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Explosively noisy, stunt-laden, cheesy and somehow engrossing film based on the TV series in the 1980s without that program’s self-mocking humor. Director Joe Carnahan, who also scripted along with Brian Bloom and Skip Woods, reinvents the story line as sort of a video game, with Liam Neeson, Quinton Jackson, Bradley Cooper, and Sharlto Copley playing […]
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The popular DC Comics series springs to life with a bang as the title character, a Civil War soldier turned bounty hunter and drifter, seeks revenge on the man who killed his family and left him disfigured. Jonah Hex (Josh Brolin) chases his nemesis, Quentin Turnbull (John Malkovich), across the country to prevent him from […]
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Learn what it takes to access, apply and secure a job with the federal government. Federal agency representatives will be on-hand to answer specific questions about openings and how to apply for positions within their agency. Kim Bauhs, assistant director, recruitment and diversity, Office of Personnel Management, will be the keynote speaker. If you go […]
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By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – The outgoing president of The Catholic University of America, Vincentian Father David O’Connell, has been named coadjutor bishop of Trenton, N.J., by Pope Benedict XVI. The appointment was announced June 4 in Washington by Archbishop Pietro Sambi, apostolic nuncio to the United States. Bishop-designate O’Connell, 55, is a native of Philadelphia who attended […]
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By Dave Borowski
The Year for Priests comes to an end June 19. When Pope Benedict XVI announced the yearlong celebration, he also declared St. John Vianney to be the universal patron of priests. It was the 150th anniversary of the death of the Curé d’Ars, or “pastor of Ars,” and the pope said that because of the […]
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By Katie Bahr
One week from Sunday, Deacon Ed Bresnahan – by then a priest – will celebrate his first Mass. It’s an event he’s been looking forward to for years and one he anticipates eagerly, with butterflies in his stomach. “I’ve been to Mass almost every day for my whole life so I should have a pretty […]
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By Gretchen R. Crowe
“Let’s go.” That brief phrase sums up Deacon Jason Weber’s feelings as he prepares for his ordination to the priesthood June 12. The 28-year-old deacon has known the priesthood was for him since his senior year at the University of Virginia (UVA) in Charlottesville, and he credits and thanks his parents, Bill and Susan Weber, […]
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St. Columba is the patron of everyone involved in the book publishing business, but he could also be invoked against copyright infringement. St. Columba was born a prince of the O’Donnell clan of County Donegal in northwest Ireland. Like so many Irish Christians of this period St. Columba was an avid collector of beautiful books. […]
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By Mark Zimmermann
WASHINGTON – April 17, 2008, the day Pope Benedict XVI visited the Catholic University of America, was “probably the greatest day of my life,” said Vincentian Father David O’Connell, who will step down Aug. 31 as president after leading the university for the past 12 years. On the day of the pope’s visit to campus, […]
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When: Sunday, June 6 at 2:30 p.m. Where: George Mason Patriot Center, 4500 Patriot Circle, Fairfax Baccalaureate Mass: June 4 at St. Timothy Church in Chantilly at 7:30 p.m. Graduation speaker: Oblate of St. Francis de Sales Father Donald Heet, Paul VI’s first principal Total graduates: 246 Graduates include: Katherine Maureen Adams, Gustav Lawrence Anderson, […]
