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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
The Benedictine Sisters of Virginia received Benedictine Sister Katherine Elizabeth Fitzgerald to perpetual monastic profession at St. Benedict Monastery in Bristow Sept. 4.
“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness” (2 Cor 12:9).
I had come to Guatemala for a summer of Spanish immersion as a seminarian. The first few weeks were challenging: I was learning my way around a new town in a foreign country, I couldn’t communicate with the locals and I was very tired every day.
I’ve bumped into St. Elizabeth Ann Seton a lot this past year.
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.
