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By Ashleigh Buyers
The Rite of Consecrated Virginity is the newest rite in the Arlington Diocese, but it is by no means new to the Catholic Church. It is the church's most ancient rite for women, one chosen by St. Agnes, and St. Lucy, among others. They offered up their virginity and ultimately their lives for the service of God, their Divine Spouse.
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By Ashleigh Buyers
Advent is a busy time of year for Alison Wertzler, a parishioner of St. Agnes Church in Arlington. Besides all the errands, holiday shopping and do-it-yourself projects that need to get done, Wertzler also serves as a religious education teacher. On Sunday mornings, the hustle and bustle of the week comes to a halt as […]
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By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Ken Beatrice, a fixture in Washington sports talk radio for decades, died Dec. 6 at a hospice center in Aldie at the age of 72. A funeral Mass will be offered Saturday, Dec. 12, at noon at St. John the Evangelist Church in Warrenton with a reception to follow at 1 p.m. Beatrice was the […]
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Holy Trinity Church in Gainesville will present “Bethlehem Walk,” an interactive open house Dec. 18, 5 to 9 p.m., at 8213 Linton Hall Rd., Gainesville. The event will allow visitors to experience the city of Bethlehem at the time of Christ’s birth. Most of the walk is indoors, but the stable featuring the Holy Family […]
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By Mike Flach
Christian leaders from across Virginia gathered in Sterling last weekend for the 2015 LARCUM Conference. “The Church Always Reforming” was this years theme. The annual event is a statewide gathering of both clergy and laity from the Lutheran, Anglican, Roman Catholic and United Methodist faith traditions. Father Donald J. Rooney, chairman of the diocesan Ecumenical […]
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By Dave Borowski
There was a launch party Dec. 3 at the Boeing Building in Crystal City. Hundreds of St. Thomas More Cathedral School students, parents and teachers filled a conference room to watch the launch on large TV monitors hung from the walls showing the United Launch Alliance V 401 rocket ready to go. Students and parents […]
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By Mary Beth Bonacci
I find myself in the somewhat uncomfortable position of actually agreeing with Germaine Greer. Greer, for the uninitiated, is a “second wave” liberation feminist who rose to prominence in the 1960s. She is the author of The Female Eunuch, a book that argues the nuclear family represses and devitalizes women, and that women should give […]
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By Dave Borowski
People arrived at the Church of the Nativity in Burke early Dec. 5 for the 5 p.m. vigil Mass. By 4:30 p.m., the parking lot was nearly full. It was a special night; the parish was dedicating the recently completed $8 million Father Richard B. Martin Center. Father Martin was pastor of Nativity for 17 […]
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By Katie Scott
Ah, the Christmas list. We want to give thoughtfully, generously and from the heart to the people who fill ours. But the task can be daunting, the money insufficient and the ideas sparse. For gift-giving inspiration, why not look to the spirit of St. Francis and “Laudato Si'” (“May You Be Praised”), the encyclical penned […]
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