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There is a Latin phrase, via media, or, middle road, used by the Church of England to describe its balancing act between Catholicism and Protestant denominations after the Reformation.
John and …
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“I was always very curious about their lives,” said Daughter of St. Paul Sister Laura Fidelis Nolin about her early encounters with religious sisters in Vermont. She grew up in Newport, a small …
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There is nothing quite like cleaning a machete wound to make you realize you are not in Virginia anymore. For Laura Shaw, this was just one of the skills she acquired during a mission trip to …
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All Saints parishioner Richard Quintana, former vice president of SAIC (Science Applications International Corporation) in McLean, had a successful career in the U.S. Air Force and the private sector …
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BY LISA SOCARRAS │
For the Catholic Herald
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5/20/15
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When I enter Ana Bonilla-Galdamez's office for our scheduled interview, she is on the phone discussing the deportation hearing for one of her students at Charles Barrett Elementary School in …
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Giving back to the community has always been important to St. Mary of Sorrows parishioner Bill Crowder, a former colonel who served 26 years in the U.S. Army. Raised in Alabama as “a good Southern …
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LISA SOCARRAS | For the Catholic Herald
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5/6/15
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Terry McCarthy doesn’t look his age. At 80, he has a full head of hair with just a few traces of gray, and he has the slim physique of a runner — which he is. While most men of his age are …
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Every afternoon after lunch, Mary Wehman sits down at a table in her sunroom with a roll of stamps and an address book and picks up a pen. For the next three hours she’ll fill pages of cursive for …
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Just out of college, James Schreiner was serving at a soup kitchen in Chicago when he overheard a homeless man talking about his artistic skills. Schreiner asked the man, named Robert, if he would …
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Imagine being excited to tell your family and friends that you finally received a job offer after a long and arduous search. After their initial exclamations of joy, your loved ones would naturally …
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Ashleigh Buyers | Catholic Herald
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3/3/15
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