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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 […]
National
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, […]
Schools
By Dave Borowski
Srijan Bhasin, 17, is poised for success. The Bishop O’Connell senior and 2015 class valedictorian, is scheduled to attend the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg in the fall to study chemistry. He then plans to go to medical school to earn a medical degree and a doctorate to balance research and clinical work. […]
Schools
By Ashleigh Buyers
Maria Pogue was first bitten by the missionary bug her sophomore year of high school when her English teacher, Carrie Faur, organized the school’s first mission trip to Honduras. The group of high school students spent two weeks in Comayagua, working with the Missioners of Christ and the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal. “Down there […]
Local
Five local sisters will celebrate the anniversary of their commitment to the religious life. Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde will celebrate a Mass May 20 at Marymount University in honor of the sisters, who have given a combined 290 years of service to the church. 70 years Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary Sister […]
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, […]
Local
By Christine Stoddard
Father Zacarias Martínez, parochial vicar of Good Shepherd Church in Alexandria, will visit El Salvador for the beatification of Archishop Óscar Romero May 23. Archbishop Romero was assassinated in 1980 while celebrating Mass in a hospital chapel in San Salvador, the capital city. During the Central American country’s civil war, Archbishop Romero famously stood up […]
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 […]
Columns
By Fr. Jerry J. Pokorsky
Pascal famously said the first obligation of a Christian is to think clearly. Not bad as a sound bite and certainly not unexpected from the logical mind of a mathematician. Of course, Pascal derived his wisdom from the Lord Himself who promised: “But when He comes, the Spirit of truth, He will guide you to […]
