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Somewhere Between

Filmmaker Linda Goldstein Knowlton’s documentary offers an unvarnished look at the awkwardness involved when Chinese-born adoptees in the U.S. seek to reconnect with their original culture and birth families, and as they struggle to forge an identity for themselves as adults. Knowlton, herself the mother of a child adopted from China, follows the lives of […]
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The Man With the Iron Fists

Repulsively violent martial-arts fantasy in which a blacksmith – played by rapper RZA, who also directed and co-wrote the script – a secret agent for the emperor of China (Russell Crowe) and the heir of an assassinated warlord (Rick Yune) join forces to battle a variety of villains (principally Byron Mann and David Bautista), all […]
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Wreck-It Ralph

This clever 3-D animated adventure, directed by Rich Moore, ponders the meaning of life inside a video arcade machine once the “Game Over” message appears. The perennial bad guy (voice of John C. Reilly) of the title wants to be just like his good-guy opponent (voice of Jack McBrayer). So he abandons his game for […]
Columns

Metaphors can help us deepen our faith

By Fr. Jerry J. Pokorsky
For many Catholics, the definition of “faith” is hard to grasp. It is not uncommon, for example, for those experiencing a sense of harsh abandonment and suffering to conclude, falsely, that they are undergoing a “crisis of faith.” A metaphor for faith is usually helpful in sorting out such misunderstandings. Of course, metaphors do not […]
Local

Women commit to Christ

By For The Catholic Herald
Katie Clemmer, who taught fifth grade at St. Joseph School in Herndon for the past two years, entered the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary community Sept. 8 as a postulant. This is her first year of the formation process. She lives the life of a sister, gets to know the community better […]
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Life outside the cubicle

By Katie Bahr
As a young adult, Father James Searby never saw himself in a 9-to-5 job. As a college student at the University of Dallas in Irving, Texas, he studied history and was active in drama. He considered working in a theater or in public relations, dedicating himself to education or getting involved in the adventure travel […]
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Fr. Francis Hull retires

By Dave Borowski
After 55 years of priestly service that included pastoral duties and teaching, Josephite Father Francis M. Hull retired Sept. 28. He served as pastor of St. Joseph Church in Alexandria since 2002. Josephite Father Ugochukwu J. Cletus is the new parochial administrator of St. Joseph Church. Father Hull was born Dec. 20, 1923, in Philadelphia […]
Columns

A vasectomy tale

By Barbara Curtis
Theirs was a love story like many others – cradle Catholics who’d known each other since parochial school, fell away from their faith in college, married at 22, and finally returned to the church after the birth of their first child 18 months later. But they returned to the church on their own terms, still […]
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Clergy appointments 2012

The Most Reverend Paul S. Loverde, Bishop of Arlington, has announced the following clergy appointments: Parochial Administrator Reverend Ugochukwu J. Cletus, S.S.J. – from service outside the diocese to Administrator of the Church of Saint Joseph in Alexandria, was effective September 28, 2012. Reverend Christopher J. Pollard – from service at the Apostolic Nunciature to […]
Columns

Questions on cremation and burials

By Fr. William P. Saunders
Q: Being elderly, I attend a good number of funerals. I am surprised at the number of cremations. When did the church start allowing cremation? (Alexandria) A: Since the earliest times of the church, Christians traditionally have buried the bodies of the faithful departed, in contrast to pagans who normally cremated. As professed in the […]

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