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Deanery I Dean: Fr. Robert J. Rippy, V.F. Holy Martyrs of Vietnam Fr. John Baptist Vuong Duc Nguyen, O.P., pastor 915 S. Wakefield St. Arlington, VA 22204 703/553-0370 cttdva.net [email protected] Our Lady of Lourdes Fr. Robert E. Avella, pastor 24th & S. Ives Sts. Arlington, VA 22202 703/684-9261 Spanish Mass ololcc.net [email protected] Our Lady, Queen […]
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By John P. Mccarthy
NEW YORK – Martin Scorsese’s prolix psychological thriller “Shutter Island” (Paramount) takes place in 1954 and follows U.S. Marshal Ted Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his brand-new partner Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo) to a storm-swept island in Boston Harbor, home to a hospital for the criminally insane. The officers have been assigned to investigate the mysterious […]
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By Simon Caldwell
LONDON – In the silence of St Joseph’s Convent in Leeds each morning, Sister Catherine dresses herself in a gray habit. She fixes a black veil on her head and fastens to her waist a cord tied into three knots – representing the evangelical counsels of poverty, chastity and obedience – and she slips her […]
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By Dominic Lorusso
Holy Family Retreat Center in West Hartford, Conn., founded by the Passionist Fathers in 1951, is the largest parish-based retreat center in the United States and the second-largest of any retreat center. The center has changed over the years: In the mid-1980s there were many more Passionist Fathers in residence, as the retreat facility also […]
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By Gretchen R. Crowe
It was almost impossible for the Catholic Herald staff to find a solo photo of Xaverian Brother David Eddy to accompany this obituary despite his nearly 11 years of service in the Arlington Diocese. That speaks volumes about the man who lived to serve others, who avoided the spotlight even while constantly in it and […]
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Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax has hired Nick Metrokotsas as its new varsity football coach. “Following an extensive search of over 50 applicants we have found an educator who stands for the principles of faith, academics, respect, integrity and has a reputation for developing a winning football program,” said Paul VI Principal Virginia […]
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By Elizabeth Foss
There is no doubt that most Catholic adults can understand and appreciate how beneficial time spent in adoration is for their souls. What they may not have considered is how much it can mean to children. In 1996 Pope John Paul II said, “I urge priests, religious and lay people to continue and redouble their […]
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By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON — Wally Yonamine was a trailblazer in the world of sports, much like Jackie Robinson. Yonamine, a Hawaiian-born Catholic of Japanese descent, became the first Japanese-American to play professional football, spending the 1947 season — the year Robinson broke U.S. baseball’s color barrier — playing running back and defensive back for the San Francisco […]
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By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON – Just as St. Paul and the Old Testament prophet Ezekiel advised in their time, “we cannot fail to warn our brothers and sisters when a fundamental error has been made,” said Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services. “We would be held responsible for that error, if we […]
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By Dennis Sadowski
WASHINGTON – Rosary in hand, Tom Pottratz surveyed the throng gathered for the opening Mass of the annual March for Life Jan. 21 at the Basilica of National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. What he saw gave him a sense of satisfaction. Mixed among the crowd were more than 1,000 people, many of them of […]
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Pope Leo XIV
6/2/26
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