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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 […]
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By For The Catholic Herald
Abigail Mix asked the question in Chinese at a Beijing restaurant. The Paul VI Catholic High School sophomore and Chinese language student was given the glass of water she asked for and then said in English, “It worked.” Mix was part of a group of six students, two chaperones and Chinese language teacher Liangyan Wang […]
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By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Nine graduating seniors from four Arlington diocesan high schools will attend military academies this fall. Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington has four students who will attend the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.: Julia Bailey, Michael Galvan, Michael Hurley and Colin Snyder. Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Dumfries will send […]
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By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Theresa M. Neubig, a senior at Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax, has been awarded a $2,500 National Merit scholarship. Neubig is one of 2,500 Merit Scholar designees chosen from a pool of more than 15,000 finalists in the 2015 National Merit Scholarship Program. This year’s competition began in October 2013 when more than […]
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By Ashleigh Buyers
Like many high school seniors in 2012 Sophia Guerrero had college applications on the brain. The application process was made more challenging after transferring from Florida to Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Dumfries her senior year. There were definitely more questions than answers on this journey to strike out on her […]
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When: Tuesday, June 2 at 11 a.m. Where: Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, 400 Michigan Ave., N.E., Washington Baccalaureate Mass: June 1 at St. Bernadette Church, 7600 Old Keene Mill Road, Springfield, at 7 p.m. Total graduates: 194 Graduates include: Fred Andrew Adams III, Jay Michael Aliaga, Ronie Rafael Castillo Altejar, […]
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When: Thursday, May 28 at noon Where: Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, 400 Michigan Ave., N.E., Washington Baccalaureate Mass: May 17 at Bishop O’Connell High School, 6600 Little Falls Rd., Arlington at 9 a.m. Total graduates: 311 Graduation speaker: Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde Graduates include: Catherine Karen Adams, Victoria Ann […]
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By Carol Zimmermann | Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – The cover photograph on a new 232-page report outlining religious freedom violations around the world last year pretty much says it all. The image is of Yezidis of all ages walking on a sandy, dusty terrain with sheep. Thousands of members of this religious minority were executed and assaulted last year while others […]
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When: Sunday, May 31 at 2:30 p.m. Where: George Mason Patriot Center, 4500 Patriot Circle, Fairfax Baccalaureate Mass: May 29 at St. Timothy Church, 13807 Poplar Tree Road, Chantilly, at 7:30 p.m. Total Graduates: 225 Graduation Speaker: Members of the Class of 2015 will read a compilation of advice and words of wisdom submitted by […]
Global
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY – Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero, who will be beatified in San Salvador May 23, has become a symbol of Latin American church leaders’ efforts to protect their flocks from the abuses of military dictatorships. However, his life and the 35 years it took the Vatican to recognize him as a martyr also reflect […]
