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Bishop Michael F. Burbidge celebrated the Solemnity of All Saints at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington Nov. 1. 

The saints were flesh-and-blood people whose lives included real struggles and joys, and whose holiness reminds all the baptized that they, too, are called to be saints, Pope Francis said. 

Jesuit Father Francis A. Sullivan, one of the leading theological experts on questions of church teaching authority, died Oct. 23 at Campion Center in Weston. 

Oblate of St. Francis de Sales Father Thomas E. Murphy, who served at Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria and St. John Neumann Church in Reston, died Oct. 25.  

Finally, the Supreme Court has given pro-life Americans what they were hoping for — a commitment to take a fresh look at the issue of abortion. 

With the season’s title on the line, runners competed at the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference for the cross-country championships at Bull Run Regional Park in Manassas Oct. 26. Returning champions asserted their dominance as Gonzaga College High School in Washington claimed their third straight win in the boys division while St. John’s College High School girls were repeat winners. Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington girls team was runner-up.

World Series fever has swept the region after the Washington Nationals defeated the Houston Astros 6-2 in game seven of the 2019 World Series. 

Cardinal John Henry Newman, who recently was canonized by Pope Francis, was a contemporary of our foundress, St. Jeanne Jugan, and probably knew our early communities in England. 

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