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By Briana Florez
Late March’s unseasonable winter weather didn’t faze musicians from Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax as they traveled to Williamsburg to perform at “Fiesta-val 2015.” With upbeat, can-do attitudes, the musicians earned first place trophies in the choir, band and string ensemble categories. Paul VI’s choir earned such superior scores that they captured the […]
Schools
Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington named Colin Disch the new head football coach. Disch served as an assistant coach for the past three years, first coaching the offensive and defensive lines and then as defensive coordinator. Disch replaces Del Smith who will become defensive coordinator for the Bridgewater College Eagles. “Colin Disch has demonstrated […]
Columnists
By Russell Shaw
Is it time to revive Catholic triumphalism? On the whole, I’d say yes. At the very least, the question isn’t frivolous and deserves serious consideration. For after several decades during which Catholics have offered repeated apologies for a host of mistakes, sometimes real and sometimes imaginary, the feeling grows that a comparable effort devoted to […]
Global
By Carol Glatz and Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis will visit Cuba in September before his trip to the United States. Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, told reporters April 22 that the pope has “received and accepted the invitation from the civil authorities and bishops of Cuba” and has decided to visit the island before going to the […]
Schools
The crew team of Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington competed with 32 other schools in the Smokey Jacobs Regatta at the Occoquan Reservoir April 18. More than 2,000 rowers competed in 54 events on the 1,500 meter course. The O’Connell team made it to the finals, finishing sixth with a time of 6:-8.230. Photos […]
Columns
By George Weigel
That Blessed John Henry Newman was one of the great influences on Vatican II is “a commonplace,” as Newman’s biographer, Father Ian Ker, puts it. But what does that mean? What influence did Newman have on a council that opened 72 years after his death? And from this side of history, what might we learn […]
National
By Mark Zimmermann
WASHINGTON – In a liturgy marked by joy and gratitude, Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville was ordained as a new auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Washington April 20 at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle. After Communion, Washington Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl presented the new bishop to the assembly, as they sang a hymn […]
Columnists
By Soren Johnson
Biographies – much like hunting or birdwatching – track elusive prey. So my hopes were set relatively low for The Great Reformer: Francis and the Making of a Radical Pope by Austen Ivereigh, especially when the media narrative of Pope Francis, the “pope of surprises,” is so often clouded by the trifecta of bias, ignorance […]
Local
By Ashleigh Buyers
To celebrate the year of consecrated life, the Catholic Herald will release a series of videos on some of the consecrated orders in the Arlington Diocese. The first in this series introduces the lay Dominican chapter at St. Catherine of Siena Church in Great Falls. This lay Fraternity of Dominicans are christians who wish to […]
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