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No sincere Catholic should join the Masons

By Fr. William P. Saunders
Q: I am from Maine and our new priest who has told us that Catholics can join the Masons. He says the Masons have changed. Can Catholics join the Masons? (Maine) A: Since the decree “In Eminenti” of Pope Clement XII in 1738, Catholics have been forbidden to join the Masons, and until 1983, under […]
Schools

New principal to lead D.C. School

By For The Catholic Herald
Mary Kate Blaine has been selected as principal of Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School in Washington. She will assume her duties at the 212-year-old Catholic girls’ high school July 1. Blaine will be responsible for day-to-day school operations. “We are very fortunate to have Ms. Blaine as our new principal,” said Daniel M. Kerns Jr., head […]
Local

Marymount’s Scott, Fischer named players of the week

By For The Catholic Herald
Marymount University junior Reed Scott and senior Katelyn Fischer were named the Capital Athletic Conference men’s and women’s players of the week, as announced by the league office Jan. 21. Scott led the Saints to a pair of victories, including Marymount’s first CAC win of the season. He averaged 16 points and 6.5 rebounds per […]
Local

Labor unions and Catholic social teaching

By Dave Borowski
It’s been a tough half-century for labor unions. Membership has dropped significantly, and right-to-work laws have eroded union power. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that in 2011, union membership for wage and salaried workers was 11.8 percent. In 1983, the first year BLS gathered data, the rate was 20.1 percent. Both those numbers […]
Local

Fr. Robert Brown, longtime pastor of St. John Neumann, dies

By For The Catholic Herald
Oblate of St. Francis de Sales Father Robert A. Brown, longtime pastor of St. John Neumann Church in Reston, died Dec. 27 from complications of pneumonia. He was 78 years old. A funeral Mass will be celebrated Jan. 5 at St. John Neumann Church, 11900 Lawyers Road, Reston, at 10:30 a.m. A wake will precede […]
Local

A gifted and blind musician

By Dave Borowski
Carlos “Chuckie” Ibay’s home has three pianos. Music can fill every corner of the Fairfax house he shares with mother, Carmencita, and father, Roman. “With God there is hope and in music there is life,” he said. Ibay is preparing for a Christmas concert Dec. 23 at St. Michael Church in Annandale, and his rich […]
Movies

Lincoln

Daniel Day-Lewis’ bravura performance in the title role is the highlight — but by no means the only asset — of director Steven Spielberg’s splendid historical drama. The plot focuses on the Civil War president’s passionate yet wily struggle, during the closing days of that conflict, to steer a constitutional amendment abolishing slavery through Congress. […]
Movies

The Sessions

Paralyzed from the neck down by a childhood bout of polio, a 38-year-old journalist and poet (John Hawkes) engages the services of a so-called sex surrogate (Helen Hunt) to help him lose his virginity, an undertaking in which he gains the misguided support of his sympathetic but irresolute parish priest (William H. Macy). Writer-director Ben […]
Movies

Skyfall

A rousing return for British Agent 007 and a much-needed injection of vitality into the 50-year-old James Bond film franchise, this 23rd outing for the iconic spy is directed by Sam Mendes. Bond (Daniel Craig) and a field operative (Naomie Harris) are on the trail of a villain (Javier Bardem) who has stolen a computer […]

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