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More than 70 diocesan youth ministry leaders gathered at St. John Neumann Church in Reston Aug. 17 for the annual Director of Youth Ministry Summit to pray, be encouraged in their ministry and build a community. In his homily at Mass, Bishop Michael F. Burbidge looked at this year’s theme of “Renew” and encouraged those […]
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By Anna Harvey
With standing room only, more than 1,400 teachers and administrative staff from Catholic schools across the Arlington diocese attended the Opening Mass for Catholic Educators at All Saints Catholic Church in Manassas Aug. 22. The annual celebration was organized by the diocesan Office of Catholic Schools to honor dedication to Catholic education. The event kicked […]
Schools
By Kimberley Heatherington
Catholic schools in the Arlington diocese start their third consecutive year of rising enrollment this month — a trend initially sparked by the extended lockdown of Northern Virginia public schools due to the pandemic. Students with intellectual disabilities are part of the student body thanks to the tireless efforts of parents, teachers, aides and administrators […]
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By Kimberley Heatherington
Accompanied by the soaring strains of “Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty,” five diocesan seminarians — Andrew Joseph D’Andrea, Frederick Gabriel Gaudet, John Luke Helbling, Paul Hou Rhee and Teko Galey Teko-Agbo — processed into St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Lake Ridge Aug. 12, for the Mass for Admission to Candidacy for Holy Orders. […]
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Schools
By Anna Harvey
While student athletes return to the classrooms soon, they have already taken to the practice fields, where they need to be protected from a unique opponent: heat stroke. The majority of deaths due to heat stroke occur in July and August. As student athletes prepared to return in August, athletic trainers, directors and nurses in […]
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— The Arlington diocese surveyed the faithful in May about their preferred methods of receiving information and news, and completed reviewing the responses last month. — The 2023 survey received 3,190 total responses. — According to diocesan officials, the goal was to identify current audiences and their communications preferences along with needs and opportunities […]
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Parishes
What’s distinctive about your parish? Each of the 16 stained-glass windows throughout the church are worth a closer look. Three large windows in the narthex greet parishioners as they enter. A large rose window is behind the altar and the remaining 12 are evenly divided on the right and left as visitors face the altar. […]
Global
By Walter Sánchez Silva
The bishop for the military and head of the Bishops’ Delegation for the Causes of the Saints in Argentina, Santiago Olivera, announced the beginning of the cause for canonization of Argentino del Valle Larrabure, an army colonel tortured and murdered in 1975 by Marxist rebels. The prelate made the announcement during a Mass celebrated Aug. […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Our Lady of Guadalupe and other recognized Marian apparitions show clearly how evangelization does not require complicated plans and elaborate theological explanations but sharing the faith in “a language suitable for all, a language that is comprehensible, like that of Jesus,” Pope Francis said. At Guadalupe, in fact, “Our Lady proclaims God […]
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6/18/26
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6/18/26
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