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Teenagers are still on the run – when they’re not too busy killing one other – in this follow-up to the 2014 kick-off of the futuristic franchise. Based on the second book of the trilogy by Veronica Roth, director Robert Schwentke’s thriller – set, like its predecessor, in a post-apocalyptic version of Chicago – finds […]
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The community garden outside the Sister Maureen Joyce Center was once an abandoned lot in a low-income neighborhood in Albany, N.Y. Today, it provides fresh fruits and vegetables to the center’s soup kitchen, where nearly 130 people gather three times a week for a lunch made from scratch by volunteers like Lois Keefrider. Keefrider praises […]
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By Katie Scott
“Before being Christians or Jews or Muslims, before being Americans or Russians or Africans, before being generals or priests, rabbis or imams, before having visible or invisible disabilities, we are all human beings with hearts capable of loving,” said Catholic theologian and author Jean Vanier, founder of L’Arche, after being named the 2015 recipient of […]
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By Mike Flach
Find God in the turmoil and tragedy of everyday life and act gently. That was the message delivered to more than 1,000 people by Oblate Father Barry Strong March 21 at the 12th annual Live Jesus! Lenten Retreat, held at St. John Neumann Church in Reston. Paraphrasing Pope Francis, Father Strong told the crowd to […]
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By Mike Flach
Senior Hanna Ashby was a force in goal March 19 as she led the Paul VI Panthers over the Bishop O’Connell Knights 12-5 in girls’ varsity lacrosse. The game was played in Fairfax. Ashby’s athleticism and aggressiveness around the goal prevented the Knights from mounting any serious offensive threat. Offensively, the Panthers relied upon juniors […]
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By Katie Scott
A statue of St. Joseph and the Christ Child stands at the center of a St. Joseph Table at St. Andrew the Apostle School in Clifton March 19. Each year the school honors the solemnity of St. Joseph with the table, also called an altar – a tradition brought to the United States from Italy. […]
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By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has approved a miracle so that, for the first time, a married couple can be canonized together. The canonization ceremony for Blessed Louis and Zelie Martin, the parents of St. Therese of Lisieux, is likely to take place during the world Synod of Bishops on the family in October. Pope […]
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By Briana Florez
The Lady Panthers of Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax won their second consecutive WCAC championship and their ninth straight VISAA championship in late February. Senior forward Kendall Hunter was named to the VISAA Division I First Team All State and also was honored as Player of the Year. As she prepares to graduate […]
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By Katie Scott
Six and a half years ago, Thomas S. Vander Woude died while trying to save his youngest son, Joseph, who had fallen into a septic tank on the family’s farm. Joseph, who has Down syndrome, was hospitalized but made a full recovery. Now, this embodiment of sacrificial love will be honored with a memorial fund […]
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By Elizabeth Foss
Lent can be a long stretch of time for some of us. From every corner comes the call to repent – the exhortation to make a full accounting of our sins, to see our messes in the light of day. Some of us are very good at that. Some of us go to the desert […]
