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By Danny Schoshinski
Every freshman and sophomore at Paul VI Catholic High School carries a laptop to class this year, as part of the school-sponsored laptop program. The program has two goals: “to enhance curriculum learning and to prepare students for the 21st century work environment,” said Steve Latter, director of the Paul VI laptop program. Paul VI […]
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By Dave Borowski
Andrew V. Abela has heard all the jokes about business ethics – two popular ones being it’s an oxymoron, and it’s the shortest doctoral dissertation in the world. But Abela, who teaches at Catholic University in Washington, said ethics and its relationship to Catholicism is no laughing matter. Abela is the author of numerous business […]
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By Katie Collins
Aretha Franklin played in the background as Father Kevin J. Larsen, donning a Williams-Sonoma apron, adjusted the stovetop temperature in the rectory kitchen at St. Bernadette Church in Springfield. No, the pastor of St. Bernadette was not whipping up a gourmet dish. He was making candles. “I’ve been thinking about doing this for years,” said […]
Columnists
By Mary Beth Bonacci
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about two friends who have died. One lived a difficult life and died under somewhat mysterious circumstances. I would appreciate your prayers for the repose of his soul and for the consolation of his four children. The other died nearly 17 years ago. Although I still pray for the […]
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By Katie Collins
Vivian Poole, a volunteer for Arlington diocesan Catholic Charities’ Baby Needs Closet, received a phone call a while ago from a woman who had been living in a hotel with her baby. The mother had used up all the diapers she could afford and then had gone through the hotel towels. Unable to meet her […]
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By Katie Collins
There’s a new group in the Arlington Diocese whose prayers pack a punch. Friends of RCIA is a ministry of converts and cradle Catholics at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington who are bursting with love for God and the Catholic faith. And they channel that love into prayers for Rite of Christian […]
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By Maria-pia Negro
Esta es el segundo artículo de una serie sobre personas consagradas a Dios que el Catholic Herald estará presentando con motivo del anuncio del Vaticano de que el 2015 será el Año de la Vida Consagrada. Sin poder contener la sonrisa, la Hermana Cecilia Lizama, 28, recordó cómo hace solo unos días profesó sus primeros […]
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By Maria-pia Negro
Citing the pervasive nature of pornography, Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde recently issued a new edition of his pastoral letter “Bought with a Price,” in which he reminds people that the church teaches that pornography “perverts the conjugal act, the intimate giving of spouses to each other.” Below, three married individuals talk about how they […]
Columns
By Fr. William Saunders
Q: The celebration of St. Joseph’s feast day prompted me to ask: How old was St. Joseph when Jesus was born? Every year, I receive Christmas cards, and some depict him as a very old man and others as a young man. (Sterling) A: The simple answer is that we do not have any record […]
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By Maria-pia Negro
At the end of February, Dan Foos and his family took a weekday off to carry a hundred boxes of donated food from Christ House’s basement in Alexandria to a borrowed trailer. After loading the 40-pound boxes, the Fooses drove to a pantry in Front Royal, where the boxes will be distributed to pantries in […]
