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A sophomore at Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria, David De Costa, was honored May 31 as this year’s grand prize winner for the Northern Virginia Community College Design Challenge. In this year’s competition, middle school, high school and post-secondary students nationwide were tasked with designing a product to improve animal wellbeing. From his commitment […]
Local
By Jim Hale
It seemed like an ordinary moment, but when Eric Ueland looks back, the hour he spent washing dishes with Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was a profound lesson on faith in action and a life of service. Ueland was a student at the Jesuit University of San Francisco. He can’t remember if it was 1985 or ’86, […]
Local
By Jim Hale
Poverty in the diocese is increasing and the path to poverty is “complicated” according to Jessica Root, executive director of the House of Mercy, which operates a food pantry, thrift store and clothing donation center in Manassas. Root shared the story of a recently retired couple who had generously donated to food pantries throughout their […]
Arts
TV
By Francesca Pollio Fenton
Editor’s note: The following article may contain spoilers. Season 4 of the hit series “The Chosen” has been officially released for streaming exclusively on “The Chosen” app, and fan-favorite Paras Patel, who portrays Matthew in the series, recently spoke about his role in the show and how it has impacted him as a person. The […]
Pope Francis
By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — Christians should read Scripture often, every day if possible, and look to the Spirit if reading the Gospel ever feels dry, Pope Francis said. Even when one has repeatedly read a Scripture passage “without particular emotion,” at the right time and in an atmosphere of faith and prayer, “that text suddenly becomes […]
National
By Jonah McKeown
The Catholic bishops of the United States are inviting Catholics to observe a week dedicated to prayer, reflection, and action related to religious freedom with topics such as church vandalism, blasphemy laws, and Christian persecution in India as particular areas of focus. Marking Religious Freedom Week, which begins June 22, the feast day of Sts. Thomas More and John […]
Local
Father Denis M. Donahue, pastor of St. Philip the Apostle Church in Falls Church, knew his parishioners wanted to be part of the multifaceted National Eucharistic Revival. It was just a matter of how. So, seven months ago he began a course for them that included readings and discussions about the Eucharist and the life […]
Local
A month after celebrating her 75th jubilee in the religious life with Bishop Michael F. Burbidge and her fellow jubilarians, Benedictine Sister Mary Ellen Black died June 8 at age 96. Sister Mary Ellen was the fourth of five children born to Joseph Francis Black and Sarah Burnett Black. She grew up in Richmond and […]
Pope Francis
By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — Imbued with the Holy Spirit, Jesus is the model for loving and serving others freed from the pursuit of wealth, power or fame, Pope Francis said. “If we let ourselves be conditioned by the quest for pleasure, power, money or consensus, we become slaves to these things,” the pope said before praying […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Sitting in the Vatican Gardens with the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica as a backdrop, Pope Francis told cardinals and diplomats, including the ambassadors of Israel and Palestine, “Every day I pray that this war will finally end.” With a representative of Rome’s Jewish community and a representative of the city’s Muslim […]
