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By Carol Zimmermann | Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – The Catholic Church not only needs to provide pastoral care for those with same-sex attraction but it should also make its teaching “accessible, understandable and compelling for people,” said the director of a church apostolate that ministers to homosexuals. Father Paul Check, director of Courage for the past eight years, said Catholics with […]
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By Dave Borowski
For the past four years, Deacon Joseph Farrell has been studying for the priesthood at the Pontifical North American College (NAC) in Rome. But he’s packing up his possessions and heading home to Virginia for his June 6 ordination. Deacon Farrell was born Jan. 2, 1983, in Cape Cod, Mass., to Louis and Carolyn Farrell. […]
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Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde will lay his hands on the heads of eight men during a combined ordination ceremony at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington June 6 at 11 a.m. The bishop will ordain Colin Davis to the diaconate. Seven deacons will be ordained to the priesthood including: Dort Bigg, Kevin […]
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By Dave Borowski
For Deacon Noah Morey, prayer is the reason for his vocation. The sixth of eight children, he was born March 28, 1986, in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, to Michael and Kathy Morey. He grew up near Seattle. He’s not the only sibling with a religious vocation. An older brother is a Benedictine priest and an older […]
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The Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington will undergo interior renovations, starting with the partial removal of pews June 8. Improvements include: removal and refinishing of pews; painting of interior walls; repairs to the terrazzo floor; and millwork and stone repair. After June 14, the remaining pews will be removed, and Masses will be […]
Global
By Bronwen Dachs | Catholic News Service
CAPE TOWN, South Africa – South African President Jacob Zuma should show ethical leadership and take some responsibility for the excessive expenditure on his private residence, church officials said. “We wish to remind our political leaders that, at a time when millions of our people are struggling to make ends meet, it is morally unjustifiable […]
Columns
By Fr. Jack Peterson, Ya
The extraordinary gift of the Eucharist fits a pattern of beautifully humble acts that marked the life of Christ during His earthly sojourn. He revealed Himself first to the world as an infant, born in a lowly stable and resting in a manger. Our Savior chose to live in the modest home of a carpenter […]
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The Continuing Christian Development Institute of Northern Virginia graduated the first students from its four-year daytime Adult Faith Formation Volunteer Director program May 13. The 21 courses of the program were held at St. John Neumann Church in Reston from September 2011 through mid-May 2015. The graduates include: Ana Rose Peña from St. Anthony of […]
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By Abbey Jaroma | Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – Once again the hills are filled with the sound of music, only this time the music soars from Benedictine monks rather than the Von Trapp family. In Norcia, Italy, about 70 miles northeast of Rome, there is an international community of monks who operate a craft brewery and spend hours a day chanting […]
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By Christine Stoddard
When Deacon Rich Miserendino headed to the University of Rochester in New York to study physics and music, he said he didn’t realize he “was looking for God.” Through math and campus faith exploration, he said he “encountered faith through divine providence.” Yet, what he described as a “convoluted vocation” didn’t involve immediately applying to […]
