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Luminescent, unflinchingly honest and respectful of religion, director Anne Fontaine’s drama about a fictional Benedictine convent in post-World War II Poland gently explores the conflicts between duty to the living and the shattered faith that can result from acts of depravity. The screenplay by Sabrina B. Karine and Alice Vial is loosely based on the […]
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The classic boy-and-his-dog story assumes outsized proportions in this generally warmhearted fantasy adventure, a “reimagining” of the 1977 Disney musical. This go-round, song and dance have been jettisoned, and hokeyness gives way to thrilling action and tear-jerking moments. Orphaned by a tragic accident, a toddler (Levi Alexander) wanders into a remote forest in the Pacific […]
Columns
By Ann M. Augherton
“Live simply so others may simply live.” “A life not lived for others is not a life.” “The fruit of abortion is nuclear war.” “Never travel faster than your guardian angel can fly.” Which of these are quotes from Blessed Teresa of Kolkata? The answer — none of them. Call it urban legend, simple misquoting […]
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By Zoey Dimauro
The scene is a familiar one for us all: in the midst of cooking a new meal, you glance in the fridge to see last week’s leftovers, still in a container. Out they go, and it’s on to tonight’s dinner. But that momentary decision has consequences. According to the Ad Council’s Save the Food campaign, […]
Schools
By Special To The Catholic Herald
Beginning its 42nd year, Seton School in Manassas welcomes one new full-time teacher and several new part-time teachers to the staff. Joining the Latin department is Elisabeth Willson, a 2016 honors graduate from Christendom College, with a bachelor’s in classical and early Christian studies. Willson will teach Latin I, II, III and IV. At Christendom […]
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By David Mccord
I guess you would call this an advice letter — something that as you prepare to go off to college you can read to help guide you along the way. I hope you look at it from time to time. This is not a lecture; it is simply advice from a friend who has made his own share of mistakes and hopes for you to avoid them. Keep it tucked in a drawer or a private place.
Schools
By Special To The Catholic Herald
With a new marching band, new radio broadcasting program, new lights on the field, and a new principal, Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Dumfries, heads into its ninth year exhibiting the same energy and optimism that has come to define the school. New at the helm is Dominican Sister Mary Veronica […]
Columns
By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
Q. I write to ask for guidelines on the Third Commandment – keeping holy the Lord’s day. I do not consider some of the things that I do to be work – cooking, for example, minor cleanups, mowing, trimming, weeding. Does the church look upon all chores as work? I find it very hard not […]
Schools
By Special To The Catholic Herald
Back from a recent weeklong Salesian Leadership Camp on Lake Vineyard in Brooklyn, Mich., Paul VI Catholic High School student leaders Laine Davison, Andrea Mueller, Peter Braun and Margaret Cornejo shared their life-changing experience. The students – all members of Paul VI’s student government or student ambassadors – were accompanied by Eileen Hanley, assistant principal […]
Schools
By Special To The Catholic Herald
Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria will open its doors Aug. 29 for the start of the 2016-17 school year, welcoming more than 800 students in grades 9 through 12 at its campus on Cambridge Road. The school announced a new academic administrative structure, which includes the appointment of two assistant principals to support the […]
