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OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE CELEBRATION

Our Hispanic Parishioners, Hospitality Team, and Knights of Columbus put on a party!
December 10, 2023

Fr. Edlefsen celebrated the Spanish Mass on December 10, the Second Sunday of Advent. After Mass, there was a big dinner celebration in a packed parish hall in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe - patroness of the Americas -...Read more

Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Our Lady of Lourdes, Arlington, VA

POPE FRANCIS ANGELUS ADDRESS

The Commitment to Human Rights is Never Finished
December 10, 2023
Following the Angelus on Sunday, Pope Francis notes the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and prays for all people who are suffering due to war.

By Christopher Wells

Pope Francis on Sunday marked the 75th...Read more

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CHRIST'S MANGER AND PEACE IN THE HOLY LAND

A Good Word from Pope Francis
December 9, 2023

Pope: Vatican Creche reminds us of tragedy in Holy Land

Addressing this years’ donors of the Nativity Scene and Christmas tree in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis says the creche invites us to turn our thoughts to the tragedy...Read more

Experience Advent

By Fr. Frederick Edlefsen
December 4, 2023
“ The days are coming, says the LORD, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and Judah .” (Jeremiah 33:14)

Advent prepares us for Christ’s coming. ...Read more

Advent is About Mary, Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Arlington, VA

Advent Is About Mary

By Fr. Frederick Edlefsen
December 2, 2023

“ Jesus is conceived by the Holy Spirit in the Virgin Mary’s womb because he is the New Adam, who inaugurates the new creation: ‘The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from...Read more

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