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True to form, exotic settings, stale dictums and always-murky moral values characterize this extension of the “Fast and Furious” series. Led by putatively Catholic paterfamilias Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Jordana Brewster, and Tyrese Gibson set out to avenge the murder of their colleague Sung Kang. Director James Wan and screenwriter Chris Morgan […]
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Demolition of Marymount University’s “Blue Goose” building, constructed in the 1950s, begins in Arlington this week. The demolition will make way for two new university buildings.
Columns
By John Garvey
Every year around this time, I go away with my three brothers to play golf for an extended weekend. Next to Christmas, it is my favorite time of the year. We have taken on greater family and professional responsibilities. Still, in more than 20 years, not one of us has missed our golf trip. It […]
Columnists
Is the devil real? Here is Msgr. Ronald Knox on that: “It is stupid of modern civilization to have given up believing in the devil, when he is the only explanation of it.” Msgr. Knox, eminent British convert, author, retreat master and translator of the Bible, may have been indulging in irony. But irony doesn’t […]
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Father Gerald Weymes, pastor of St. Timothy Church in Chantilly, baptized and confirmed RCIA candidates during the Easter Vigil April 4. Gerald Martineau photographed moments from the vigil for the Catholic Herald.
Local
By Dave Borowski
Hours before the beauty, and the crowds, of the April 2 Holy Thursday Chrism Mass began at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington, a tradition that goes back further than many priests can remember took place in the St. Thomas More Cathedral School cafeteria. Dozens of eggs were scrambled, pounds of bacon and […]
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By Katie Scott
The Holy Thursday Chrism Mass at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington was filled with both solemnity and joy – a fitting precursor to the Easter Triduum. In the annual liturgy, Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde blessed the oil of catechumens, the oil of the sick and the sacred chrism. From across the […]
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“A Celebration of Peace Through Music” concert will be broadcast April 3 at 8:30 p.m. and again April 5 at 3:30 p.m. on WETA Channel 26. Originally filmed May 14, 2014, the concert celebrates the canonizations of Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII and the papacy of Pope Francis. The concert was co-sponsored […]
Columnists
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 […]
Schools
By Michaela Reyes
“To me, there are few things as rewarding as working with others to produce something truly beautiful,” said Elizabeth Foeckler, choir and chamber choir director at Seton School in Manassas. Foeckler became Seton’s choir director in spring 2013 and created the chamber choir, an auditioned, select group, in the fall. The chamber choir sings a […]
