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By Katie Scott
Sometimes bringing Christ to people means picking up wads of paper towels covered in PB&J stickiness. Other times it requires answering tough questions about sex and marriage. Father Gregory S. Thompson is eager to do it all – and everything in between – as part of his chaplaincy at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington. […]
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By Katie Scott
In his Arlington residence, where he lives with seven other people, James Schreiner has found not only balance and the fruits of living in community, but also the opportunity to fulfill "a calling to be not so much a servant but a brother," he said.
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Marymount University in Arlington announced its 10th Athletics Hall of Fame class, including Mary Carroll (2005, women’s volleyball); Crissy Washington (1994, women’s basketball); Greg Murtha (2010, men’s swimming); Clair Gebauer (2004, women’s soccer); and Jenny Baize (2000, women’s volleyball and basketball). Carroll was named Honorable Mention All-America and All-Mid-Atlantic Region by the American Volleyball Coaches […]
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By John Patterson
At Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington, Superdance is an inseparable part of the school’s identity. A 40-year-old tradition of having fun and helping people, Superdance is a 12-hour dance dedicated to raising money to find a cure for cystic fibrosis. What is now a fun-filled evening has its roots in sadness. In 1975, O’Connell […]
Pope Francis
By Laura Ieraci
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis came out squarely against the death penalty once again, calling it “unacceptable” regardless of the seriousness of the crime of the condemned. Pope Francis met with a three-person delegation of the International Commission Against the Death Penalty March 20, and issued a letter on the occasion urging worldwide abolition. Citing […]
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By Katie Scott
Yvonne Selke and her daughter, Emily, parishioners of Sacred Heart Church in Manassas, were two of the three Americans killed in the Airbus jet that crashed March 24 in the French Alps. The third American was Robert Oliver Calvo, 37, a married father of two who lived in Spain. Raymond Selke of Nokesville confirmed his […]
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By Katie Scott
The solemnity of St. Joseph often is overshadowed by the feast of the famous Emerald Isle bishop, which falls in the same week. But at St. Andrew the Apostle Church and School March 19, the foster father of Jesus had center stage – or rather, center table. In his honor, the Clifton school and parish […]
Movies
Teenagers are still on the run – when they’re not too busy killing one other – in this follow-up to the 2014 kick-off of the futuristic franchise. Based on the second book of the trilogy by Veronica Roth, director Robert Schwentke’s thriller – set, like its predecessor, in a post-apocalyptic version of Chicago – finds […]
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By Russell Shaw
When religion and secularism butt heads on public policy – a regular occurrence these days – religion typically is obliged to fight with one hand tied behind it. Unfair, you say? Certainly it is, but that’s how the game is played now. Consider the escalating argument over euthanasia and its first cousin, assisted suicide. For […]
Competing moral codes and the Passion of Christ