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By Nora Miller
Coffee and faith are an unstoppable blend for Brandon Berryhill. Although it might seem like a tall order as the cost of a cup of coffee continues to soar, globetrotter and founder of the Traveling Shepherd Coffee Company, Berryhill, wants his customers to encounter Christ and share in the ubiquitous beverage at a low cost. […]
Parishes
By Zoey Maraist
Fran Smith was inspired after returning home from the diocesan pilgrimage. She wanted to find a way to invigorate her parish before the diocese’s upcoming 50th anniversary. Over two years, that idea evolved into Pilgrimage on the Green Deanery VI Mass, a celebration not only with her community at St. Mark Church in Vienna, but […]
Columnists
By Elizabeth Foss
I set the folded piece of cardstock on the nightstand and stood back to survey the scene. Pale blue walls, a soft new blanket, a blue and white patchwork quilt, meaningful art on the walls, and framed pictures of my adult children when they were children — this was the room of my imagination. When […]
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By Stephen Knippler
Catholic Relief Services, the U.S. Catholic Church’s overseas relief and development agency, is chartered and overseen by the Catholic bishops in the U.S. to bring Christ’s love to our vulnerable brothers and sisters overseas. It offers them assistance and resources to help them raise themselves out of poverty and live with the dignity that God […]
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By Mary Beth Bonacci
“Once you understand the Eucharist, you can never leave the church. Not because the church won’t let you but because your heart won’t let you.” (Unknown) So far, we have discussed the Mass overall, and then drilled down on the Liturgy of the Word. And this week, it’s time to get down to the heart […]
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By Pete Chirico
Bishop Robert Barron of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester in southern Minnesota asserts the perception that Catholicism and science conflict is a significant reason many young people disassociate themselves from the Catholic Church. Today, topics including evolution, climate change, the COVID-19 vaccine, the production of contraceptive pharmaceuticals, and stem cell research continue to strain the relationship […]
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By Jim Hale
Frederick County Middle School in Winchester has become a small city with 670 high school students and more than 1,200 volunteers coming together for WorkCamp 2024. “I rate it 10 out of 10,” said Stephanie Allen of St. John Neumann Church in Reston, who was one of many attending for the first time. “It’s certainly […]
Pope Francis
By Jonah McKeown
Pope Francis met with Ivan Soltanovsky, Russia’s ambassador to the Holy See, in their first meeting June 22 since Soltanovsky presented his diplomatic letters to the pontiff last September. Soltanovsky, a 69-year-old career diplomat, was appointed to his current role in May 2023. No details of the pair’s most recent meeting have yet been released. […]
Pope Francis
By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — When Pope Francis became the first leader of the Catholic Church to address a Group of Seven summit, a gathering of leaders from the world’s most developed economies, he thrust one of the world’s oldest institutions into the heart of a global debate on the development of cutting-edge technologies. Artificial intelligence, the […]
