About St. Veronica Catholic Church
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St. Veronica Catholic Church was established on June 17, 1999 and celebrated its first mass in August 1999 at Community of Faith United Methodist Church in Herndon, Virginia. Parish boundaries were drawn from the parishes of St. Timothy in Chantilly, St. John Neumann in Reston and St. Joseph in Herndon. St. Veronica Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic parish in Chantilly Virginia, fully united with the Bishop of Arlington and the Pope, the Bishop of Rome.
In 2012, St. Veronica began sharing the parish facility with the Vietnamese Catholic community, Our Lady of La Vang. Devotion to Our Lady of La Vang began during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, a period of great persecution against Catholics in Vietnam. Many sought refuge in the La Vang forest where Our Lady appeared to the refugees bearing the Christ Child in her arms and assuring them that their prayers were received with maternal generosity. The Basilica of La Vang, built after the persecutions ended, was destroyed during the Vietnam War, but a Marian shrine currently stands next to the destroyed building. There is a lovely statue of Our Lady of La Vang near the Adoration Chapel.
