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By Christopher Gunty
Baltimore Auxiliary Bishop Adam J. Parker and Andrew Middleton, director of the archdiocesan Apostleship of the Sea, trekked to the MV Dali to deliver care packages and to celebrate Mass for Catholics in the crew. The ship has been trapped under the wreckage of the collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge since March 26. The […]
Global
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Pilgrims passing through the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica during the Holy Year 2025, going to confession, receiving Communion and praying for the intentions of the pope can receive an indulgence, but so can inmates in prison and those who work to defend human life or assist migrants and refugees. Fasting […]
Pope Francis
By Justin McLellan
VATICAN CITY — The troves of knowledge stored in archives and libraries must be made available and accessible to all people, especially as they increasingly depend on technological means for their knowledge, Pope Francis said. Scholars overseeing archives and managing libraries must have “a great openness to discussion and dialogue,” Pope Francis told professors and […]
Art
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Parishes
Father James S. Barkett will be the new pastor of Holy Trinity Church in Gainesville effective June 27. He has been pastor of St. Mary of Sorrows Church in Fairfax since 2005. Father Barkett was born Nov. 28, 1963, to John and Bernadette Barkett in Phoenixville, Pa. One of five children, his sister, Sister Elizabeth […]
Local
Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop of Arlington, has announced the following clergy appointments effective on Thursday, June 27, 2024, unless noted otherwise.
Parishes
Youth Apostle Father Peter W. Nassetta was born June 28, 1959, in Alexandria to Francis and Laurette Nassetta. He grew up in Annandale and graduated from Falls Church High School in 1977. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business management from George Mason University in Fairfax in 1982. After graduation, he worked for the National […]
Parishes
Father Thomas P. Vander Woude has been named pastor of St. Mary of Sorrows Church in Fairfax, effective June 27. He has been pastor of Holy Trinity Church in Gainesville since 2011. Father Vander Woude was born March 26, 1966, in Meridian, Miss., but he has deep roots in the Arlington diocese. The oldest of […]
Local
By Richard Willing
Is successful fatherhood an art or a science? For about 75 current and future dads at the “Fierce Fatherhood” conference at St. Rita School in Alexandria May 11, the answer was a little of both, but also something more. Fatherhood, they agreed, must first and foremost be a vocation. “My goal is to get my […]
Global
By Kate Quiñones
In 2019 the world mourned the damage done to the medieval Catholic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris by a fire that devastated the 315-foot-tall spire and roof of the 861-year-old monument. A restoration is in progress, though it has been delayed by COVID-19 and leadership changes. Visitors should be able to visit Notre Dame by […]
