Food for Meditation

Getting Ready for Forty Hours by Fr. Frederick Edlefsen
January 28, 2022

“Now Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led around by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days…” (Luke 4:1)

As Our Lady of Lourdes prepares for Forty Hours Devotion, I offer you...Read more

A Brave New Pro-Life Ethic

Reflections on the Past, Present, and Future by Fr. Frederick Edlefsen
January 13, 2022

Thousands of people will attend the March for Life in Washington, DC on January 21. Founded by Nellie Gray, the March began as a small demonstration in 1974, one year after the Supreme Court’s January 22, 1973 “Roe...Read more

Afghan siblings, wounded in Kabul airport bombing, seek new life in Northern Virginia

by Antonio Olivio for the Washington Post
January 13, 2022

Mina Stanekzai, 8, strapped on a princess backpack, slipped on her pink shoes that light up when she walks, and — her leg still injured from a suicide bomb — bounced out of her aunt’s Northern Virginia apartment for her...Read more

Defend Life Day is Feb. 9th in Richmond, VA

January 13, 2022

On February 9, 2022, Virginians are gathering in Richmond to meet directly with their state legislators to encourage them to defend human life from the moment of conception to natural death. This is collaborative effort of the Virginia Catholic Conference,...Read more

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