Merry Christmas from Fr. Saunders Dear Parishioners,On that first Christmas, the angels praised God, saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and peace on earth to men of good will."  The shepherds came and adored the newborn Savior.  St. Luke wrote, "And Mary treasured all of these things and reflected on them in her ...

New Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine at OLOH Please take time to visit the new shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego, erected in the garden area near the crucifixion scene.  This shrine, as with the others, reminds us of Mary's role as the Mother of our Lord Jesus (The Holy Family Shrine), her faithful love as she stood at ...

Save the Date: School Auction Gala Please save the date, Saturday, April 28, 2012, for the 7th Annual Our Lady of Hope Catholic School Dinner Auction Gala, Springtime in Paris!  The event will be held at Trump National Golf Club right here in Potomac Falls! If you would like to advertise your business, sponsor, or make a ...

Virginia North LE - Chamber of Commerce issues report cards by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)ARLINGTON, VA (Catholic Online) - Stosch, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, was given an A-plus rating and was named "Legislator of the Year." The chamber stated that he had "worked tirelessly" to support its legislative agenda. A first for the chamber, the report cards rate ...

Virginia North LE - Woman wins $1 million Lottery twice by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)BERRYVILLE, VA (Catholic Online) - The jackpot that week was at $80 million. In order to win the jackpot, the ticket holder has to match the five numbers and the sixth Powerball number. It was announced that no one had won the jackpot, however 14 people nationwide had match five of the numbers and ...

A study shows that consuming too much sugar can eat away your memory
by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Researchers at UCLA fed two groups of rats a drink containing high-fructose corn syrup as their drinking water for six weeks. One of the groups was given omega-3 fatty acids in the form of flaxseed oil and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), and the other was not. ...

Home-schooled baseball player to go big
by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Henderson was initially allowed to play high school baseball because the First Baptist Christian School allows up to half the team to be home-schooled. The team roster lists 11 varsity players, which includes the youngest of Henderson's five brothers, Chris, ...

Woman with flesh-eating disease asks for a book
by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Aimee Copeland, 24, is remaining in critical condition at an Augusta hospital, not able to speak due to a breathing tube in her throat, received a life-threatening infection after she cut her leg in a fall from a broken zip line. Doctors had to amputate young ...

More Bad News for the Legionaries of Christ: Fr Thomas Williams Admits Paternity
by Deacon Keith FournierCHESAPEAKE,VA (Catholic Online) - The Legionaries of Christ has been undergoing a major time of penance, purification and restructuring under the corrective hand of the Church. The intervention and oversight was occasioned by the scandal arising out of the immoral double life and criminal ...

Ratko Mladic, the Butcher of Bosnia, in court for war crimes
by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - This was just the first day of Mladic's trial, located at the United Nations war crimes tribunal in The Hague. He led the Bosnian Serbian army, during the 1992-1995 Bosnian war, is being charged with 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, which ...

Mobster's tomb at Vatican disinterred in investigation into teenager's disappearance
by Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - The disappearance has never been solved and has inspired numerous conspiracy theories to this day. When Emanuela vanished without a trace nearly 30 years ago, a witness reported seeing a girl who fit her description getting into a dark green BMW near the music ...