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By Ashleigh Buyers
A year of planning and hard work finally came to fruition Jan. 9 as conductor John McCrary’s baton signaled the beginning of the choral masterwork of Blessed Sacrament Church in Alexandria. What followed was a beautiful rendition of Hector Berlioz’s sacred trilogy “L’Enfance du Christ” (“The Childhood of Christ”), a 19th-century oratorio sung entirely in […]
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By Dave Borowski
From “deepest darkest Peru” comes the movie “Paddington.” The bear with the crumpled felt hat and coat, suitcase and perpetual love of orange marmalade makes the transition beautifully from Michael Brown’s 20 Paddington Bear books to the screen. The story begins when an earthquake destroys the idyllic home of Paddington’s family. His Aunt Lucy packs […]
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Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde will join leaders of three other Christian churches as part of this year’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Jan. 27, 7:30 p.m., at Mount Olivet United Methodist Church, 1500 N. Glebe Rd., Arlington. Joining Bishop Loverde will be Bishop Young Jin Cho of the United Methodist Virginia Conference; Bishop […]
Movies
A crucial battle in the long struggle for African-American equality is recreated compellingly in director Ava DuVernay’s fact-based drama. With the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act behind him, President Lyndon Johnson (Tom Wilkinson) is anxious to concentrate on promoting the economic measures of his Great Society program. But Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. […]
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A program on Pope Francis’ life and a telecast of him celebrating Mass in Manila, the Philippines, will be shown Jan. 18 in Gaston Hall at Georgetown University, 3700 O St., N.W., Washington. The program begins at 1:30 p.m., with a musical performance at 5:30 p.m. and a reception at 6 p.m. “Il Papa in […]
Columnists
By Russell Shaw
Let’s face it, 2014 was a rotten year for heroes and hero worship. Sure, the ones it brought were plucky, admirable people who did praiseworthy things. But all too often their good deeds were upstaged by the misdeeds of individuals in many walks of life – entertainers, politicians, sports figures, even clergy – jostling one […]
Movies
Dull haunted house tale in which one of the caretakers (Phoebe Fox) of a group of children (most prominently Oaklee Pendergast) evacuated from World War II London during the Blitz is troubled by strange events in the lonely, decrepit country mansion that serves as the refugees’ temporary dwelling. With the help of her newfound sweetheart […]
Columns
After Christmas, a brutal cold descended on my part of the Midwest and ushered in our new year. We returned from our holiday travels to find a light dusting of snow. Most of it had been blown away by the harsh winds of the Plains, but when I awoke in the morning, I discovered that […]
Columns
By Christina Capecchi
It had an echo of Nicholas Sparks to it, but it was real life, and the story went viral: An Ohio couple married for 73 years died just 28 hours apart. Reporters across the globe culled bits of Hollywood drama from the marriage, chronicling a young Joseph Auer surviving the horrors of D-Day and missing […]
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Pope Leo XIV
6/2/26
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