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Diocese takes initiative integrating AI in schools

By Jim Hale

St. Paul VI Catholic High School in Chantilly has its own cyber educator heading up one of the most innovative approaches to integrating AI technology in the country.

8/28/25

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Diocese takes initiative integrating AI in schools

By Jim Hale

St. Paul VI Catholic High School in Chantilly has its own cyber educator heading up one of the most innovative approaches to integrating AI technology in the country.

8/28/25

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Local

Diocesan pilgrims hike more than 130 miles from Assisi to Rome

By Anna Donofrio

Summertime brings long days, icy treats and much-needed family vacations. But several diocesan families traded a relaxing vacation for a rigorous spiritual — and physical — exercise: walking the 130-plus-mile “Via di Francesco” from Assisi to Rome.

8/28/25

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Diocesan pilgrims hike more than 130 miles from Assisi to Rome

By Anna Donofrio

8/28/25

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Local

How high school teens are defending the faith in a public school environment

By Anna Donofrio

As teens head back to public schools across Northern Virginia, many are returning to a cultural and spiritual battlefield. “It definitely isn’t easy to be a Catholic in a public school environment,” said Michelle Lopez, a rising senior at Fairfax High School and a parishioner of St. Anthony of Padua Church in Falls Church. “If you bring out a Bible in school, you’d probably get debated about it.”

8/28/25

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How high school teens are defending the faith in a public school environment

By Anna Donofrio

8/28/25

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Local

Hobby farms — a growing diocesan trend

By Anna Donofrio

Small farms — also called hobby farms — are a growing trend among families in rural areas of the diocese. Hobby farms allow families to homestead on a smaller scale, and even provide them with a business opportunity to sell produce and livestock.

8/28/25

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Hobby farms — a growing diocesan trend

By Anna Donofrio

8/28/25

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Local

Bringing Eliza home: two women repatriate the remains of James Monroe’s daughter

By Anna Donofrio

The daughter of U.S. President James Monroe died penniless and in obscurity in Paris Jan. 27, 1840. VornDick and Maureen Goonan, a parishioner of St. Patrick Church in Fredericksburg, seek to correct the historical record while working to repatriate Eliza Monroe Hay’s remains and organizing a proper burial at her family’s plot in Richmond.

8/28/25

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Bringing Eliza home: two women repatriate the remains of James Monroe’s daughter

By Anna Donofrio

8/28/25

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National

Catholic community unites in prayer after shooting at Minneapolis school Mass

By Kate Quiñones

After a shooter killed two children and injured 17 other people during Mass at a Minneapolis Catholic school Aug. 27, the community is reeling as leaders call for prayer.

8/28/25

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Catholic community unites in prayer after shooting at Minneapolis school Mass

By Kate Quiñones

After a shooter killed two children and injured 17 other people during Mass at a Minneapolis Catholic school Aug. 27, the community is reeling as leaders call for prayer.

8/28/25

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Local

A pilgrimage across five counties in Northern Virginia

By Sharon Krasny

Why would someone walk approximately 60 miles from Warrenton to Arlington during the peak of summer?

8/27/25

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Meet the new O’Connell chaplain

Special to the Catholic Herald

Father Daniel S. Reuwer is the new chaplain at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington. He served as parochial vicar of All Saints Catholic Church in Manassas for the past three years.

8/27/25

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New Ireton chaplain is a son of the diocese

Special to the Catholic Herald

Father Joseph F. Moschetto, the new chaplain at Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria, grew up in the diocese attending Our Lady of Hope Church in Potomac Falls. He’s eager to get started.

8/27/25

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Columns

Music, like mercy, streaming down the river

By Christina Capecchi

Fading summer

By Elizabeth Foss

Rest from labor on Sundays, Labor Day

By Lucia A. Silecchia

How many will be saved?

By Fr. Steven Oetjen

National

Seton Shrine to celebrate Mother Seton’s 50th canonization anniversary

8/26/25

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James Dobson, promoter of family values, dies at 89

8/22/25

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ICE arrests take toll on DC churches

8/22/25

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New Frassati Chapel aims to bring perpetual adoration to the nation’s capital

8/20/25

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14 things we learn about Pope Leo XIV from his brother’s latest interview

8/19/25

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Global

Pope pleads with Israel and Hamas to end the violence

By Cindy Wooden

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV appealed to Israel and Hamas to stop the violence that has caused "so much terror, destruction and death."

8/27/25

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Hope is knowing that God is near and that love will win, pope says

By Cindy Wooden

VATICAN CITY — Christian hope is not about avoiding pain and suffering but about knowing that God gives people the strength to persevere and to love even when things go wrong, Pope Leo XIV said.

8/27/25

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Joy, reverence are part of being an altar server, pope says

By Cindy Wooden

VATICAN CITY — Every Catholic at Mass, but especially the altar servers, should rejoice that they are in the presence of Jesus, Pope Leo XIV said.

8/26/25

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Eucharist and charity: The traits that unite Pope Leo’s first saints

By Cindy Wooden

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV will preside over his first canonization Mass Sept. 7, declaring the sainthood of two young Italians whose devotion to the Eucharist nourished a deep involvement in the cultures of their day.

8/26/25

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Arts

Art

The Kid’s Connection 08/14

The Kid’s Connection will capture the attention of your little ones. Click here to download the latest issue and please let us know on our social media if your kids succeed in solving it! We’d love to hear about it.

8/14/25

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Movies

Mel Gibson’s two-part Resurrection film to be released Holy Week 2027

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Lionsgate has officially announced the release dates for Mel Gibson’s highly anticipated film “The Resurrection of the Christ.”

8/7/25

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Word on Fire announces new Bishop Barron documentary

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

The ministry Word on Fire announced that a new documentary by its founder Bishop Robert Barron is underway that will showcase the beauty of Catholic cathedrals and how they guide the faithful to the divine.

8/5/25

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