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By Daniel Payne
Lou Holtz, whose lengthy football coaching career included an undefeated championship season at the University of Notre Dame and who spoke regularly about his Catholic faith, died March 4 at age 89.
Art
Thirteen children were recognized for their artwork in the Ancient Order of Hibernians annual St. Patrick coloring contest at St. Mary of Sorrows Church in Fairfax Feb. 28, with a fourth grader from Nativity Catholic School in Burke taking home the top honors.
Parishes
By Claire Chapman
Bishop Michael F. Burbidge celebrated a special Mass followed by a blessing to mark the installation of two large museum-quality paintings, “Saint Louis at Prayer” and “the Good Samaritan,” at St. Louis Church in Alexandria March 1.
Parishes
The Alexandria division of the Ancient Order of Hibernians hosted its annual Irish hooley to kick off the month of St. Patrick in the Basilica of St. Mary School gym in Alexandria March 1, raising more than $20,000 to benefit Catholic Charities Christ House.
Columns
By Msgr. Charles M. Mangan
I was grateful for the recent opportunity to travel to Rome for the end of the Jubilee of Hope and to walk through the open Holy Door. No trip to the Eternal City is complete for me unless I stop by the smallest Chapel in Rome in honor of the Mother of God: Our Lady of the Little Arch.
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By Bishop Michael F. Burbidge
As we journey together through the sacred season of Lent, we are reminded that each of us will one day be judged justly and mercifully by God. Although we often think of Lent in terms of activities or habits from which we might resolve to refrain until Easter, Lent is about far more than what we choose to do without.
Schools
St. Paul VI Catholic High School in Chantilly announced that its wrestling, ice hockey and boys basketball teams are all Washington Catholic Area Conference champions this season.
Theater
Catholic-owned Triune Entertainment presents “The Prince of Egypt,” a stage adaption of the popular animated movie, in Warrenton March 6-22.
Local
The diocesan push to unplug during Lent is not only back for a third year— it now spans three days.
The initiative encourages people to fast from excess screen time in some capacity in order to recharge spiritually, whether quietly in prayer or in service to others.
Columns
By Sr. Constance Veit
If you’re like me, you were impressed by the athletes of the Milan-Cortina Olympics.
In them we witnessed both the rewards of hard work and the traumatizing effects of extreme expectation.
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Pope Leo XIV
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