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According to the diocesan Office of Catholic Schools, the following people will retire at the end of this school year.
AnneMarie Caballero, a senior at Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria with an outstanding 4.5 GPA, is on her way to study computer science as an undergraduate at Princeton University in Princeton, N.J., this fall, but surprisingly her first taste of coding was a bad one.
Kathleen McNutt, principal of St. Louis School in Alexandria, has been named Head of School at Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria effective July 1. McNutt succeeds Thomas J. Curry.
The priesthood is not a "cultural association or a union," but a ministry of mercy anchored on Christ's mission to bring hope to the downtrodden and comfort to those who suffer, Pope Francis told new priests.
As for praying to deceased loved ones, we may not be certain whether they have yet merited heaven. If they are still in purgatory, we can surely pray for them — but can they pray for us? And here, theologians have differed.
You have identified an issue that is clearly problematic and has been the source of discussion among theologians for centuries.
Lately I’m seeing lots of studies — or, more accurately, articles about studies — claiming that non-parents are happier than parents.
In “The Memoirs of St. Peter,” Michael Pakaluk takes on what someone unaware of the pitfalls of translation might consider a simple task: to render the Gospel of St. Mark in English resembling as nearly as possible the Greek of the original.
At its center, the consecrated life is always about seeking a profound union with God in a community valuing the same goals and ideals.



Gospel commentary: Glory in the cross
During the season of Easter, the church, following ancient tradition, revisits the Lord’s words and deeds, understanding them more deeply now that the Resurrection has completed the picture. Thus, this Sunday’s Gospel places us back at the Last Supper, at the beginning of Christ’s final words to those he loved.