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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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The Office for Family Life will host this year’s men’s and women’s conferences at Foxchase Manor, 8310 Chatsworth Dr., Manassas. The venue was selected for its large seating capacity of 1,500. The men’s conference, “Victory Over the Common Enemy: Overcoming Sin and Evil,” will take place March 7, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Confessions […]
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The Continuing Christian Development Institute (CCDI) of Northern Virginia will offer the following daytime, lay volunteer formation certificate courses at St. John Neumann Church, 11900 Lawyers Rd., in Reston: Wednesday mornings from 10 a.m. to noon Jan. 7 through Feb. 11, “Creation, original sin, grace and justification” taught by Kevin Jones from the School of […]
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Bleak drama in which a cynical college professor (Mark Wahlberg) struggles with the consequences of his gambling addiction. As he fends off the competing claims of an underground casino operator (Alvin Ing) and a loan shark (Michael Kenneth Williams), to both of whom he owes large sums, he puts the squeeze on his wealthy mother […]
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By Christine Stoddard
In a poetic coincidence, Virginia’s last remaining river lighthouse neighbors the state’s first Catholic cemetery, established in 1795. Under the roar of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge, at the southern edge of Old Town Alexandria, St. Mary’s Cemetery and Jones Point Park still manage to be places of peace for Washingtonians. Yet, even with the […]
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By Christine Stoddard
Holy Family Church in Dale City hosted “A Catholic Perspective on Issues before the Virginia General Assembly 2015,” a Jan. 10 presentation for potential advocates interested in this year’s Catholic Advocacy Day. Speakers included Father Gerry Creedon, chair of the diocesan Peace and Justice Commission, and Jeff Caruso and Michael Lewis of the Virginia Catholic […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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