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By Mike Flach
From in vitro fertilization to human cloning, Catholics today are faced with challenging bioethical questions that are multiplying at an alarming pace. A Jan. 10 conference held at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Arlington attempted to bring some clarity to the discussion. Dr. John Bruchalski, founder of the Tepeyac Family Center in Fairfax, and Dominican […]
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By Soren Johnson
The fire-and-brimstone sermon has gone from being a common fixture of Christian life for our great-grandparents to a much rarer occurrence today. Perhaps that’s why Pope Francis’ pre-Christmas address to the Vatican Curia hit such a chord with so many people, churchgoers or not; no soft touch or “attaboys” for those guys. It was a […]
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By Christine Stoddard
Holy Family Church in Dale City hosted “A Catholic Perspective on Issues before the Virginia General Assembly 2015,” a Jan. 10 presentation for potential advocates interested in this year’s Catholic Advocacy Day. Speakers included Father Gerry Creedon, chair of the diocesan Peace and Justice Commission, and Jeff Caruso and Michael Lewis of the Virginia Catholic […]
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The Continuing Christian Development Institute (CCDI) of Northern Virginia will offer the following daytime, lay volunteer formation certificate courses at St. John Neumann Church, 11900 Lawyers Rd., in Reston: Wednesday mornings from 10 a.m. to noon Jan. 7 through Feb. 11, “Creation, original sin, grace and justification” taught by Kevin Jones from the School of […]
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By Christine Stoddard
In a poetic coincidence, Virginia’s last remaining river lighthouse neighbors the state’s first Catholic cemetery, established in 1795. Under the roar of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge, at the southern edge of Old Town Alexandria, St. Mary’s Cemetery and Jones Point Park still manage to be places of peace for Washingtonians. Yet, even with the […]
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Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria took home both boys and girls titles at the 2015 Northern Virginia Catholic Invitational Swimming and Diving Championships Jan. 10 at the Freedom Aquatic Center in Manassas. All photos from this event can be found online: click here.
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By Katie Scott
When Pope Francis carries his message of compassion and mercy to the Philippines this week, a local priest will be among those who welcome him to the Southeast Asian country still recovering from 2013’s devastating typhoon and earthquake. The pastor of St. Ann Church in Arlington and a Philippines native, Missionhurst Father Ramel (“Mel”) O. […]
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The Office for Family Life will host this year’s men’s and women’s conferences at Foxchase Manor, 8310 Chatsworth Dr., Manassas. The venue was selected for its large seating capacity of 1,500. The men’s conference, “Victory Over the Common Enemy: Overcoming Sin and Evil,” will take place March 7, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Confessions […]
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Bleak drama in which a cynical college professor (Mark Wahlberg) struggles with the consequences of his gambling addiction. As he fends off the competing claims of an underground casino operator (Alvin Ing) and a loan shark (Michael Kenneth Williams), to both of whom he owes large sums, he puts the squeeze on his wealthy mother […]
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