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By Anna Harvey
A joyful cacophony of laughter and conversation swelled as David Campbell walked into the Campus Ministry office at St. Paul VI Catholic High School in Chantilly. As he seated himself at a crowded table of students beading rosaries, students approached him with their finished products to await his approval. Every Tuesday, students join Campbell to […]
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By Anna Harvey
Father Elder A. Maldonado was the first of nine Arlington diocese deacons ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Michael F. Burbidge. Due to a delay of his visa to return to the U.S., Father Maldonado was ordained May 27 at the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception at the Pontifical North American College in Rome. Father […]
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By Anna Harvey
Tourists strolling by the White House in Washington paused in wonder as 700 people dressed in their Sunday best processed down H Street Northwest. Some pulled out their phones to snap a photo, while others made the sign of the cross, all while members of the procession prayed the rosary and sang hymns. The […]
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By Zoey Maraist
Nine members of an Arlington diocese cohort recently completed an online master of arts in catechetics and evangelization from the Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio thanks to a diocesan program.
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The Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court Kavanaugh No. 54 of Alexandria held an awards ceremony to honor the winners of their 2023 Education Contest May 8. The contest is sponsored each year for Alexandria Catholic school students in grades 4-8 competing in the categories of Poetry, Essay Writing, Art, and Digital (Computer) Art. The […]
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A vigil service was held at St. Benedict Monastery May 30, and a Mass of Christian burial May 31, followed by a burial at the monastery cemetery.
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By Zoey Maraist
The National Eucharistic Revival focuses on parish activities in its second year.
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By Anna Harvey
After 14 years of service in the military, Deacon Charles C. Wilton said he put down his medical bag and rifle and picked up his cross. He was born Jan. 25, 1977, in Oakland, Calif. After living in Seattle for five years, the family settled in Derby, England, to be closer to his mother’s family […]
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By Anna Harvey
For Deacon Stanley “Luke” Poczatek IV, the call to the priesthood was first nurtured at home. “I tell people that my story isn’t super interesting: growing up in a large Catholic family and being raised in the faith,” Deacon Poczatek said. “My dad is a revert, my mom is a convert.” Yet, his quiet life […]
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By Anna Harvey
Deacon Michael T. Nugent first felt the call to the priesthood during an eighth grade retreat. “I had a sense of God telling me to do this. And my initial reaction was, ‘Oh, that’s ridiculous, that sounds like something I don’t want to do,’ ” he said. Born into a tight-knit Navy family, he spent […]
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