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By Patricia Zapor
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama has nominated federal appeals court Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, and if she is confirmed, the New York native of Puerto Rican descent would become the first Hispanic to serve on the high court. Obama announced his choice of Sotomayor, 54, at a brief event at the White […]
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By Elizabeth Foss
We took the children to Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception last week. This outing is a favorite pilgrimage for our family, one we make several times a year. Often, when we go, my husband is directing the televised Mass for EWTN. So, we arrive several hours early. He […]
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When: Thursday, May 28 at 1 p.m. Where: Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, 400 Michigan Ave., N.E., Washington, D.C. Baccalaureate Mass: May 17 at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington at 9 a.m. Graduation speaker: U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James Jones, National Security Advisor Total graduates: 362 Graduates include: Byron Adams, […]
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Immaculate Heart of Mary Sister Catherine Hill has been appointed the next assistant principal for academic affairs at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington. Sister Catherine will replace Immaculate Heart of Mary Sister Regina Joseph Ryan who has served in the position for the past nine years. Sister Catherine’s appointment will take effect in August. […]
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When: Sunday, May 31 at 2:30 p.m. Where: George Mason Patriot Center, 4500 Patriot Circle, Fairfax Baccalaureate Mass: May 29 at St. Timothy Church, 13807 Poplar Tree Rd., Chantilly, 7:30 p.m. Graduation speaker: Oblate of St. Francis de Sales Brother Ed Ogden Total graduates: 247 Graduates include: Cynthia Antoine AbiSamra, Lara Lynn Abou-Rajaili, Calvin Walter […]
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By For The Catholic Herald
Yearbooks are the original social networking venue. Long before Facebook, twitter.com, IMs, texting and MySpace, yearbooks have connected teens with their friends, their teachers and their school communities. Interactive and timeless, yearbooks tell the story of the year at a particular school reflecting its richness and diversity. A great story of a once-in-a-lifetime-year provides the […]
Movies
Exhilarating prequel to the “Star Trek” franchise as the youthful rabble-rousing James Tiberius Kirk (Chris Pine) forgoes his delinquent ways to join the crew of the Starship Enterprise – including Leonard “Bones” McCoy (Karl Urban), Uhura (Zoe Saldana), Sulu (James Cho) and Chekhov (Anton Yelchin) – where he soon clashes with rival Spock (Zachary Quinto) […]
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By Effie Caldarola
I’m looking forward to another wedding anniversary, and proud that my mixed marriage has survived many years. Mixed? Oh, I’m not talking about religion. Jim and I are both cradle Catholics. I’m talking about coffee. For decades, I’ve been living with a man who gets up in the morning and brews coffee from a blue […]
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By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Father Seamus (James) P. O’Kielty was born in County Mayo, Ireland, the eighth child of 10. He studied in seminaries in England, Belgium, Germany and Scotland and was ordained a priest in 1954. He spent the next 11 years as a missionary in Tanganyika/Burundi. In 1965 he came to the U.S. and taught high school […]
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By Fr. Peter J. Daly
What makes two women sisters? Blood relationship, of course, makes one type of sisters. But faith can also make women sisters. Recently my parish took our catechumens and candidates on retreat at a camp run by two nuns who remind me of how the sisterhood of faith is a wonderful thing and a great gift […]
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