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By Compiled Herald Staff (revised 2/9/07)
Deanery I Dean: Fr. Robert J. Rippy, V.F. Holy Martyrs of Vietnam Parish Fr. John Baptist Vuong Duc Nguyen, O.P., pastor 915 S. Wakefield St. Arlington, VA. 22204 703/553-0370 Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Fr. Robert E. Avella, pastor 24th and S. Ives Sts. Arlington, VA. 22202 703/684-9261 Spanish Mass Our Lady, Queen of Peace […]
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By Gretchen R. Crowe Herald Staff Writer (from The Issue Of 1/11/07)
Tim Cotnoir moved with his family from the Diocese of Portland, Maine, 550 miles south to the Diocese of Arlington in June 2005 to accept the newly created position of controller in the Office of Finance and Accounting for the Chancery. In the past year-and-a-half, Cotnoir and his wife, Jennifer, have sold and bought a […]
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By Gretchen R. Crowe Herald Staff Writer (from The Issue Of 11/23/06)
Two weeks after Frank Gadell met Margaret Bles he asked her to marry him. Her answer: “no way” – or at least not for six months. A half-a-year later Frank and Margaret were married, and as they celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary on Nov. 29, they do so with 10 children, 34 grandchildren and 23 […]
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By Angela Pometto Herald Staff Writer (from The Issue Of 10/26/06)
J. Crew suit: $8 Ann Taylor blouse: $2.50 Banana Republic slacks: $3 Shopping at the St. John the Beloved Thrift Shop in McLean: Priceless Shoppers at this thrift shop, located behind the parish offices at St. John the Beloved Church in McLean, are greeted with friendly smiles and unbeatable prices. The store is filled with […]
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By Angela E. Pometto Herald Staff Writer (from The Issue Of 10/19/06)
For 43 years, Palottine Father Dan Noud has lived with 15-foot snakes, deadly ants, killer bees and the constant fear of malaria-carrying mosquitoes in Tanzania, East Africa. The Irish-born priest was sent to Africa as a missionary three months after his ordination in 1963. Father Noud recently spoke to parishioners from St. Catherine of Siena […]
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By Angela E. Pometto Herald Staff Writer (from The Issue Of 9/28/06)
“I saw a lot of death,” said Lt. Cmdr. Father Michael Duesterhaus, a chaplain in the U.S. Naval Reserves. “But that’s the kind of thing you don’t want to dwell on.” The sounds of children playing could be heard from his rectory office at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Lake Ridge, but within moments, […]
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By Mary Frances Mccarthy Herald Staff Writer (from The Issue Of 9/14/06)
It seemed that every 10 minutes a plane taking off from Reagan National Airport roared nearby. The sound was chilling as family and friends gathered to remember loved ones who died when American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. Although five years have passed, “We all remember […]
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By Angela E. Pometto
A little before 10 a.m. on a bright September morning five years ago, Father Stephen McGraw was on his way to a burial service at Arlington National Cemetery. He had just finished celebrating Mass at Corpus Christi School in Falls Church and hadn’t had time to look up directions. He jumped in the car and […]
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By Angela E. Pometto Herald Staff Writer (from The Issue Of 6/29/06)
On the floor of his office, there are dozens of books that made the cut for a trip “across the pond” to Ireland at the end of June. Father Cornelius O’Brien, retiring pastor of St. James Church in Falls Church, points at his books with affection and explains with his soft Irish brogue that these […]
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By Thomas Craughwell
Juliana Falconieri grew up among saints. Her uncle, St. Alexis Falconieri, was one of the seven founders of the Servite Order. The priest who taught Juliana as a child and deepened her love of God as she developed into a young woman was St. Philip Benizi, one of the early superiors of the Servites. Inspired […]
