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By Katie Collins
He treasured the Mass and helped counsel, console and inspire hundreds of seminarians during his 46 years as a priest. So it was fitting that at the funeral Mass for Father Ronald S. Gillis June 25 at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington nearly 50 priests, along with a church filled with lives […]
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By Katie Bahr
For Michael Horne, what began as a career in the entertainment industry has turned into a life caring for those in need of mental health services. As the program director for Catholic Charities in Fredericksburg, Horne now spends his days counseling people with depression, stress, addictions or marital problems in one of the most underserved […]
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By Joyce Duriga Catholic News Service
OLD MILL CREEK, Ill. – The shell of the new St. Raphael the Archangel Church is up in Old Mill Creek, but this is not just any new parish building under construction. It includes the facade of the now-demolished St. John of God Church from Chicago’s South Side and will include the interior of another […]
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Action adventure recounting the life of iconic comic book hero Superman (Henry Cavill). Born on distant Krypton, as an infant his parents (Russell Crowe and Ayelet Zurer) send him to Earth so that he can escape his doomed home planet’s imminent destruction. His adoptive human parents (Kevin Costner and Diane Lane) instill positive values and […]
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Set in a dystopian future America during the one night each year when any crime may be committed with impunity, writer-director James DeMonaco’s thriller – a potentially challenging study of the conflict between lifeboat ethics and personal decency – degenerates into an orgy of the very violence it sets out to question. When the chosen […]
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Tedious comedy in which an ensemble of actors playing themselves (most prominently James Franco, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen – who directed, with Evan Goldberg – and Jay Baruchel) are holed up in a Los Angeles mansion during the Apocalypse. Rogen and Goldberg, who also wrote the script, celebrate altruism and loyal friendship. But no other […]
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By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
Q: We are the parents of a 51-year-old daughter who has been profoundly handicapped since birth. We are life-long, baptized Catholics, as are our daughter and her brothers. We are currently making end-of-life plans (buying cemetery plots, etc.) and are wondering what funeral arrangements we should make for our daughter. She has not received any […]
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By Fr. William P. Saunders
Q: If God is omniscient, and so knows everything, why do we pray about problems happening now or about something that may happen in the future? It sort of seems pointless if God already knows everything. (Leesburg) A: There always will be a mystery as to how God, who is infinite and beyond time and […]
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By Mike Flach
The Arlington Diocese is turning over the administration of two parishes to religious order priests, according to a June 8 announcement by Bishop Paul S. Loverde. The Missionhurst Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary will assume responsibility of St. Ann Church in Arlington, while the Disciples of the Hearts of Jesus and Mary (DCJM) […]
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