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By Catholic News Service
EASTON, Mass. – Presentation of the “positio,” or official position paper, on the life and holiness of Father Patrick Peyton to a Vatican congregation is the latest step in the sainthood cause of the Holy Cross priest. A May 18 statement issued by Holy Cross Family Ministries in Easton said the document was four years […]
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By Catholic News Service
ASSISI, Italy – Delegates to the general chapter of the Franciscans elected U.S. Franciscan Father Michael Perry to a six-year term as head of the order after he had served in the role for two years. Father Perry, 60, was elected in 2013 to complete the six-year term of Spanish-born Franciscan Father Jose Rodriguez Carballo, […]
Local
By Christine Stoddard
Margaret M. Peiffer is the author of Henrietta and Henry, a self-published children’s book awarded the Trafford Gold Seal and positively reviewed by the U.S. Review of Books. But Peiffer doesn’t spend her days hobnobbing with literati. She spends her days serving Queen of Apostles School in Alexandria – and has for the past 18 […]
Local
By Lisa Socarras ¦ for The Catholic Herald
All Saints parishioner Richard Quintana, former vice president of SAIC (Science Applications International Corporation) in McLean, had a successful career in the U.S. Air Force and the private sector while serving in charitable organizations. As a captain and computer systems analyst, Quintana’s achievements include involvement in the development of computerized mission control. He was assigned […]
Schools
By Dave Borowski
“Ever since I was little, I loved airplanes,” said Dominic Olivera, a senior at Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Dumfries. The 16-year-old senior will get his chance to study ways to build airplanes when he attends Princeton University in New Jersey this fall. He had his choice of school acceptance offers, […]
Schools
By Dave Borowski
Annette Lewis began her teaching career 50 years ago on Long Island, N.Y. This June 16, she’ll say goodbye to her sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade classes at All Saints School in Manassas for the last time. She’s retiring after 37 years at the school. Lewis has taught middle school literature, writing and drama at All […]
Schools
By For The Catholic Herald
What happens when your triplets graduate from three different colleges, in three different states, over the course of one weekend? John Marbach and Sherry Pressler from Belle Mead, N.J., know the answer: planes, trains and automobiles. “Four nights out, three different hotels, train tickets, car travel and airplane travel, wow,” said Pressler. Her triplets – […]
Schools
By Tom Tracy | Catholic News Service
ORLANDO, Fla. – “Bullying” can be a testy topic for which few agree on any single definition, let alone the best way to respond once it happens in or around the classroom. Still, no fewer than six presenters at an annual convention for Catholic educators took on the problems and controversies surrounding student and school-related […]
Schools
By Dave Borowski
Odyssey of the Mind is a 25-year-old international educational organization that works with students from kindergarten through college to develop and use creative techniques to solve problems and have fun in the process. There are five competitive areas: mechanical/vehicle, technical performance, classics, structure and performance. The competition is not just for engineering and science themes, […]
