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Father Thomas P. Tunney, parochial vicar of Our Lady, Queen of Peace Church in Arlington, blessed a group of parishioners May 3 who will be traveling to St. Joseph Church in Medor, Haiti, May 5-12.
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Occasional flashes of wit relieve the endless succession of explosive special effects in this so-so sequel. When a supposedly peaceable tech project uber-engineer, Tony Stark, aka Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), has been working on goes awry, the other members of the Avengers team -Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Captain America (Chris Evans), Black […]
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By Lisa Socarras
Giving back to the community has always been important to St. Mary of Sorrows parishioner Bill Crowder, a former colonel who served 26 years in the U.S. Army. Raised in Alabama as “a good Southern Baptist,” he has been married for 42 years and is a father, grandfather and Past Grand Knight. Crowder is president […]
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Author Tom Rob Smith’s novel about a serial killer stalking boys in the Stalinist-era Soviet Union – where, for ideological reasons, such crimes could not be officially acknowledged to exist – has the makings of an intriguing film. Unfortunately, director Daniel Espinosa and screenwriter Richard Price get bogged down in details, subplots and stereotyped apparatchiks […]
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By Christine Stoddard
As Nepal works to recover from its April 25 earthquake, Catholics from the Arlington Diocese and beyond rally in support. Charitable organizations have united to provide food, medical services and other forms of relief for victims and their families. At press time, more than 7,200 are reported killed, with more than 14,000 injured, as a […]
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The life of Marie Heurtin (1885-1921), often called the “French Helen Keller,” is dramatized in this joyous film, directed by Jean-Pierre Ameris. Born deaf and blind and wholly unable to connect to the world around her, by the age of 14, Marie (portrayed by deaf actress Ariana Rivoire) is a feral creature, prone to wild […]
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By Ashleigh Buyers
A beautiful spring day was the backdrop for May crowning and the anniversary of the church’s dedication at St. William of York Church in Stafford, the first time the two events have fallen on the same day. The church was dedicated 59 years ago – May 6, 1956 – by Richmond Bishop Peter L. Ireton. […]
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By Christine Stoddard
The Asian and Pacific Island Catholics for Mary 13th Annual Pilgrimage drew around 1,000 people to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington May 2. The Mass began with opening remarks from Msgr. Walter R. Rossi, who asked the faithful to pray for victims of the recent earthquake in Nepal. […]
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By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON – Morgan Atkinson’s new documentary on Thomas Merton, the famed Trappist monk from the Cistercian abbey in Gethsemani, Ky., was “40 years in the making,” he joked. Actually, it was closer to two, but it was Atkinson’s own pilgrimage to Gethsemani 40 years ago that not only broadened his exposure to Merton, but led […]
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