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“Mary Poppins” is coming to the O’Connell stage April 26-29. Bert, played by Ethan O’Donovan, enters onstage covered in chimney dust and introduces the Banks family: George Banks (Anthony Socarras), Winifred Banks (Elise Welsh), Jane Banks (Lara Sunter) and Michael Banks (Maddie Hunt).
Nearly 1,000 middle schoolers met at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington for an afternoon of faith, fun and fellowship April 21. And this year’s BASH was the first that Bishop Michael F. Burbidge attended as well as the largest ever, with over 40 parishes participating.
The reaction to the video of this encounter has been quite positive. Surprisingly, however, there has been a strong minority who felt this was more evidence that the pope was not up to snuff when it comes to doling out doctrine.
So many of our readers commented on how touching was the video of Pope Francis hugging and consoling a young boy in the suburbs of Rome.
Emanuele was chosen as one of a few children in the struggling neighborhood to ask a question of the pope. When it was his turn, he couldn’t make the ask. He tried, but even after one of the priests encouraged him, he just couldn’t do it and began to cry.
This spring, parishioners of St. Luke Church in McLean are showing their appreciation for Paul Skevington, who has served the parish for the past 25 years as the director of music and liturgy, as well as the director of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults program.
This gentle documentary, directed by Randall Wright, provides a loving portrait of Canadian Jean Vanier and of L'Arche (the Ark), the network of communities he founded for the developmentally disabled and those who care for them. Through the stories of five residents, the film shows what a blessing L'Arche, with its commitment to the dignity of every human person, has been in the lives of many.
This compact, stylish horror film might be a parable about resisting tyranny. Taken strictly on its surface, it's a story about how strong, trusting family ties can overcome any obstacle, especially if the members of the clan in question (led by John Krasinski, who also directed and co-wrote the screenplay) are as technically adept as TV's MacGyver. Krasinski's character, his wife (Emily Blunt) and two surviving children (Millicent Simmonds and Noah Jupe) initially evade and eventually battle the invading aliens, armed with incredibly acute hearing, who killed his youngest.
Directed by Sean McNamara, this fact-based sports drama follows the Iowa City West High School girls' volleyball team after they lose their captain and star player (Danika Yarosh) to a moped accident.
Problems beset an earnest pastor (David A.R. White) as the state university on the campus of which his church stands (led, among others, by Ted McGinley) invokes eminent domain to force his congregation to move. The ensuing controversy causes a riled-up student (Mike C. Manning) to commit an act of vandalism on the sanctuary that has unintended but disastrous consequences.
A morass of bad morals, this comedy tracks the efforts of two friends (Leslie Mann and John Cena) to thwart their teen daughters' (Kathryn Newton and Geraldine Viswanathan) plan to lose their virginity (to Graham Phillips and Miles Robbins) on prom night.
