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By Christine Stoddard
Janice Ellinwood, chairman of the department of fashion design and merchandising at Marymount University in Arlington since 1987, started her Friday illustration class by asking her students to “champion and critique” each other’s spring collections. The six fashion design majors tacked their drawings and inspiration boards to the wall and, one by one, discussed each […]
Schools
Christendom College in Front Royal has appointed Greg Townsend vice president for academic affairs. Townsend has served as acting VPAA, replacing Steven Snyder, who stepped down to focus on teaching philosophy at Christendom. “Dr. Snyder had such a positive impact on the academics at Christendom,” said Townsend. “I’m honored to continue his excellent work.” An […]
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By Christine Stoddard
The Goods family has a long history in Alexandria. So long, in fact, that though 80-something Betty Kraft (née Goods) has lived in Delaware since age 19, she still subscribes to the Arlington Catholic Herald. So when she received the Jan. 15 issue of the paper, she was shocked. “That was our angel, right on […]
Arts
By Nora Hamerman
The “Visitation” by Piero di Cosimo, painted around 1490, is a beloved treasure of the National Gallery of Art in Washington. Depicting the meeting between the pregnant Virgin Mary with her aged cousin Elizabeth, who was expecting St. John the Baptist, the colorful panel evokes a mystery play in which we may imagine local laypeople […]
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By Dave Borowski
The Rite of Election is celebrated the first week in Lent around the world and is considered one of the most significant evangelical events in any diocese. It’s a ceremony of the election of catechumens and a call to continuing conversion of candidates preparing for reception into the full communion of the Catholic Church. Catechumens […]
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By Katie Scott
Due to its tradition of caring for the environment, its large numbers and its concern for the human person, the Catholic Church has a unique role to play as the global community grapples with climate change, according to speakers at the ninth annual Peace Symposium, “Care for Creation, Care for Peace: The Link Between Climate […]
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Queens are rare today, but for many centuries just about every nation in the world had a queen. Although the world has evolved politically, devotion to St. Hedwig has been strong and constant among Poles and Lithuanians, who remember her not only as a skillful ruler, but also as a devout woman who was especially generous to the needy.
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Catholic University in Washington will host events in March and April to honor Archbishop Fulton Sheen, a Catholic U. alumnus who taught religion and philosophy there for 23 years. All events will be held at Catholic U., 620 Michigan Ave., N.E., Washington, and are open to the public. “Venerable Fulton Sheen was an icon of […]
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By Soren Johnson
“Dad,” my 9-year-old son yelled over his brothers and sisters from the back seat on a recent drive home from town, “this is where we heard on the radio that Dallas lost to the Packers.” “Right here?” I asked the diehard Cowboys fan incredulously. We were passing a corn field outside of town. “Yeah, I […]
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Pope Leo XIV
6/2/26
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Pope Leo XIV
6/2/26
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