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By Christina Capecchi
Carly Poppalardo had blisters on her feet after she drove home from an eight-hour session of professional organizing, threw a bag of Trader Joe’s pre-cut veggies and simmer sauce on the stove, flipped on “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” and sank into the couch. “I was high on adrenaline,” Poppalardo said, “but I was […]
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By Ashleigh Buyers
For many members of the Marine Corps being invited to a retirement party for a fellow Marine is sometimes sadder than attending a funeral. Retirement thrusts them away from the camaraderie of their brothers and sisters in arms and into the civilian world. In 1968, Maj. Rick Spooner recognized the need for a place to […]
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By Elizabeth Foss
There is so much in the Gospel of the days leading to the Crucifixion that makes me squirm. When I read it, and I put myself in the scene, I wonder what I would have done. Would I have stayed awake in the Garden of Gethsamane? I’d like to think so, but I know well […]
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By Fr. William Saunders
Q: I have wondered about a new phrase in Eucharistic Prayer II: The priest says “like the dewfall.” It sounds sort of funny. – A reader in Philadelphia A: Admittedly, the phrase “like the dewfall” does sound “sort of funny,” or at least very poetic at first hearing. Please keep in mind that this is […]
Arts
Giorgio Vasari’s oil painting, “Crucifixion,” is among more than 60 works part of “Picturing Mary,” an international exhibit of Marian art at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington through April 12.
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By Arland Nichols
Surrogacy became mainstream when, in the fourth season of the popular sitcom, “Friends,” the ever-spacey Phoebe became the surrogate mother of her brother’s children in the episode titled “The one with the embryos.” The episode’s writer noted that never before had this been seen on television – the story arc was considered “risky,” and writers […]
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By Christine Stoddard
When Clare Sukley, now a 13-year-old religious education student at Our Lady of the Blue Ridge Church in Madison, was 8, Nashville stole her heart. After the whirlwind of the CMA Music Festival – a weekend-long celebration of country music with performances from headliners like the Zac Brown Band – Sukley decided to pursue singing […]
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By Christine Stoddard
Giuseppe Castiglione, a Jesuit lay brother who came of age in 18th-century Italy, picked up a paintbrush for Christ, made the trek to China and became the court painter for an emperor famous for patronizing the arts. Now, paintings by Lang Shining – his adopted Chinese name – are among the Palace Museum’s collection of […]
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By Katie Scott
Every afternoon after lunch, Mary Wehman sits down at a table in her sunroom with a roll of stamps and an address book and picks up a pen. For the next three hours she’ll fill pages of cursive for some of her 51 pen pals. Living everywhere from Alaska to Florida, Maine to Texas, the […]
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By Christine Stoddard
Step into St. John the Beloved Church’s thrift shop in McLean and you are as likely to find a gently used designer dress as you are a retiree committed to keeping the place going. Out of the shop’s approximately 45 regular volunteers, Manager Sue Clemente, a retired flight attendant and supervisor, said “only four or […]
