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Magicians have chosen St. Nicholas Owen as their patron.
Actors at the GALA Theatre in Washington are gearing up for the spring play season, which will include plays from the 2016 Young Playwright’s competition. Instead of the actors taking direction from seasoned professionals, students such as fifth-grader Emily Catalina Morales Rojas will be calling the shots.
For the past 29 years, the National Geographic Society has encouraged students to expand their knowledge of the world with a little friendly competition. Top-scoring students in each of the 50 states and U.S. territories will compete in the National Geographic Bee Championship May 14-17, but first geography bee hopefuls must make it through the state bee.
“No matter what you go through … forgiveness is possible in every situation,” said Immaculée Ilibagiza. “You might not be there, but when the time comes it will surprise you, too.” Ilibagiza, author and survivor of the Rwanda genocide in 1994, spent three months hiding in a tiny bathroom with seven other women, praying silently.
Set in 1973, scientists and soldiers face off against an updated version of King Kong in "Kong: Skull Island."
Students from Our Lady of Good Counsel School in Vienna raise money for a school in Malawi, Africa.
Dr. Leonard Sax explores the effect of social media on teenage girls.
Moms groups allow mothers and children to form friendships with fellow Catholics.
When they awoke Feb. 20, 1967, Father George Weinmann and Sister Lilian Marie McLaughlin did not know that by early afternoon they'd perform actions that would cost them their lives — and render them modern-day martyrs in the eyes of many.
Contrition and forgiveness