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By Dave Borowski
In a country where “Jersey Shore” is a hit TV series and political discussion consists mostly of candidates shouting at each other, courtesy, etiquette and good manners seem to be endangered virtues. “Please” and “thank you” are words disappearing from ordinary conversation. The social graces also are endangered. If you look at children eating at […]
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By Katie Bahr
As a young man, Brian McAllister considered several career paths for himself, including serving in the military, selling real estate and working as a defense contractor. One path he never anticipated was becoming a priest. “I’m the last person I would have thought should be a priest,” said McAllister, who is now in his fourth […]
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By Dennis Sadowski
WASHINGTON – A night of bingo and the generosity of friends helped Sister Katie Press achieve her dream of a religious vocation. Otherwise, she might still be paying off $19,000 in loans from graduate school and other expenses, and her entry into the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Hamden, Conn., might be […]
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By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
Q: In order to receive the promise of the grace of final penitence, my understanding is that one must attend Mass on the first Friday for nine consecutive months. Recently I was attempting to complete that devotion, but on the ninth first Friday, our parish had a Communion service. Is that considered a Mass, and […]
Parishes
By Katie Bahr
A young parish, St. Raymond of Peñafort was founded in 1997 by the late Arlington Bishop John R. Keating and named after the patron saint of canon lawyers. The parish's founding pastor …
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By Katie Bahr
A young parish, St. Raymond of Peñafort was founded in 1997 by the late Arlington Bishop John R. Keating and named after the patron saint of canon lawyers. The parish’s founding pastor was Father Salvator Cuillo. In the years before the church was built, parishioners worshipped in various places around the county – Christ Methodist […]
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By Katie Bahr
Her story is familiar, but incredible. At the age of 40, Mother Teresa started her own religious order, the Missionaries of Charity. She gave up all she had and dedicated her life to serving the poorest of the poor. Before her death in 1997, her order grew to include 4,000 sisters worldwide and she became […]
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By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
Q: I was raised a Catholic in the 1950s and ’60s. I left the Church in the 1980s but am now starting to attend once more. However, I am very distressed by the amount of noise in church, especially right after Mass. As soon as the priest processes out, our parish church sounds like a […]
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By Gretchen R. Crowe
The Church in Leesburg truly spans the centuries. From the small, 134-year-old chapel on King Street to the new church-in-progress on the hill opposite, St. John the Apostle blends the quaint and the modern in a growing, yet still small-town, atmosphere. When Father John P. Mosimann, pastor, arrived in 2004, he expected to find a […]
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Marymount University in Arlington will increase its intercollegiate sports offerings to 15 with the addition of men’s volleyball and men’s and women’s triathlon beginning in the 2012-13 seasons. A national search currently is underway for both head coach positions. “We’re very excited because these will be the first sports added at Marymount since 2003, when […]
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