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Earnest fact-based drama, set in 2007, in which an inexperienced Protestant Army chaplain (Justin Bruening) finds his pastoral skills, the stability of his marriage (to Sarah Drew) and even his faith tested when he's assigned to care for a unit deployed on the dangerous outskirts of Baghdad.
As I think about the Senate hearings on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court, the entire affair takes on the look of a monstrous distorting mirror where Americans could see reflected certain large realities that now darken our national life. Start with politics, surely the most obvious of these.
Far-fetched but reasonably entertaining military potboiler puts scowling macho man Gerard Butler at the helm of a U.S. submarine during a potentially war-triggering crisis in relations with Russia. To avert a nuclear holocaust, he must not only do some fancy maneuvering but gain the cooperation of a Russian counterpart (Michael Nyqvist), despite the numerous objections to this apparently collaborationist plan of his conventionally minded executive officer (Carter MacIntyre).
Real-life issues of racial justice are explored in this compelling drama, adapted from Angie Thomas' novel for young adults by screenwriter Audrey Wells and director George Tillman Jr. An African-American teen (Amandla Stenberg) divides her time between her mostly black working-class neighborhood and the predominantly white private school she attends, adjusting her personality and behavior to suit each environment.
Students at the five diocesan high schools have been named AP scholars, as well as National Merit semifinalists. The National Merit Scholarship competition begins with the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, taken in the fall of junior year. Of the approximately 1.6 million entrants, only 15,000 become finalists.
Students from the sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade classes of St. Andrew the Apostle School in Clifton recently visited Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington for a field trip. Student government officers participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and students watched the changing of the guard.
Eighth-graders from Blessed Sacrament School in Alexandria participated in an hour-long run/walk around the school parking lot in early October to honor Leslie George, a former student who died as a result of anorexia and bulimia.
Ireton cheerleaders promote acceptance and inclusion of those with Down syndrome.
Students from each high school attend the Bethany retreat.
The Bishop Ireton girls’ varsity cross country team won its first Virginia State Catholic championship in 19 years.
