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The Roman Catholic view is that baptism is necessary for salvation and that it frees the recipient from original sin. Roman Catholic tradition teaches that unbaptized infants, not being freed from original sin, go to Limbo (Latin: limbus infantium), which is an afterlife condition distinct from Hell. This is not, however, official church dogma.
St. Ann's was chartered "for the purpose of establishing and maintaining in the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, an institution for the maintenance and support of foundlings and infant orphan and half orphan children, and also to provide for deserving, indigent, and unprotected females during their confinement and childbirth."
Acton Academy of Washington, DC (PS-8) Aidan Montessori School (PS-6) Archbishop Carroll High School (9–12) Beauvoir, The National Cathedral Elementary School (PS-3) British School of Washington (PS-12) Calvary Christian Academy (PS-8) Capitol Hill Day School (PS-8) Dupont Park Adventist School (PS-3) Edmund Burke School (6–12)
Washington, D.C. Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul 1872 1879 St. Stephen's School: Washington, D.C. Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur 1924 1954 St. Teresa of Avila School Washington, D.C. Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary: 1900s 1972 [80] St. Thomas the Apostle School Washington, D.C. – – – [81]
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is the international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. Founded in 1943 by the Bishops of the United States , the agency provides assistance to 130 million people in more than 110 countries and territories in Africa , Asia , Latin America , the Middle East and Eastern Europe .
St. Aloysius Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic parish church at 19 I Street in the Near Northeast neighborhood of Washington, D. C. It is administered by the Jesuits since its founding and is named for St. Aloysius Gonzaga. It is often associated with Gonzaga College High School, to which it is physically connected.
St. Dominic Church was founded in 1852, organized by Rev. George A.J. Wilson, and opened on March 19, 1854. [9] It was set in an area of the city known as "The Island" because, at that time, a canal ran where Constitution Ave. is today which connected the Potomac and the Anacostia Rivers.
The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is a Catholic minor basilica and national shrine in Washington D.C. It is the largest Catholic church building in North America [2] and is also the tallest habitable building in Washington, D.C. [3] [4] [a] Its construction of Byzantine and Romanesque Revival architecture began on 23 September 1920.