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By Katie Collins
Deacon Eric Shafer can’t get through more than a few minutes without laughing. And it’s a contagious laugh. The transitional deacon, who will be ordained a priest June 8 at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington, seems to communicate what Pope Francis referred to in a homily last month as “the joy of […]
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By Katie Bahr
A call to the priesthood can be a frightening thought. For Deacon Nicholas Barnes, who will be ordained to the priesthood June 8 at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington, it was quite the opposite. “(Becoming a priest) was a very peaceful thought that just came to me and never really left,” Barnes […]
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By Dave Borowski
On June 8, the eve of his 32nd birthday, Deacon Michael Isenberg will be ordained a priest at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington. He said it’s the culmination of a lifelong search for happiness. Deacon Isenberg was born in Buffalo, N.Y., to parents Joan and Bob. The family moved to Herndon when […]
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By Dave Borowski
After Deacon Thomas M. Cavanaugh graduated from Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington in 1999, he didn’t immediately go off to college like most of his contemporaries – he went to Europe. He was born in 1981 and raised in a Catholic family by parents Mike and Susan. The family attended St. Agnes Church in […]
Arts
By Catholic News Service
NEW YORK – Here is a list of recent films that Catholic News Service has rated on the basis of moral suitability. The first symbol after each title is the Catholic News Service classification. The second symbol is the rating of the Motion Picture Association of America. CNS classifications: A-I – general patronage; A-II – […]
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A quartet of professional magicians (Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco and Isla Fisher) is caught in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse in this entertaining caper film directed by Louis Leterrier. Brought together by a mysterious capitalist (Michael Caine), the four become a world-famous act. But one outrageous stunt they manage to pull […]
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By Katie Bahr
As the old expression says, “If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans.” Those words certainly ring true for Deacon Brendan Bartlett, who spent years pursuing a career in federal law enforcement before discerning a call to the priesthood in his late 20s. “Everybody was surprised, but nobody was more surprised than […]
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By Katie Bahr
Since being ordained to the transitional diaconate last June at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington, Deacon Christopher Hayes has served at St. Joseph Church in Dowington, Pa., while finishing his final year of theology at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, Pa. Though he’s enjoyed taking on the responsibilities of a deacon […]
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By Dave Borowski
Deacon Jason Burchell’s grandfather served in World War II and would tell him stories of piloting a B-24 Liberator over Italy. It was heady stuff that stayed with him all the way through seminary. “I looked up to him,” he said. “I wanted to fly.” Things didn’t work out entirely as planned. On June 8, […]
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Grueling sci-fi adventure set 1,000 years after humans have been forced to evacuate an environmentally despoiled Earth. While on an intergalactic military mission, a general (Will Smith) and his teen son – played by Smith’s real-life son Jaden – become the sole survivors of a crash landing on the Blue Planet. With Dad temporarily disabled […]
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Pope Leo XIV
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