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Aug. 15 is the feast of the Assumption, which commemorates the death of Mary and her bodily assumption into heaven. Because the feast falls on a Monday this year, the holy day obligation is abrogated, or temporarily waived, for U.S. Catholics of the Latin rite. The holy day obligation requires the faithful to participate in […]
Movies
The 13th big-screen outing for the sci-fi franchise that began as a TV series in the 1960s is, overall, a rousing and rambunctious 3-D adventure. Capt. James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) of the Starship Enterprise and his crew (including Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana and Karl Urban) respond to a distress call in a remote part […]
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By Connor Bergeron
A crowd gathered at the Mount Vernon Knights of Columbus council hall in Alexandria last month to hear Bishop Emeritus Macram Max Gassis, exiled bishop of the El Obeid Diocese in Sudan. He painted a landscape that pained him to tell; his homeland is a nightmare. Bombings, genocide, slavery, rape, civil war and Christian persecution […]
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A stressed-out suburban mother (Mila Kunis) rebels against her taxing daily routine, demanding that her kids (Emjay Anthony and Oona Laurence) start fending for themselves in minor ways and indulging herself by skipping work, drinking and relaxing. Aided by two other like-minded moms – one a timid housewife (Kristen Bell), the other a raucous loudmouth […]
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By Meredith Husar
The Knights of Columbus Fr. Vincent S. Sikora Council, in partnership with Church of the Nativity in Burke, recently built two homes for poor families in rural Kentucky in less than three weeks. These were the 17th and 18th homes built by the council alongside the Appalachian Construction Crew since 2001. With the help of […]
Movies
Matt Damon returns in the fifth big-screen outing for the memory-damaged and monosyllabic government agent who first appeared in the novels of Robert Ludlum. Director Robert Greengrass, who co-scripted with Christopher Rouse, bookends the story with extended car and motorcycle chases, with the result that vehicle casualties considerably outnumber the body count from weapons. Although […]
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By Elizabeth Elliott
More than 6,000 Scouts descended on Goshen Scout Reservation near Lake Merriweather to earn merit badges, explore nature and cultivate friendships. They also learned about faith thanks to Father Augustine Minh Hai Tran, Scouting chaplain for the Arlington Diocese. Father Tran, a parochial vicar at St. James Church in Falls Church, has been serving as […]
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By Soren Johnson
A friend and I jog regularly through Arlington, recently named “America’s most walkable suburb” and the “best place to live” in the country. And yet, in this supposed paragon community: nobody is looking up. On a recent jog, we passed 55 people walking or jogging in the opposite direction. I greeted them each with eye […]
Movies
A lurid atmosphere marks this initially stylish but ultimately ridiculous and chaotic DC comics-based adventure. A hard-bitten intelligence agent (Viola Davis) assembles a team of violent villains (most prominently Will Smith and Margot Robbie), places them under the command of the military’s leading special ops warrior (Joel Kinnaman), and compels them to take on an […]
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By Ashleigh Buyers
For the first time in 7 years, St. William of York Church in Stafford is hosting a Vacation Bible School to the delight of both parents and campers. VBS coordinators Catherine Roets and Julia Pittman are using the Cathletics program this year, which corresponds with this year’s summer Olympic games in Rio. The students have […]
