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By Beth Griffin
RYE, N.Y. – The secular world ignores Advent, begins celebrating Christmas the day after Halloween and packs up the holiday before the New Year, Paul J. Murray said. The director of music at a midtown Manhattan parish thought the Advent message was getting drowned out by the noise of commercialism, so he decided to make […]
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“Divinely Inspired,” an exhibition of watercolor paintings by Aleona Isakova, will be featured at Trinity House Cafe, 101 E. Market St., Leesburg, Dec. 4, through Feb. 28, 2016. Isakova’s “Nativity” and “Song of Solomon” series will be showcased. The exhibit will open with a reception Dec. 4 from 6 to 8 p.m. Isakova will give […]
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By Christina Capecchi
The wedding that Tyler Schwandt and his fiancee are planning could’ve been broadcast on national TV. But he’s perfectly content with a quieter, more intimate wedding Mass. The 23-year-old Catholic from Rockford, Mich., has the distinction of being the firstborn of 13 boys, the family whose improbable boy streak went viral with the 12th pregnancy […]
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By Elizabeth Foss
Just moments ago, I sat here in irritated frustration while a colored spinning wheel spun and spun and spun. It must have been 30 seconds or so. An eternity, really, in Internet time. I could barely sit still for the time it took to load a blank page upon which to write. We don’t wait […]
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By Soren Johnson
“For I, the Lord, your God, am a jealous God.” I was helping my 6-year-old with her religious education homework the other evening when we came across this verse, tucked away within the 10 Commandments. All these years, I’ve skimmed over it as if it was some residue from the old King James translation, a […]
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By Msgr. Charles M. Mangan
Of all the things that Pope Francis has said and done during his still brief pontificate, his insistence that we extend mercy to others as God has shown mercy to us remains front and center. It is no wonder, then, that the Holy Father announced the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy that will begin Dec. 8, […]
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By Cindy Wooden
KAMPALA, Uganda – As Pope Francis encouraged Ugandan Christians to draw inspiration from the 19th-century Ugandan Martyrs, he carried with him graphic images of the horrors the 45 Anglican and Catholic martyrs endured. The pope made an early morning visit Nov. 28 to the Anglican shrine and museum located on the site where many of […]
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By Thomas J. Craughwell
An entire book could be devoted just to the patrons of children. More saints have been assigned to watch over infants, little boys and girls, and adolescents than any other group, perhaps because they are the most vulnerable members of the human family.
The saint with the longest history as patron of children is St. Nicholas, the 4th-century bishop of Myra and one of the most popular saints of all time.
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By Anne Mathis
How do you honor and pay tribute to a humble priest and bishop who has served the church and countless numbers of people for 50 years? One way is to invite people to share their thoughts with him and honor him by ensuring that priestly vocations and caring for retired priests in the Arlington Diocese […]
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