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Saturday, October 01, 2016

True Blue: St. Pius X Regional School in Bowie named National Blue Ribbon School

Now the hallways seem smaller than they did when he was a student, Washington Auxiliary Bishop Barry Knestout said as he visited his alma mater, St. Pius X Regional School in Bowie, Maryland, on Sept. 28.
Cardinal Wuerl serves at St. Maria’s Meals in Washington a year after pope’s visit to the program

Almost a year to the date of when Pope Francis visited the clients, staff and volunteers of Catholic Charities at the agency’s St. Maria’s Meals program, Cardinal Wuerl returned to help serve meals to those who lined up on a sidewalk in downtown Washington on the evening of Sept. 21.
Opponents warn that D.C. Council’s assisted suicide bill endangers vulnerable members of community

As lawmakers in the District of Columbia prepare to consider a bill that would allow doctors to prescribe medications to terminally ill patients who want to end their lives, opponents of such a move have stressed that the legislation would lead to abuse and harm the city’s most vulnerable populations.

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News

Catholics, other Christian leaders ask politicians to address immigration

Catholics have joined a group of Christian faith leaders asking politicians to address immigration reform within 100 days of the 2017 legislative session of Congress.
New chancellor’s ‘dream job’ connects her law, service and faith experience

The Archdiocese of Washington’s new chancellor Kim Viti Fiorentino said a friend’s summation of her new job says it all – “It’s the dream job I never dreamed of.”
A False and Dangerous Compassion

Our Catholic faith teaches us that assisted suicide gravely violates the sacred value of all human life, particularly the lives of those who are vulnerable due to age, illness, or disability. It also undermines the medical profession's healing mission.

Parish News

Our Lady of Mercy parishioner sees Mother Teresa live on through Missionaries of Charity in India

After graduating from Brown University, Alexander Blum, a parishioner of Our Lady of Mercy in Potomac, Maryland, decided to spend a year serving the poorest of the poor in Titagarh, India. He is living and working at Gandhiji Prem Nivas, which is a center for patients with Hansen’s disease (another name for leprosy), run by brothers of the Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by St. Teresa of Calcutta.
Holy Name parishioners and former students gather to celebrate birthday of Venerable Aloysius Schwartz

As a child, Venerable Aloysius Schwartz always had a simple birthday celebration, with a cake and one present, said his sister, Dolores Vita. This year, on what would have been his 86^th birthday, the man who could become the first saint from Washington had a more extravagant celebration, when Holy Name of Jesus Parish was filled with people who had gathered to celebrate a Mass in thanksgiving for his ministry.
Former youth minister at St. Elizabeth Parish arrested and charged with abuse

Brian Patrick Werth, a former youth minister for St. Elizabeth Parish in Rockville, was arrested by Montgomery County Police on Sept. 7 and charged with one count of fourth-degree sexual offense, one count of sexual abuse of a minor, and second degree assault. The 32-year-old Montgomery Village resident was arrested after detectives had investigated allegations of sexual abuse of a teenage St. Elizabeth parishioner.

Pope Francis

Logic of weapons, self-interest wreak havoc on Mideast, pope says

Pope Francis said he will never give up calling for stronger efforts to bring peace to the Middle East and for people to stop being indifferent to the fate of the region's people.

Cardinal Wuerl

Cardinal Wuerl serves at St. Maria’s Meals in Washington a year after pope’s visit to the program

Almost a year to the date of when Pope Francis visited the clients, staff and volunteers of Catholic Charities at the agency’s St. Maria’s Meals program, Cardinal Wuerl returned to help serve meals to those who lined up on a sidewalk in downtown Washington on the evening of Sept. 21.

Schools

A Blue Ribbon for St. Patrick’s School in Rockville

As the students of St. Patrick’s Catholic School in Rockville left at the end of the day on Sept. 28, their blue smiling lips were a sign of the celebration that had just occurred – St. Patrick’s had just been named a Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education.

Families

U.S. bishops carefully unpacking, teaching 'Amoris Laetitia,' report says

Leaders of the U.S. Catholic Church have been proceeding carefully in their efforts to understand and implement the pope's exhortation on marriage and family, according to a report issued Sept. 27.