Vocation Awareness Week
November 3, 2021
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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Perpetual profession at St. Benedict Monastery
October 6, 2021
The Benedictine Sisters of Virginia received Benedictine Sister Katherine Elizabeth Fitzgerald to perpetual monastic profession at St. Benedict Monastery in Bristow Sept. 4.
Salesian from Annandale makes first profession
October 6, 2021
Brother Francis Nguyen of Annandale was one of two men who made their first profession of vows as Salesians of Don Bosco at the Marian Shrine in Haverstraw, N.Y., in August. The other was Brother Paul Hotovy of Omaha, Neb.
Seminarian ordained a deacon in Rome
October 6, 2021
Mauricio Portillo, who attends the Pontifical North American College in Rome, was ordained a transitional deacon in Rome Sept. 30, marking a major milestone on his path to the priesthood.
Woodbridge Catholic joins Salesian Lay Missioners
October 6, 2021
A parishioner of Holy Martyrs of Vietnam Church in Arlington was one of five Salesian Lay Missioners commissioned by the Salesians of Don Bosco at a prayer service concluding a six-day retreat at Don Bosco Retreat Center in Haverstraw, N.Y. The lay program is sponsored by Salesian Missions of New Rochelle and promoted by the New Rochelle Province.
No time to pray?
October 6, 2021
My mind was swimming — or maybe drowning — in thoughts of midterms and papers. I had finished my classes for the day when I realized I had completely forgotten to pray my daily holy hour. Flooded with thoughts of my busy evening, I thought, “I can’t possibly pray right now. I would be too distracted, and I just don’t have the time.”
IHM sister professes final vows
August 25, 2021
Sister Stephanie Gabriel Tracy, a graduate of St. Paul VI Catholic High School in Chantilly, made her perpetual profession of vows with the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary last month at the congregation’s motherhouse in Malvern, Pa. During the ceremony, she professed the vows of chastity, poverty and obedience in the service of the church.
Persevering with St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
August 25, 2021
I’ve bumped into St. Elizabeth Ann Seton a lot this past year.
St. James parishioner receives Daughters of St. Paul habit
August 25, 2021
Allison Gliot, daughter of Deacon Ed and Jean Gliot, parishioners of St. James Church in Falls Church, made her first vows and received the habit of the Daughters of St. Paul in Boston last month.
Diocesan high school teacher becomes a Dominican
August 25, 2021
Dominican Brother Paul Dominic Marich, who taught at Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Potomac Shores, professed solemn vows Aug. 7 at the Priory of the Immaculate Conception in Washington.
