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The Ecumenical Scripture Workshop, sponsored annually by the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston (W.Va.) for more than 40 years, will be held at the Priest Field Pastoral Center in Kearneysville, W.Va., June 22-26. The center is located on the northeastern border of the state, about 90 minutes from Baltimore and Washington. Robert Miller from Catholic University in […]
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By Christine Stoddard
When you see women wearing saris at a Catholic Mass, you might think they are visiting with Catholic friends. But on a sunny April afternoon at St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Centreville, families filling the pews were Catholics, not Hindus. “You are a beloved one of God,” said Father Tijo Joy Mullakkara, a Syro-Malabar Catholic […]
Arts
Al Pacino plays the aging rock star of the title in writer-director Dan Fogelman’s flat, vaguely fact-based blend of comedy and drama. Bereft at his failure to live up to the model of a true artist, a dereliction highlighted by the belated arrival of a 40-year-old letter to him penned by ex-Beatle John Lennon, the […]
Movies
A true story involving artwork stolen by the Nazis during World War II provides the basis for this intriguing dramatization, directed by Simon Curtis. The lady of the title is, in fact, the 1907 masterpiece “Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I” by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918). Decades after it and a trio of Klimt’s other […]
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By Dave Borowski
In 1956, a struggling Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus made a shift in venues from tents to arenas that gave new life and popularity to “The Greatest Show on Earth.” Even today with competition from cable TV and the Internet, the show is still a draw. Moving three touring units (Red, Blue and […]
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Spring daffodils welcome parishioners of St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church in Colonial Beach on a recent Saturday afternoon. Only the second church to be opened on Virginia’s Northern Neck, St. Elizabeth was founded in 1905. Fr. Francis M. de Rosa is pastor of the parish.
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By Christine Stoddard
When you see women wearing saris at a Catholic Mass, you might think they are Hindus visiting with Catholic friends. But on a sunny April afternoon at St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Centreville, families filling the pews were Catholics, not Hindus. “You are a beloved one of God,” said Father Tijo Joy Mullakkara, a Syro-Malabar […]
Global
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY – Rome’s retired chief rabbi, who played a key role in fostering closer ties between Jews and Catholics, died April 19 at the age of 99. Rabbi Elio Toaff, who would have turned 100 at the end of April, also helped create a historic moment when he invited then-Pope John Paul II to […]
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By Katie Scott
DAR Constitution Hall in Washington momentarily sounded like an African forest last Friday night. Jane Goodall – the famed English primatologist, anthropologist, conservationist and humanitarian – preceded her April 17 lecture with a loud chimpanzee call, a greeting she’d mastered during her years observing wild chimps. The audience responded in delight with a round of […]
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By Katie Scott
Yohanser Contreras grew up in Pedro Santana, a small village in the Dominican Republic, with no running water, spotty electricity and no telephone service. Limited opportunities for employment in the village often led to pervasive poverty and alcoholism. But Pedro Santana also was where Contreras grew strong in his Catholic faith and felt the life-changing […]
