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WASHINGTON – The new movie “Fifty Shades of Grey” is “a direct assault on Christian marriage and on the moral and spiritual strength of God’s people,” Cincinnati’s archbishop told pastors in his archdiocese. “We need to inform our people about the destructive message of this movie and to highlight the beauty of God’s design for […]
Arts
By Dave Borowski
Arena Stage’s production of August Wilson’s King Hedley II is a tough story of hardscrabble black life in the 1985 Hill District of Pittsburgh. King Hedley (Bowman Wright) is an ex-con who returns to his hometown to try and restart his life. He has a scar on his face from scalp to chin and with […]
Schools
By Catholic Herald Staff Report
George Mason University Knights of Columbus in Fairfax (a part of Catholic Campus Ministry) passed out hundreds of roses to women on campus Feb. 13 in an effort to jump-start a conversation about human dignity. “The students were looking for a way to honor their fellow students in a creative way this Valentine’s Day and […]
Local
By Ashleigh Buyers
More than 100 fresh “recruits” gathered inside St. Benedict Hall in Arlington Feb. 2 for the second session of Marriage Boot Camp, a new faith formation series sponsored by St. Charles Borromeo Church. Unlike what the title suggests, there is no drill sergeant demanding endless push-ups from young couples on their way to the altar. […]
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Every year, the Catholic Herald invites readers to submit their wedding photos from ceremonies that took place in the diocese in the previous year. Take a look at some of the weddings from 2014 around the Arlington Diocese. Slideshow captions: Photo 1: Cover of Wedding Guide in print Feb. 12-18, 2015 Photo 2: Christopher Robert […]
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By Dave Borowski
In 2013, Pope Francis proclaimed that a Year of Consecrated Life be observed from Nov. 30, 2014, to Feb. 2, 2016. In a letter to those living a consecrated life, the pope said that there were three aims for the year: to look to the past with gratitude, to live in the present with passion […]
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By Dave Borowski
What better way to kick off a year of parish pride then with a Mass? An unusually warm and sunny mid-winter day greeted St. Joseph parishioners as Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde celebrated the centennial opening Mass Feb. 8 at St. Joseph Church in Alexandria. Josephite Father Donald M. Fest and Deacons Albert A. Anderson […]
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By Christine Stoddard
Dave Druitt, a parishioner of Church of the Nativity in Burke, is a storyteller, and one of his yarns to spin is that of his conversion. “All I could focus on was that I was going to be dead by the end of the year,” said Druitt, who was raised Episcopalian. After graduating from Episcopal […]
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1. Contact your parish at least six months (a diocesan requirement) prior to your proposed date of marriage and set up an initial meeting with a priest or deacon. This is necessary even if you plan to wed outside of the diocese. This meeting should take place before any social arrangements for the wedding are […]
Columns
By Fr. Michael Witczak
Valentine’s Day is the busiest restaurant day of the year after Mother’s Day. Couples vie with each other to share protestations of love. Grade school children share Valentines far and wide. How did this public demonstration of love get to be associated with St. Valentine? Who was he? What might it mean for us today? […]
