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By Steve Hemler and Craig Turner
In the mid-1800s, Jesus began appearing to future saints and mystics warning them of a small group of people who, he said, posed grave danger to humanity. This tiny group, still unknown to the world, he called “Communists.” Sister Mary of St. Peter, a Carmelite nun not well known outside of France, reportedly received a […]
Schools
According to the diocesan Office of Catholic Schools, the following people will retire at the end of this school year (diocesan years of service are indicated):
Schools
During Easter break, two teachers from St. Veronica School in Chantilly hit the road to visit all the diocesan churches named for Mary. Inspired by the challenge featured in the Catholic Herald, the March 23 “Make a Jubilee Journey to the 11 parishes named after Mary,” middle school English and reading teacher Kandis Rouck and […]
Schools
Longtime Catholic Distance University President Marianne Evans Mount will retire at the end of the 2022–23 academic year. She has served CDU since 1983 in a variety of roles. She has been president since 2008 after earning her doctorate at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va. Bishop Michael F. Burbidge shared his “deep appreciation for the […]
Schools
Maria Sophia Aguirre, an ordinary professor of economics at The Catholic University of America in Washington, will become the third president of Catholic Distance University July 1. The university’s board of trustees unanimously elected Aguirre following a nationwide search after longtime president, Marianne Evans Mount, announced that she would retire at the end of the […]
Art
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National
By Jonah McKeown
Catholic schools in the United States have grown in enrollment for two straight years, reaching record levels in some dioceses. Nationwide, Catholic enrollment jumped from 1.63 million to 1.69 million students, an increase of more than 3.5 percent, according to data released in February by the National Catholic Educational Association. Though the statistics show that […]
Local
By Meghan Bartlett
Cherie Sherrier was 27 years into her marriage when she found herself praying to Our Lady Undoer of Knots. She recently had found out her husband and the father of their three children was having an affair. Intent on saving the marriage, she turned to Our Lady in a popular devotion for those in […]
Schools
By Shannon Herrity
Student musicians in choir, orchestra and band at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington swept through the Windy City last month to compete in the 2023 WorldStrides National Heritage Festival. While in Chicago, the group experienced the sights including an architecture tour by boat, the Navy Pier, the “Cloud Gate” sculpture and — the one thing […]
Columnists
By Russell Shaw
If someone were to judge only by the outrageous coverage and commentary in our pro-choice media, he or she could be pardoned for supposing mifepristone is some kind of wonder drug — a cure for cancer perhaps or a tonic that reverses the aging process. As it is, though, mifepristone is an abortion pill. It […]
