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Is your church or organization hosting a special event or celebrating a special occasion? These are among the appealing topics we want to cover.

RESTON, VA (Catholic Online) - Parishes in the Arlington Diocese are filled with interesting news and exciting events. Catholic Online Northern Virginia needs your help in bringing those stories to a larger audience.

Whether your church is hosting a guest speaker or you know of someone's victory in the drama of ordinary life, we want to tell the story.

Is your church or organization hosting a special event or celebrating a special occasion? Whether the story is about an upcoming event or one that has already taken place, these are among the appealing topics we want to cover.

We are especially interested in personal stories of deep faith and devotion to our Lord, His Mother and His Church.

Whether a simple news tip or the complete story, we'd like to hear from you. Photographs are also a welcome attachment for your ideas or articles.

Attention, writers! If we use a story you've written, you will receive byline credit, a cutline for more information about your writing and the possibility that your article may be picked up by Catholic Online's International Edition.

To submit a news tip or a story, simply email us at news-va@catholic.org.

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Pope Benedict XVI's Prayer Intentions for January 2013
General Intention: The Faith of Christians. That in this Year of Faith Christians may deepen their knowledge of the mystery of Christ and witness joyfully to the gift of faith in him.
Missionary Intention: Middle Eastern Christians. That the Christian communities of the Middle East, often discriminated against, may receive from the Holy Spirit the strength of fidelity and perseverance.