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Four relay teams from Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington qualified for the 126th Penn Relays at historic Franklin Field in Philadelphia last month. The event is considered the oldest and largest track meet in the United States, attracting high school, college and elite runners from across the country and internationally. “The Penn Relays represent […]
Columnists
By Elizabeth Foss
There is something almost magical about May. It’s a month so full of hope. Flowers burst from the ground and from tree branches in a proliferation of color where just a few short days ago there was nothing but brown. Darling little gap-toothed girls wearing sweet white dresses take their places with little boys dressed […]
Schools
Divine Mercy University congratulated its 142 newest graduates at the Mass and commencement ceremony at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington May 14. Mass was celebrated by Bishop Joseph L. Coffey, auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA. The graduates completed various studies including the spiritual direction certificate, masters degrees […]
Columns
By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
Protestants, Catholics and tithing Q. I grew up in a Protestant church but converted to Catholicism. Sometimes it seems to me that Catholics give a lot less money to their churches than Protestants do. (The Sunday collections reported in our parish bulletin would, I think, be dwarfed by some Protestant parishes much smaller than our […]
Local
By Diana Sims Snider
Catholic Charities Migration and Refugee Services has opened a new office in Woodbridge to provide services to Afghans who have received humanitarian parolee status in this country. The Afghans, who had assisted American troops in their home country, came to the U.S. after fleeing to safe bases elsewhere in the world after their government collapsed […]
Local
With a goal of more than 8,000 pounds of nonperishable food donations, St. Bernadette Church in Springfield is prioritizing single-serve food that kids like for the May 21-22 food drive held at its parish and at drop-off locations across the diocese. The “Summer Hungry Children” food initiative, part of diocesan Catholic Charities St. Lucy Food […]
Schools
By Catholic Herald Staff
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): Basilica School of St. Mary in Alexandria: Kathleen Anne Rubel (23 years) Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria: Elizabeth S. Daubresse (15 years) Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington: […]
Schools
By Natalie Askin
Head of School Ginny Colwell is retiring after 29 years at St. Paul VI Catholic High School in Chantilly, including 16 years in leadership. Paul VI students know Colwell as the administrator who sits in during classes, the kind face in the hall or merely someone in charge, but Colwell is so much more than […]
Global
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — As the Catholic Church continues to reflect on synodality through a two-year process of listening and dialogue, a panel of six notable theologians and canonists discussed the nature of consultation and decision-making in a synodal church. The discussion took place May 20 at the Vatican’s Palazzo Pio during the presentation of a […]
Pope Francis
By Junno Arocho Esteves
ROME — Celebrating the launch of the Scholas International Educational Movement and its environmental project, Pope Francis encouraged young people, especially women, to lead the charge in fighting climate change. “Defending nature means defending the poetry of creation, it means defending harmony. It is a fight for harmony. And women know more about harmony than […]
