Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matará Sister Mary Handmaid of the Lord of the Arlington diocese renewed her one-year temporary vows Nov. 1 in a ceremony at Holy Comforter/St. Cyprian Church in Washington. Her next vow will be for three years, followed by her permanent profession.
As I walked toward the front of the classroom, my heart was racing. While I had given talks many times before, there was something different about this one; it was the first time I was to practice preaching a homily for a particularly intimidating audience: other seminarians.
As a first-year seminarian, the logistics of going to speak in a parish for National Vocation Awareness Week was nerve-wracking. Thankfully, God used my fellow seminarians and my seminary formators to assure me that everything would go well, and not surprisingly it did.
Advent is my favorite liturgical season. There’s something about the colder weather, the shorter days, the appearance of Christmas lights, and the purple and pink candles in the churches that I always have loved. Despite the busyness of the season, a desire always surfaces in my heart to spend a little more time in prayer, a little more time actively waiting for the Lord.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Right after high school, Sister Marlene Weidenborner entered the religious community of the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, N.Y., although she had no intention of staying.
A $100,000 challenge gift has been received to raise money for the diocesan Seminarian Education Endowment Fund (SEEF). Each gift up to $100,000 will be matched.
One of my most meaningful experiences as a high school teacher was our daily Gospel reflection each class. Students delighted me with their applications of Christ’s messages and sometimes elicited important clarifications.
Benedictine Brother John McFadden, son of Tom McFadden, vice president at Christendom College in Front Royal, was ordained to the priesthood Oct. 24 at Our Lady of Clear Creek Abbey in Hulbert, Okla.
Teresa Hoang of Woodbridge and a parishioner of Holy Martyrs of Vietnam in Arlington was one of five Salesian Lay Missioners commissioned by the Salesians of Don Bosco at a prayer service in August that concluded a six-day retreat at Don Bosco Retreat Center in Haverstraw, N.Y.
National Vocation Awareness Week, a celebration of vocations to the priesthood, diaconate and consecrated life in the church, will be held Nov. 7-13.
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