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By Christine Stoddard
“Priesthood had been on my mind since my last year of high school,” said Drew Haissig, a transitional deacon who has served at St. Agnes Church in Arlington since 2013. But Deacon Haissig did not start his young adulthood on the path to the priesthood. Born in Fort Benning, Ga., Haissig spent his early childhood […]
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By Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis said he will dedicate his one-day visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina to encouraging a minority Catholic community in the faith, fostering ecumenical and interreligious dialogue, and calling for peace and harmony after the devastations of war. He said he would be coming “as a brother messenger of peace to express to everyone […]
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By Dave Borowski
Deacon Brian McAllister’s journey to his upcoming ordination was circuitous, with service in the U.S. Army, and several starts at the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults. Last year, before his scheduled ordination to the priesthood, he decided to take another year of discernment. After prayer and service at Holy Trinity Church in Gainesville, he […]
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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 […]
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By Julia Willis | Catholic Herald Intern
Known for its diverse community and dedication to serving those in need, Good Shepherd Parish in Alexandria commemorated its 50th anniversary with a Mass celebrated by Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde May 30. “We gather to rejoice and to give thanks for the … seeds of faith that were first planted 50 years ago here […]
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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 […]
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By Marie Elena Giossi | Catholic News Service
JAMAICA, N.Y. – Pope Francis has appointed Passionist Father Emery Kibal Mansong’loo, who currently resides in the Brooklyn Diocese, as the new bishop of the Diocese of Kole in Congo in central Africa. Bishop-designate Kibal, named the fourth bishop of Kole, is a former provincial superior of the Passionist Fathers in Congo. He has been […]
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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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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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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 […]
