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By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – The outgoing president of The Catholic University of America, Vincentian Father David O’Connell, has been named coadjutor bishop of Trenton, N.J., by Pope Benedict XVI. The appointment was announced June 4 in Washington by Archbishop Pietro Sambi, apostolic nuncio to the United States. Bishop-designate O’Connell, 55, is a native of Philadelphia who attended […]
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St. Columba is the patron of everyone involved in the book publishing business, but he could also be invoked against copyright infringement. St. Columba was born a prince of the O’Donnell clan of County Donegal in northwest Ireland. Like so many Irish Christians of this period St. Columba was an avid collector of beautiful books. […]
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By Dave Borowski
The Year for Priests comes to an end June 19. When Pope Benedict XVI announced the yearlong celebration, he also declared St. John Vianney to be the universal patron of priests. It was the 150th anniversary of the death of the Curé d’Ars, or “pastor of Ars,” and the pope said that because of the […]
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By Katie Bahr
One week from Sunday, Deacon Ed Bresnahan – by then a priest – will celebrate his first Mass. It’s an event he’s been looking forward to for years and one he anticipates eagerly, with butterflies in his stomach. “I’ve been to Mass almost every day for my whole life so I should have a pretty […]
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By Gretchen R. Crowe
“Let’s go.” That brief phrase sums up Deacon Jason Weber’s feelings as he prepares for his ordination to the priesthood June 12. The 28-year-old deacon has known the priesthood was for him since his senior year at the University of Virginia (UVA) in Charlottesville, and he credits and thanks his parents, Bill and Susan Weber, […]
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By Mark Zimmermann
WASHINGTON – April 17, 2008, the day Pope Benedict XVI visited the Catholic University of America, was “probably the greatest day of my life,” said Vincentian Father David O’Connell, who will step down Aug. 31 as president after leading the university for the past 12 years. On the day of the pope’s visit to campus, […]
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By Kathleen Mccabe Mahoney
In Miracles: Healing for a Broken World, Father Stefan Starzynski tells us he has seen Jesus, Mary in the form of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, and the late Father Nelson H. Baker. The first two need no further introduction, and we will get to Father Baker a little later. He also has tangled with […]
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When: Saturday, June 3 at noon Where: Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, 400 Michigan Ave., N.E., Washington, D.C. Baccalaureate Mass: May 23 at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington at 9 a.m. Graduation speaker: Sister, Servant of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Sister Rose DeCarlo Total graduates: 339 Graduates include: Joseph […]
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When: Sunday, June 6 at 2:30 p.m. Where: George Mason Patriot Center, 4500 Patriot Circle, Fairfax Baccalaureate Mass: June 4 at St. Timothy Church in Chantilly at 7:30 p.m. Graduation speaker: Oblate of St. Francis de Sales Father Donald Heet, Paul VI’s first principal Total graduates: 246 Graduates include: Katherine Maureen Adams, Gustav Lawrence Anderson, […]
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School Awards St. Joseph, Herndon; St. Patrick, Fredericksburg; St. Veronica, Chantilly Behavioral and Social Science Catherine Barr (Colors, Careers and Cognition), St. Luke, McLean Biochemistry Christopher Hoyle (Analyzing DNA), St. Joseph Botany Julia Gorka (Plants in Space), St. John, McLean Chemistry Brenna DeBellas (The Effect of Chlorine Bleach on Swimsuits), St. Joseph Computer Science John […]
