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By Robert Hay
As members of the Arlington Diocese, we are blessed to live in an area with quality choices for our children’s secondary education. With the opening of St. John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Dumfries in 2008, there are options and opportunities for rising high schoolers throughout the entire diocese. With this blessing, however, […]
Schools
By Dave Borowski
If you have had a child involved in music at any Catholic school in the Arlington Diocese over the past 30 years, you have probably heard the name Garwood Whaley. Whaley, who retired from Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria in 2004 after serving as the director of fine arts at the school for 34 […]
Schools
By Dave Borowski
Decreased vocations and a desire to strengthen community life has led the Congregation of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, in Immaculata, Pa., to end the sisters’ presence at St. Michael School in Annandale. The sisters have taught at St. Michael School for more than 60 years. Currently four sisters live in […]
Schools
By Katie Scott
The annual luncheon for pastors and principals sponsored by the Arlington Principals Association had an added layer of celebration and sentiment Jan. 19 as both Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde and Sister Bernadette McManigal, superintendent of diocesan schools, are set to retire this year. Sister Bernadette will retire June 30 after eight years of service […]
Arts
By Stacy Rausch
Aleona Isakova grew up in Tver, Russia, in a family of atheists. There were no Bibles. There was no way for her to attend church. In 1991, American missionaries came to Russia and introduced her to Jesus. She said this interaction “filled an empty place in my heart when they spoke of God, and brought […]
Schools
By Katie Scott
For years, Josie Blessard dreaded school. The soft-spoken teenager has an auditory processing disorder, dyslexia and memory and retention difficulties – a combination of learning disabilities that elicited peers’ taunts in her public school classes. “I had panic attacks and came to school crying,” said Josie. All that changed last fall when she enrolled as […]
Local
By Dave Borowski
In 2009, the Knights of Columbus began a new program – Coats for Kids – to provide new winter coats to deserving children. It’s a cooperative effort between local councils and the Knights of Columbus Supreme Council. Councils raise the money and decide how many children they can provide coats to, then order the coats […]
Schools
By Zoey Dimauro
Every spring, the quiet library at Angelus Academy in Springfield becomes a little noisier as dozens of chicks poke out of their shells to the delight of students. For 10 years, librarian Jodi Shlesinger has placed several incubators amidst the books and taught the students how to care for the eggs and then the baby […]
Local
Post-blizzard snowscapes capture fun, team work in the Arlington Diocese. Related: Storm doesn’t stop Alexandria wedding Roof collapses at Chantilly school Alexandria’s beautiful blizzard
Schools
By Ashleigh Buyers
Popular verses from classic children’s books could be heard down the hallways as kindergartners and eighth-graders sat in pairs reading to each other. The fun activity is part of a new effort led by Kathryn Crawford, eighth-grade teacher, and Caitlin Boland, kindergarten teacher, to start a buddy program at St. William of York School in […]
