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National Adoption Month, which we observe in November, is a time to celebrate adoption and pay tribute to the birth parents and adoptive families whose selfless gifts have allowed infants and children to be placed in stable homes where they can grow and be nurtured.
In the United States, there are an estimated 19 million men and women who once wore the flag of freedom as members of the military. That is one in 10 adults! On Veterans Day each year, we honor their courage and service to protect and defend our rights and freedoms. Yet we should not limit such gratitude to that day alone.
Lorena Contreras has been cleaning houses in Northern Virginia for more than a decade, but she always worked for other people.
A religious education teacher at St. Agnes Church in Arlington sent her seventh graders on a scavenger hunt recently. Armed with five-page questionnaires, the confirmation-bound students spent about 30 minutes searching for answers in the most recent edition of the Catholic Herald.
Teresa Hoang of Woodbridge and a parishioner of Holy Martyrs of Vietnam in Arlington was one of five Salesian Lay Missioners commissioned by the Salesians of Don Bosco at a prayer service in August that concluded a six-day retreat at Don Bosco Retreat Center in Haverstraw, N.Y.
Benedictine Brother John McFadden, son of Tom McFadden, vice president at Christendom College in Front Royal, was ordained to the priesthood Oct. 24 at Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey in Hulbert, Okla.
National Vocation Awareness Week, a celebration of vocations to the priesthood, diaconate and consecrated life in the church, will be held Nov. 7-13.
Students who don’t excel in school may need more than just help with their homework — in many cases, they need to learn something even more basic first.
Catholic Charities of the Arlington diocese aims to collect more than 100,000 pounds of food by the end of November in anticipation of needs through the winter holidays. More than 40 parishes, schools and Catholic civic groups have participated in or are scheduled to host a food drive.
For 35 years, the Arlington Council of the Knights of Columbus has been known for its huge community Thanksgiving dinners that provided meals for 200 to 300 guests in person, with hundreds more meals delivered to shelters, low-income communities and Meals on Wheels recipients.
