As Holy Thursday evening Masses concluded throughout the Arlington diocese April 17, Catholics quietly sojourned to seven churches, visiting Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament for the Seven Churches Pilgrimage.
As Sybil Schroeder venerated the crucifix, she experienced a feeling that was “indescribable.” “It’s a special moment — a gratefulness for all the sacrifices he
ROME — While he did not celebrate Mass or wash the feet of inmates, Pope Francis made his customary Holy Thursday visit to a detention facility, arriving at Rome’s Regina Coeli jail at about 3 p.m. April 17.
Jubilation filled the air as priests throughout the diocese congregated at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington for the annual Chrism Mass April
Following three consecutive days of cold, gray weather, Holy Week began under blue skies and sunshine at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington
Centuries before Jesus was born, Jewish prophets had foretold his coming. During Holy Week, many of the prophecies made about the Messiah are fulfilled.
Catholics journeyed from church to church, adoring Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament during the annual Seven Churches Pilgrimage, organized by the diocesan office of Youth,
Seeing the savior of the world hanging on the cross should not be interpreted as a sign of defeat or failure, but a reminder to
On Holy Thursday, Jesus reminds us of a constant truth, Bishop Michael F. Burbidge said in his homily at the Mass of the Lord’s Supper
God is love. He is love. He was God. He didn’t have to submit to any of it. So the very definition of love is
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