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WASHINGTON -- For John Davisson, the past few months of the pandemic in Washington gave him more time to return to a hobby that began during his childhood: making Lego designs.
The annual Labor Day picnic that has taken place at St. Mary of Sorrows Church in Fairfax for more than a century was converted to a drive-thru carry-out event this year due to health and safety precautions related to COVID-19. b>/b>
The diocesan Respect Life Conference will be held at Holy Spirit Church, 5121 Woodland Way, Annandale, and online, Sept. 12, 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
The Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop of Arlington, has announced the following clergy appointments:
New principals join diocesan schools heading into the 2020-21 school year:
Seton School in Manassas closed out its school year last spring and celebrated an in-person graduation June 15 at Holy Trinity Church in Gainesville. Thanks to the generosity of Father Thomas P. Vander Woude, pastor and Seton’s first alumnus priest, the seniors and their families were able to be seated safely for the ceremony. Father Noah C. Morey, chaplain at Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria, was celebrant and homilist for the baccalaureate Mass.
This summer, St. Paul VI Catholic High School moved into its new campus on 68 acres in the Chantilly/South Riding area of Loudoun County. The academic area includes more than 60 classrooms and eight labs. Classrooms were designed to feature ample natural light and flexibility to adjust to various teaching and learning styles. This year, flexibility will certainly be the name of the game.
Summer can be an amazing time to relax, leave behind obligations and worries, and enjoy fun vacations with family, or gardening adventures with nature, or better yet, quiet times in the peace of a sunny day to regenerate our spirits.
A parable of forgiveness
Desperate people, experience tells us, will often make wild promises, swearing anything to God or others to avoid the final enclosure of despair in a moment of panic. It’s a pitiable moment whenever we see it in film or literature, and even more so if we experience it in real life. Christ’s parable about forgiveness provides us with just such a scene, illustrating for us the true drama of mercy.