In letters to Congress, Archbishop seeks to maintain future funding for Opportunity Scholarship Program
Archbishop Donald Wuerl asked U.S. House and Senate appropriations committee members in recent letters to maintain the current funding level for the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program during the 2011 to 2012 school year. The federal voucher program currently provides 1,300 low-income students with up to $7,500 to attend the school of their choice in the city. In March, Congress voted against reauthorizing the program, but the Obama administration and congressional leaders have promised that funding for the program would continue for current students until they graduate from high school.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 |
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Washington Middle School for Girls now a Catholic school
Washington Middle School for Girls (WMSG) in Southeast Washington is now officially a Catholic school, having met the requirements of the Archdiocese of Washington. Under Catholic Church law, a school must receive permission from the local bishop - in this case, Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl - before it can be called Catholic. This requirement helps ensure that Catholic schools follow Catholic teaching in their mission and programs. Last May, two schools in Montgomery County received similar approval.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 |
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| Archbishop Wuerl says Bearing Witness Holocaust education program builds understanding |
Catholic school educators participating in a program to learn how to teach about the Holocaust and anti-Semitism are helping to build positive relations between Catholics and Jews and all people, Archbishop Donald Wuerl said July 22. Addressing participants in the Bearing Witness program, Archbishop Wuerl told the educators they are helping to "raise the level of awareness (of their students) of our positive relations with our Jewish brothers and sisters."
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| Families of seminarians join archbishop for fellowship and food at annual event |
In an age of secularism, materialism and individualism, first-year seminarians of the Archdiocese of Washington have a task that is every bit as exciting as the first band of disciples, Archbishop Donald Wuerl said July 24 during Seminarian Family Day at St. Patrick Parish in Rockville. Pope Benedict XVI is calling for a "new evangelization," and seminarians must learn how to lead people back to the Church in this modern age, the archbishop said during the Mass. The archbishop, the principal celebrant and homilist, joined families of seminarians for the annual day of prayer, fellowship and food. Parents and siblings filled the church to pray and show support for vocations to the priesthood.
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Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish members walk to let others know 'goodness of the Lord'
Early on a recen t Saturday morning, members of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in Washington embarked on their mission of Evangelization. Nineteen parishioners gathered at the church in preparation for a two-hour door-to-door sharing with a pre-identified neighborhood. Participants in the walk ranged in age from 7 to 93 years old.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 |
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| Bishops commend ruling stopping major parts of Arizona immigration law |
Arizona's Catholic bishops commended a July 28 ruling that blocked enforcement of the most controversial sections of the state's contentious immigration law a day before it takes effect. They also voiced a hope "that reaction to (the) ruling will be expressed only in peaceful and legal ways."
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| St. Louis woman's cancer cure could be miracle for Blessed Chaminade |
Rachel Lozano sometimes feels a sense of disbelief that she could owe her life to a miracle. After suffering three bouts of a rare form of sarcoma, a cancer that affects the connective tissue, the 27-year-old has been cancer-free for the past six years. Her survival is being attributed to the claim of a miracle through the intercession of Blessed William Joseph Chaminade, founder of the Society of Mary, also known as the Marianists.
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