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Spotlight: Outreach in Love

Spotlight: Outreach in Love   If you have ever called the CCF, you might have spoken with Amanda Glass, our Database Manager, who has answered your questions with care, concern, and gratitude. A couple of days ago, Amanda shared a meaningful experience with the team that she and her family had with a ministry called...

A Note of Thanks

With its simple, singular focus – gratitude – Thanksgiving is my favorite time of year. (In reality, I might have several favorites, so keep that in mind if I use that line in a subsequent email.) This year, my daughter volunteered to cook, with a big assist from GMom who will prepare the turkey and...

Discover Catholic Schools Week

Today we are wrapping up Discover Catholic Schools Week, which we commemorate to connect our Catholic schools with prospective families, donors, educators, and the wider community. This is not to be confused with Celebrate Catholic Schools Week, which occurs the last week of each January. Honestly, those in my office who work with the McMahon...

Moose Gives Catholic

My mommy asked me to write to you this week because she is really busy. She said I need to “earn my keep.” If that means earning my treats, then by all means count me in! I am always eager to learn more about how I can help at the CCF. I heard they were...

Thank you, Veterans!

This week I simply want to say thank you to our veterans for your service to our country. I went up to our attic to look for this picture of my dad from the early 1940s, and I came upon his appointment certificate from 1946. As a member of The Greatest Generation, he didn’t talk...

Saints and Souls of Halloween Past

As we reflect this weekend on our loved ones who have passed on, I think of my parents, Nell and Jack Irby. My dad died of prostate cancer in 1988, and my mom succumbed to breast cancer in 2014. Too soon for them both, and I miss them daily. But I also reflect fondly on...

Happy Halloween from Moose!

My mommy made me dress up because she said a lot of you would like it. I hope so, because I sure didn’t. But anything to make you folks happy… By the way, I have been on a medicine that makes me gain weight, which I really don’t mind because it gets wrapped in cheese...

Good News in Our Schools

Sometimes the topic of my weekly email simply falls into my lap. If I’m being literal, I could be talking about my dog, Moose, but today I’m referring to an email I received on Thursday from Donna Henry, Principal at Portsmouth Catholic Regional School, with this picture. PCRS was the top vote-getter in a contest...

Mixed Feelings

I think we all know it is possible to be happy and sad at the same time. This is one such time for me. Starting with the happy, last weekend was Parent’s Weekend at W&L. We were able to meet more of Catherine’s friends, including one particular boy (!), see her sorority house and room,...

Helping Our Neighbors

Not since Hurricane Katrina can I recall a national disaster that seems to get worse with each passing day. As drones and news cameras gain access to the devastation brought by Hurricane Helene in Southwest Virginia, Eastern Tennessee, and Western North Carolina, the images they bring defy imagination. I’m sure many of you know people...

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