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Catholic Charities St. Martin de Porres Senior Center, 4650 Taney Ave., Alexandria, will hold an Open House Sept. 20 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. The center is open to Alexandria city residents 60 and older. The event will feature line dancing exercise, pool and billiards, hangman, a Grandparents Day presentation, a lunch of chicken, salad and vegetables […]
Schools
Sixth graders at St. William of York School in Stafford studied a small-scale demonstration of oceanographic movement in their first science lab of the new academic year. Students implemented temperature change to create currents in water and studied the effect of the global phenomena known as thermohaline circulation. Known as “The Global Conveyor Belt” this […]
Columns
By Msgr. Charles M. Mangan
“We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you, because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.” Catholics pray these words, especially during the Stations of the Cross. The feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Sept. 14 offers us another golden opportunity to ponder this stirring truth: the Son of God […]
Global
In time for the 2023 monthlong celebration of the “Season of Creation,” the Vatican Philatelic and Numismatic Office published the designs it has chosen for stamps drawing attention to the U.N. Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. They are very “Laudato Si’,” which is the opening phrase of St. Francis of Assisi’s Canticle of Creation. The observance […]
Columnists
By Soren Johnson
Bill, an Anglican friend of mine, recently returned from a self-described three-month “sabbatical.” The board of directors of the ministry he leads had proposed it to the father of four who had been hustling to serve others for over three decades — and he accepted. While it wasn’t a “shmita” or full sabbatical year — […]
National
By Donna Klinger
Twenty-nine seminarians have moved into the Blessed Stanley Rother House of Formation, or Rother House, for the new propaedeutic stage of priestly formation at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md. Following a week of orientation, the seminary held a ribbon-cutting and dedication ceremony last month when Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori blessed every room […]
Columns
By Sr. Constance Veit
As a kid I always associated two things with the first day of school — getting new shoes and having to write about what I did during summer vacation. My siblings and I never really had exceptional summer adventures but I have fond memories of beach outings, camping trips, museum visits, swimming lessons and hours […]
Columnists
By Christina Capecchi
My next-door neighbors have been packing up to move for the last month. The empty nesters are downsizing, and I’ve watched their weekslong purge with a mix of horror and admiration. High school letter jacket? Give. Handmade desk? Give. Barbie clothes sewn by Grandma? Give. Almost everything had to go. There was no longer space […]
Local
Sister Mary Sue Carwile, former principal of St. James School in Falls Church, was elected second councilor for the congregational leadership of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary this summer. The election, involving 174 delegates, was held at Villa Maria House of Studies in Immaculata, Pa. Also elected were: Sister Mary Ellen […]
Columnists
By Russell Shaw
As the Supreme Court revs up for a new term, the justices are being asked to tackle this question: Should pro-life activists have to pay multimillion-dollar fines for publicizing the fact that Planned Parenthood makes money by selling the body parts of aborted infants? The court could say as early as the new term’s Oct. […]
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