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By Fr. William Saunders
Q: What does it mean to have a Mass “offered” for someone? An individual may ask a priest to offer a Mass for several reasons: for example, in thanksgiving, for the intentions of another person (such as on a birthday), or, as is most common, for the repose of the soul of someone who has […]
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By Angela E. Pomettoherald Staff Writer (from The Issue Of 8/25/05)
A bad day in the classroom is better than a good day in any office, according to Father Frederick Edlefsen. As the incoming chaplain at Bishop O?Connell High School in Arlington, he should have plenty of time to test his theory. For the 40-year-old priest, who has spent the first four years of his priesthood […]
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By Herald Staff Report (from The Issue Of 8/18/05)
Ten young women last week made their perpetual profession of the simple vows of poverty, chastity and obedience as Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia Congregation in Nashville, Tenn. Among those making final profession from the Arlington Diocese was Sister Marie Celine Laird, the daughter of Bob and Gerri Laird of the Diocesan Office for Family […]
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By Alfonso Aguilarherald Staff Writer (updated 8/11/05)
Ceila Gracia Pacheco, a young mother of triplets, recognized a long time ago that two of her sons, Esteban and Leonardo, might never see. But still she prays and desperately looks for help to pay for surgery that could bring sight to of one of them ?Nicol?s. “Doctors told me that Nicolas has a chance […]
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By Alfonso Aguilarherald Staff Writer (from The Issue Of 6/16/05)
More than 1,000 people filled the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington last Saturday to witness the ordination of four men to the priesthood. The newly ordained priests were Ram?n A. B?ez, appointed parochial vicar at St. Anthony Parish in Falls Church; Daniel F. Hanley, who will be parochial vicar at St. Mary Parish […]
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By Herald Staff Reports (from The Issue Of 6/16/05)
Fr. James S. Barkett Father James S. Barkett, newly appointed pastor of St. Mary of Sorrows Parish in Fairfax, was born Nov. 28, 1963, to John and Bernadette Barkett in Phoenixville, Pa. One of five children, his sister, Sister Elizabeth Ann, is at the St. Joseph the Worker Convent in Walton, Ky. He graduated from […]
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By Mary Frances Mccarthyherald Staff Writer (from The Issue Of 6/9/05)
“How do I feel getting ready for ordination?” Deacon Dan Hanley asked himself a couple weeks before his priestly ordination. “There is an excitement and anticipation like that of setting off on a great adventure. Our Lord calls me to the priesthood and by His grace I have been able to say yes, but it […]
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By Gretchen Croweherald Staff Writer (from The Issue Of 6/9/05)
When Andrew Heintz moved from New York to Washington for graduate school at Catholic University in 1990, his focus was politics and the law, and his sights were set on Capitol Hill. But as he discovered the community at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and the Knights of Columbus in […]
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By Angela E. Pomettoherald Staff Writer (from The Issue Of 6/9/05)
“I thank God for allowing me to enter into the gift and mystery of the priesthood for the people of Arlington, so we can journey to holiness together,” said Deacon James Searby, who is eagerly awaiting his June 11 ordination. Searby was born in New York City, N.Y., on June 21, 1972, to Robert and […]
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By Special To The Herald (from The Issue Of 5/19/05)
The 2005 graduation ceremony for Bishop O?Connell High School in Arlington will be held at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington on June 2 at 12:30 p.m. The commencement speaker will be Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde. The valedictorian is Elise Cleva and the salutatorian is Nicholas Macedonia. Bishop […]
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