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In 2017, Catholic Charities opened a free medical clinic with just a handful of volunteer doctors. A year later, it has more than 180! Hear about the variety of medical services this clinic offers, and how it plans to expand in the near future.

After a natural disaster, mobile response units deliver basic necessities to victims. But when that same mobile response unit arrives in a rural Virginia town during the week, the need seems just as great. "We don't start distributing the items until 11, and we already have a line of people waiting for us at 10 o'clock," says Cathy Hassinger, Director of Community Services for Catholic Charities, Diocese of Arlington. "And I'm astonished that anyone would wait that long to walk away with nothing more than some dish soap, and a paper towel. They need these items." Learn how Catholic Charities utilizes a disaster response vehicle to help the poor.

During a marriage retreat, Father Paul Scalia says obedience is important in a marriage, but not in the way you might think. It's not a slavish obedience to your spouse…or the crushing of free will, but free will with a destination.

On Saturday, July 7 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Holy Trinity parish, in Gainesville, Fr. Paul Scalia, Episcopal Vicar for Clergy, hosted a Retreat Day for Married Couples.

220 couples attended the enriching and reflective day, which included talks, Adoration, confession, spiritual time spent with the spouse, and concluded with Mass.

Fr. Scalia gave talks on poverty, chastity and obedience (the three evangelical counsels of the consecrated life), and how they exist analogously in marriage. These vows are, of course, typically made by religious in community, though they are present in an analogous way in marriage.

Obedience: Just as a religious takes a vow of obedience to his provincial, so do husband and wife make a vow to submit to each other (always in their distinctly masculine or feminine way), for the sake of their one flesh union. For husbands, this means being intimately involved, withstanding the temptation to be distant. For wives, this means respecting the headship of the man, foregoing the temptation to be too much in control.

Have you ever tried to help someone, but end up carrying the load for them? Psychologist Dr. Michael Horne shows us how to help someone help themselves.

Imagine losing your job and getting an eviction notice – all in the same week. It's a story Sherri Longhill hears far too often. She runs the emergency assistance program for Catholic Charities. Coming up, Sherri talks about how the organization provides assistance to folks facing a crisis – and it's more than just paying their rent.

During a marriage retreat, Father Paul Scalia speaks of chastity as the fulfillment of human sexuality. Hear why he says that, although chastity may seem out of place in the world, the chaste love of husband and wife is a sign of eternal hope for all of us.

On Saturday, July 7 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Holy Trinity parish, in Gainesville, Fr. Paul Scalia, Episcopal Vicar for Clergy, hosted a Retreat Day for Married Couples.

220 couples attended the enriching and reflective day, which included talks, Adoration, confession, spiritual time spent with the spouse, and concluded with Mass.

Fr. Scalia gave talks on poverty, chastity and obedience (the three evangelical counsels of the consecrated life), and how they exist analogously in marriage. These vows are, of course, typically made by religious in community, though they are present in an analogous way in marriage.

Chastity: For a religious brother or sister, chastity means total abstinence. For the married couple, chastity means a purity of heart and action: married love is total and free, which means that it must be exclusive. Even within this relationship, the deep union between husband and wife must be generous and never self-seeking.

Visiting a friend or relative in the hospital can be a worrisome experience, especially if that friend or relative is dying. But the hospital also reminds us how deep our faith is – or isn't. Fr. Stefan Starzynski, a hospital chaplain, explains.

On Saturday, July 7 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Holy Trinity parish, in Gainesville, Fr. Paul Scalia, Episcopal Vicar for Clergy, hosted a Retreat Day for Married Couples.

220 couples attended the enriching and reflective day, which included talks, Adoration, confession, spiritual time spent with the spouse, and concluded with Mass.

Fr. Scalia gave talks on poverty, chastity and obedience (the three evangelical counsels of the consecrated life), and how they exist analogously in marriage. These vows are, of course, typically made by religious in community, though they are present in an analogous way in marriage.

Poverty: When one marries, one does not just give up a certain pursuit of material things; rather, in marriage, one's very life is opened up, shared with, and indeed given to the other. A spirit of poverty in marriage takes the form of giving up one's own desires for the sake of the common good.

They risk persecution in their own country because they help our military overseas. Now, these refugees are here in the states. Find out what Catholic Charities is doing to resettle them.

Gregory McKinney is the Associate Director of Community Engagement for Migration and Refugees Services of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia.

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Father James Searby is the Chaplain at George Mason University, where Catholic Campus Ministry is the largest student organization on campus! Learn how Fr. Searby is able to reach so many students.

Find Fr. Searby's podcast, "Holiness for the Working Day," on his website at fathersearby.com.