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By Mary Beth Bonacci
So, I heard a weird rumor at Mass last weekend. The deacon said that it was the third Sunday of Advent. Of course, we all know that couldn’t be true. Advent just started a few days ago, right? And in the meantime life has been crazy. My 200-plus Christmas cards just went out yesterday, after […]
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Parishes
What’s distinctive about your parish? Bishop Michael F. Burbidge formally decreed the establishment of St. Gabriel the Archangel Mission Sept. 3, 2017, to serve the growing Catholic population of Manassas Park. The mission exists within the parish boundaries of All Saints Catholic Church in Manassas. The first Mass at the community center was celebrated Dec. […]
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By Special To The Catholic Herald
A combined choir of 60, including representatives from the children’s choir, presented the annual Lessons and Carols program at St. Mark Church in Vienna Dec. 13. The choir was directed by Laura Cooman, director of liturgy and music, and accompanied by Mark Brown and Nancy Novelly, former director. Lessons and Carols date to the late […]
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By Kate Quiñones
When a seminarian was injured while playing basketball in 2017, he had no idea it would one day contribute to the cause for canonization of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati. Father Juan Gutierrez, 38, then a seminarian at St. John’s Seminary in Camarillo, Calif., got an MRI and soon learned he had torn his Achilles tendon. […]
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Bishop Michael F. Burbidge has appointed three new members of the diocesan Catholic Charities board of directors. The new members are: Andy Colón, a parishioner of Holy Family Church in Woodbridge and an attorney with experience in strategic planning, risk management and governance related issues; Patricia “Trish” McQuillen, a parishioner of St. James Church in […]
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By Jim Hale
Father Richard A. Miserendino had a problem. As chaplain of Catholic Campus Ministry at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, he noticed that no students were coming to see him at 10 a.m. So, he decided to go see them. “Basically, I pop down at the campus coffee shop a few days each week […]
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Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — On Pope Francis’ 88th birthday, two major newspapers on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean published two different excerpts from his new book on hope. The New York Times published the pope’s words on the importance of humor as a “guest essay” in its opinion section, while Italy’s Corriere della Sera ran, […]
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By Jim Hale
Alexander Hoffarth wasn’t prepared when Father Donald J. Planty, pastor of St. Charles Borromeo Church in Arlington, asked him to be an usher in 2020. “I viewed it as something that old people do,” Hoffarth said. But he said yes and was in for a big surprise. “It became such a joy,” said Hoffarth. “There’s […]
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National
By Matt McDonald
Author and Catholic convert Lee Edwards, one of the foremost historians of the conservative movement in America, died Dec. 12. He was 92. Edwards co-founded the Victims of Communism Memorial in Washington, authorized by Congress in 1993 and completed in 2007. He was a distinguished fellow of conservative thought at the Heritage Foundation for about […]
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By Jonah McKeown
An immersive Catholic-produced audio adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas novel is climbing the podcast charts. “A Christmas Carol: An Audio Advent Calendar” was produced by The Merry Beggars, a Catholic entertainment company founded in 2019 — and now part of Relevant Radio — that aims to create highly produced, uplifting audio that families can […]
