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By Anna Donofrio
The daughter of U.S. President James Monroe died penniless and in obscurity in Paris Jan. 27, 1840. VornDick, Kathryn Willis, Sue Henderson and Maureen Goonan, a parishioner of St. Patrick Church in Fredericksburg, seek to correct the historical record while working to repatriate Eliza Monroe Hay’s remains and organizing a proper burial at her family’s plot in Richmond.
National
By Kate Quiñones
After a shooter killed two children and injured 17 other people during Mass at a Minneapolis Catholic school Aug. 27, the community is reeling as leaders call for prayer.
Bishop Burbidge
By Bishop Michael F. Burbidge
I join with Pope Leo XIV and my brother bishops across the country in mourning and praying for the innocent children killed at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis and all those injured by today’s senseless violence.
Bishop Burbidge
By Bishop Michael F. Burbidge
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
On this World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, we lift our hearts to God who has entrusted us with the gift of our common home.
Columnists
By Christina Capecchi
It began as a low hum on the horizon, barely perceptible. Then a pulsing rhythm rose from the river — the brass and beat of a live band drifting through the humid summer air. The Capitol was coming.
Columnists
By Elizabeth Foss
The big leaf hydrangeas were a bust this year.
After a stunning year last year, we got five blooms total this year.
Local
By Sharon Krasny
Why would someone walk approximately 60 miles from Warrenton to Arlington during the peak of summer?
Schools
Father Daniel S. Reuwer is the new chaplain at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington. He served as parochial vicar of All Saints Catholic Church in Manassas for the past three years.
Schools
Father Joseph F. Moschetto, the new chaplain at Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria, grew up in the diocese attending Our Lady of Hope Church in Potomac Falls. He’s eager to get started.
Local
Back-to-school time can be both exciting and overwhelming, no matter who you are. For families that came to this country as refugees, this time is magnified as many of these children worry about simply fitting in.
