Catholic Standard

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2020 Golden Apple Award teachers

Ten Catholic school teachers from across the Archdiocese of Washington are receiving 2020 Golden Apple Awards for teaching...

Sacred Heart teacher encourages students at his bilingual school to help make the world a better place

Jun 20

For Jill Rison of St. Mary’s School in Bryantown, Teacher Appreciation Week included a Golden Apple Award

Jun 17

Latest

Safety protocols: Top subjects at Catholic schools that are reopening

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- For many Catholic schools that have already reopened for in-person classes or hope to do so in the coming...

CDC director sees public health risk in children not returning to school

Archbishop Gregory named Catholic co-chair of consultation with the National Council of Synagogues

Pandemic has revealed how often human dignity is ignored, pope says

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The coronavirus pandemic has shed light on other, "more widespread social diseases," particularly attacks...

Survey shows wide support among Americans for COVID-19 worship restrictions

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Americans overwhelmingly back pandemic-related restrictions on worship services, saying houses of worship...

Aug 11

Pope baptizes twins after successful surgery to separate them

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Their heads encased in white bandages covering the wounds where they had been conjoined, 2-year-old twins...

Aug 11

Weapons must be set aside for peace to flourish, pope says

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- For peace to flourish, weapons of war must be set aside, especially nuclear weapons that can obliterate...

Aug 11

Catholic Charities' KitchenWork program increases outreach to feed hungry impacted by COVID-19 crisis

Aug 10

Archdiocese hails rescinding of Montgomery County COVID-19 directive that would have prohibited private schools from offering in-person instruction

Statement from Archdiocese's Catholic Schools Office regarding Montgomery County directives and the opening of private schools

Galleries

Photo gallery: Archbishop Gregory's joyful ordination of eight new priests and a new deacon for archdiocese

Archbishop Wilton Gregory ordained Father Patrick Agustin, Father Nathanael Anderson, Father James Glasgow, Father Jeremy Hammond, Father Emanuel Lucero, Father James Morrison, Father Francisco...

Photo gallery: Archbishop Gregory celebrates outdoor Mass at Jesus the Good Shepherd Parish in Owings

As local government coronavirus restrictions eased and public Masses continued to resume in the Archdiocese of Washington, Archbishop Wilton Gregory on June 14 celebrated an outdoor Mass at Jesus...

Photo gallery: Archbishop Gregory celebrates Easter Sunday and Easter Vigil

Washington Archbishop Wilton Gregory celebrated the April 12 Easter Sunday Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, followed later that day by an Easter Sunday Mass at the Basilica of the...

Photo gallery: Archbishop Wilton Gregory leads Good Friday liturgy at St. Matthew's Cathedral

Washington Archbishop Wilton Gregory presided at the Good Friday liturgy of the Passion of the Lord at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, D.C. on April 10, 2020. Due to...

Photo gallery: Archbishop Wilton Gregory celebrates Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday

Washington Archbishop Wilton Gregory celebrated the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday, April 9, at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle. Since public Masses are not being held in...

Photo gallery: Archbishop Wilton Gregory celebrates Palm Sunday Mass

Washington Archbishop Wilton Gregory began Holy Week in 2020 in the Archdiocese of Washington by celebrating a Palm Sunday Mass on April 5 at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington,...

Photo gallery: St. Andrew's drive-in Eucharistic Adoration inspires devotion of faithful

Hundreds of parishioners prayed together by sitting in their car on March 21, as St. Andrew Apostle Parish in Silver Spring, Maryland, held a drive-in Eucharistic Adoration at the church's parking...

Archbishop Wilton Gregory celebrates Ash Wednesday

Archbishop Wilton Gregory celebrated his first Ash Wednesday Mass as archbishop of Washington on Feb. 26, saying that the ashes that Catholics receive on their foreheads that day serve as a sign of...

Photo gallery: Youth Rally and Mass for Life

About 18,000 teens and young adults from throughout the Washington area, from across the country and from around the world participated in the Archdiocese of Washington's annual Youth Rally and...

Photo gallery: Archbishop Gregory's Mass honors life and legacy of Dr. King

Washington Archbishop Wilton Gregory celebrated the Archdiocese of Washington's annual Mass on Jan. 18 honoring the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. More than 300 people attended...

Local

Montgomery County health officer issues new directive saying due to COVID-19 spread, nonpublic schools should not open for in-person instruction until at least Oct. 1

Citing regulations to circumvent Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan’s related Aug. 3 emergency order, Montgomery County’s health officer...

Aug 6

Local Catholic universities announce plans for fall semester

Aug 5

Aug. 8 Mass honoring El Divino Salvador del Mundo to be livestreamed

Aug 4

Archdiocese hails Maryland governor's emergency order prohibiting blanket school closures, as MCC issues action alert for Montgomery County residents

Aug 3

US & World

Church leaders seek aid for Catholic students in coronavirus relief bill

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Some of the country's most prominent church leaders appealed to congressional negotiators to include...

U.S. bishops express solidarity with Lebanon, join pope in prayers

Knights of Columbus called to redouble efforts to fight racism, violence

In marking 75th anniversary of Hiroshima, pope says weapons must be set aside for peace to flourish

Aug 6

Faith

USCCB's 2020 Natural Family Planning Awareness Week slated for July 19-25

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Natural Family Planning Awareness Week is slated for July 19-25 this year and has as its theme: "Live the...

Jul 17

Teen Catholics join youth ministry leaders for virtual LITE conference to deepen and share their faith

Jul 16

Archbishop Gomez says St. Junipero Serra's ministry marked by respect, loving care of Indigenous

Jun 30

Online forum offers tools, self-help resources for coping during shutdown

Jun 30

Culture