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Fr. Isaiah & Mr. Trevor Rowland
26 Jul 2020

Fr. Isaiah & Mr. Trevor Rowland

Posted by Reverend Thomas Vander Woude,
This weekend will be the final weekend at Holy Trinity for Fr. Isaiah.  He will be returning to Uganda where his order, the Apostles of Jesus, has many apostolates.  We thank him for his dedicated service to God and the people of Holy Trinity ...

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4th of July 2020
26 Jul 2020

4th of July 2020

Posted by Reverend Thomas Vander Woude,
On July 4, 1776 56 members of the Congress in the Colonies declared themselves independent of unjust English rule.  The signing of the Declaration of Independence serves as the date of independence for the United States of America.  How the no ...

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Peace vs Fear
05 Jul 2020

Peace vs Fear

Posted by Reverend Thomas Vander Woude,
How often in the history of our nation – indeed the world – has there been civil strife?  How often has there been threat of contagion and disease?  Who found peace in those times?  Where did they find true peace – in their own hear ...

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Religious Liberty
27 Jun 2020

Religious Liberty

Posted by Reverend Thomas Vander Woude,
A religion that does not interfere in the secular order will soon discover that the secular order will not refrain from interfering with it. Such are the words of the Venerable Fulton J. Sheen who was the Catholic American orator of the 20th century. ...

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Pentecost 2020 and Riots
27 Jun 2020

Pentecost 2020 and Riots

Posted by Reverend Thomas Vander Woude,
Well, what a week it has been. I was looking forward to our first public Masses since March 16, 2020.  It was terrific to have people back in the church for Mass.  It was the high Church Feast of Pentecost, the Birthday of the Church:   ...

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Pentecost Sunday 2020
07 Jun 2020

Pentecost Sunday 2020

Posted by Reverend Thomas Vander Woude,
Pentecost Sunday 2020 saw a ‘re-birth’ of sorts in our parish.  This was the weekend that we could once again have public Masses! Pentecost often termed the ‘Birthday of the Church’. Yes, Jesus had founded the Catholic Church with Peter ...

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Pentecost 2020
07 Jun 2020

Pentecost 2020

Posted by Reverend Thomas Vander Woude,
The following two paragraphs were part of Pope St. John Paul’s homily on the Eve of Pentecost, June 2, 1979.  Please be mindful that he was speaking to millions of Poles who had lived under atheistic communist dictatorship since World War II.&nbs ...

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Holy Communion
20 May 2020

Holy Communion

Posted by Reverend Thomas Vander Woude,
There are poignant moments in every person’s life that one does not forget.  This past weekend I believe will be one of those moments for me. A priest is ordained and consecrated to God to preach His Truth, offer His Sacraments and love His pe ...

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Re-opening and COVID-19
20 May 2020

Re-opening and COVID-19

Posted by Reverend Thomas Vander Woude,
As you probably are aware, our Bishop has determined to begin public Masses again in our diocese on May 15th (Bishop Burbidge has now asked us, along with all the parishes in Prince William, Loudoun, Fairfax, Arlington and Alexandria to wait two more w ...

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Northam’s Good Friday and Holy Saturday 2020
07 May 2020

Northam’s Good Friday and Holy Saturday 2020

Posted by Reverend Thomas Vander Woude,
While Virginians cowered in fear from the coronavirus and followed the Governor’s ‘stay-at-home’ unconstitutional executive order, the Governor took the opportunity to offend every Christian in our state – and country.  In addition to class ...

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