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By Natalie Evans
For the past 50 years, Holy Spirit School in Annandale not only has provided its students a program of academic excellence steeped in the traditions of the church but also has cultivated in them a spirit of giving back to the community. Starting with the first day of school each year, students at Holy Spirit […]
Schools
By Adam Sylvain
Fresh on the heels of an extended break, the first two weeks of January represent the dog days of the academic year for any teacher. If you’re one of the lucky ones, you might be close to halfway through your curriculum, but getting rejuvenated for the work that lies ahead is a struggle. It hasn’t […]
Columnists
By Elizabeth Foss
The Christmas boxes are all carefully packed and tucked away until next November. Every year, I fight a little anxiety as I pack them away. “If I’m not here next year, will they know how to find everything? Will they remember where it all goes? Will they be able to make Christmas?” Of course, this […]
Schools
“Welcome Unborn Life” was the theme of the 16th annual Youth Apostles Institute pro-life poster contest, with 494 youths participating. The contest is intended to provide youths an opportunity to use their artistic abilities to express their pro-life values. The Youth Apostles Institute is a Catholic community based in McLean that is committed to youth […]
Local
By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Father Frank J. Ready, former vicar general of Pastoral Services, died Jan. 20 at INOVA Fairfax Hospital after a long illness. Funeral services are planned for Jan. 27 at 11 a.m. at Holy Spirit Church in Annandale. “Along with the clergy, religious and laity, who form this diocesan Church of Arlington, I am profoundly saddened […]
Arts
By Joseph Kenny
ST. LOUIS – Bryan Kasten, an English and practical arts teacher at Rosati-Kain High School, warmly greeted former student Maya Warren, winner of “The Amazing Race” reality TV show. “So cool to see a celebrity,” Kasten told her as she arrived Jan. 5 at the Catholic school for girls for a talk and question-and-answer with […]
Schools
Marymount University President Matthew D. Shank stressed three simple concepts during the recent commencement address he gave at the American University in the Emirates: Recognize your gifts, seize opportunities and serve others. “I believe that each one of us has been blessed with one or more very, very special gifts or talents,” Shank told the […]
Local
By Dave Borowski
If you’ve visited St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Church in Fredericksburg recently, you saw the photos of children taped to paper and fastened to the brick walls of the church’s sanctuary. Beneath each photo are printed words like “craftsmanship,” “music,” “leadership” and “mercy.” Father Donald J. Rooney, pastor, refers to the walls as “living […]
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By Dave Borowski
Principal Maria Kelly of Nativity School in Burke has been welcoming foreign exchange students into her international student program for the past eight years. Students come from a variety of Asian, European and South and Central American countries. The students are selected by exchange agencies that screen children for the program. Most of the students […]
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By Dave Borowski
The sacristy at All Saints Church in Manassas was empty just before the 11:30 Mass Jan. 18, save for two men. Father Joseph Goldsmith, a priest of the Richmond Diocese, and his father, newly ordained Deacon Rafael “Ralph” Goldsmith, were vesting for Deacon Goldsmith’s first Mass as a permanent deacon. “What a special moment,” said […]
