Little Sisters of the Poor welcome new archbishop
May 1, 2019
A rainy morning recently greeted the new archbishop of Washington as he began to get to know his Washington home.
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Chaplaincy was not in deacon’s retirement plan
May 1, 2019
A few years ago, Deacon Dileep Athaide could never have guessed he’d become a frequent visitor on the immense coal and container ships dotting the horizon in Delta and Vancouver.
Alexandria seniors participate in a walkathon to benefit annual events
April 30, 2019
It might not have been the Boston Marathon, but 50 seniors from the St. Martin de Porres Senior Center and the Senior Center at Charles Houston in Alexandria got moving at the annual Robust Walkathon at Ben Brenman Park in Alexandria April 23.
Senior says prayer helped thwart scam
April 2, 2019
Learn more about the latest ways scammers try to separate seniors from their money.
Ethical engineering and ‘smart socks’
March 7, 2019
In 2017, The Catholic University of America in Washington fielded its first cohort of seven student engineers for the Grand Challenges Scholars Program (GCSP).
Valentine crafting with seniors in Fredericksburg
February 12, 2019
Construction paper hearts, stickers and glitter glue covered tables in Poet’s Walk assisted living community in Fredericksburg Feb. 9, while conversation and laughter filled the room. The colorful mayhem was part of a St. Valentine’s Day service projected led by St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Church’s young adult group known as Verso l’Alto, which means, toward the top.
A sense of eternity
February 6, 2019
Have you ever received an unexpected message from a friend, maybe a text message or a voicemail that made your day, or even led you to change your outlook on life? This happened to me last month, in the middle of SEEK 2019, the annual conference of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS).
Praying to St. Anthony
February 6, 2019
I spent Friday night and Saturday last week looking in vain for a lost hearing aid, an expensive item to replace and thus causing me great angst. In the end, it all turned out well, thanks to an ancient Catholic tradition in which I have never placed much stock. But first the details of my travails.
Rosary maker grows his own beads
December 5, 2018
For most of his life, August Bueltel of Savage rarely held a rosary.
A feat 100 years in the making
October 3, 2018
A Navy nurse and mother, Ruth Kramer’s favorite accomplishment might be finishing the First Fridays Devotion.
