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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 […]
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 […]
Local
By Zoey Dimauro
Of all the complex theological tenets and moral teachings of the church, Father Jamie Workman has found it most difficult to preach from the pulpit on the sanctity of human life. Though the belief is simple – life should be protected from conception to natural death – the culture has made it a little more […]
Local
By Zoey Dimauro
Many Catholics and especially children may be familiar with the Knights of Columbus post-Mass Tootsie Roll fundraiser, but they may not realize the money raised goes to programs for the intellectually disabled in Virginia. The Knights’ commitment to helping local people with intellectual disabilities inspired the St. Mary of Sorrows Knights of Columbus to start […]
Local
By Dave Borowski
Every four years, Arlington Cursillo selects a man or woman to lead the group in their mission of bringing people to Christ. In December, the Arlington Cursillo Secretariat chose Mike McBrady as its new lay director. McBrady, a parishioner of St. John Neumann Church in Reston, who succeeds Phil Kiko, was installed at a Jan. […]
Global
By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY – A homeless woman was offered a place to stay at a Vatican women’s shelter after she gave birth to a baby girl near the colonnade surrounding St. Peter’s Square, the Vatican spokesman said. Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, said the Romanian woman, who is one of many homeless in the city, […]
Local
By Katie Scott
When it comes to gun violence, Virginia “is a bellwether state; it is a microcosm of the United States,” said gun control activist Andrew Patrick during his Jan. 13 presentation, “Stopping Gun Violence in America: It’s Up to Us,” at St. Mark Church in Vienna. Given the contentious question-and-answer session following the event, the audience […]
National
By Jennifer Brinker and Dave Luecking
PERRYVILLE, Mo. – Perhaps it was merely coincidence. Or perhaps not. “I’d call it Providence,” said Vincentian Father Robert Brockland, who along with Amy Naeger, her brother Neal Gremaud, St. Louisan Bob Klump and Vincentian Father Walter Reisinger were at the center of this story in the last week of December and the first weekend […]
Local
By Zoey Dimauro
The year was 1976, and Lucille Maloney was in the hospital, suffering heavy blood loss after a miscarriage. Feeling woozy, she was placed in a recovery room with some 30 other women. Though in a daze, it didn’t take her long to realize that these women were recovering not from miscarriages but abortions. “There I […]
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