnists
By Mary Beth Bonacci
I saw one of those celebrity magazines at the drugstore the other day. The headline read: “The 22 women Brando loved and destroyed.” I looked at it and thought, “This nation needs a serious national conversation about what the word ‘love’ means.” A few days later, curious what this “love” looked like, I googled the […]
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By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON – God may have needed just six days to make all of creation, but for the new video series “Creation,” well, it took a bit longer. Salt and Light Media started working on the project in 2010, according to Deacon Pedro Guevara-Mann, the producer and host of “Creation,” a six-part series. “We shot the […]
Global
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Welcoming thousands of migrants and refugees to the Vatican for their own Year of Mercy celebration, Pope Francis urged them to resist everything that would rob them of hope and joy. “Each of you is the bearer of a history, culture and precious values and, unfortunately, also often of experiences of […]
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