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With its Nov. 21-23 presentation of a 20th-century telling of William Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing,” JP Drama welcomes guests to Messina, Italy, where a battle of wits ensues, and secret plots unfold.
Schools
The school community celebrated its patron St. John Paul II’s Oct. 22 feast day in style with an all-school retreat and visit from Bishop Emeritus Paul S. Loverde.
Columnists
By Elizabeth Foss
No one intentionally makes an idol of motherhood.
We start with love. With strong ideals. With a prayerful yes to the sacred calling of raising souls. We stay up late rocking babies and wake early to pack lunches.
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Theater
By Jim Hale
Now the club of homeschool and private school students is taking on one of its most ambitious productions with “Sleeping Beauty The Musical,” featuring a cast of 40 along with 30 working backstage. Rehearsals started in August and typically last four or more hours.
Pope Leo XIV
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — The changing landscape of Christianity in Europe, with growth in some countries and continued decline in others, poses challenges that all churches should face together, Pope Leo XIV told Christian leaders.
Schools
More than 100 senior theology students from Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington visited the Meadowlark Botanical Gardens in Vienna last month.
Schools
Adeline Jensen (’28), a student in the Paul VI Options program and first-time runner, is one of two alternate runners for the VISAA Cross Country Championship race at Panorama Farms in Earlysville, Va., Nov. 6.
Schools
The Fife & Drum Corps performed at St. John Neumann Church's Fall Festival in Reston Oct. 18 and then traveled to Yorktown to perform in an annual tribute celebrating America's 1781 Revolutionary War victory.
Local
Parishes across the Diocese are celebrating the season with Christmas bazaars and craft fairs featuring handmade gifts, holiday treats and family fun. Mark your calendar for one — or several — of these festive events.
Columns
By Sister Constance Veit
As we look toward Thanksgiving and Christmas, I realize that 2025 is quickly coming to an end, and so is the Jubilee Year of Hope. What will be our take-aways from this special time of grace?


