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By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Caroline Stackhouse Weiner, the school counselor at St. Bernadette School in Springfield, died unexpectedly at her home in Alexandria Feb. 4. She was 32 years old and wife to Justin Matthew Weiner and the mother of sons Brock, 5 and Cullen, 2; and 3-week-old daughter Caroline. She also is survived by her parents, Peter and […]
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By John Patterson
Everybody eats. So although the school day at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington revolves around academics, the cafeteria is often the hub of activitiy. At the heart of the O’Connell cafeteria is chef Tony Dean, who has served the school community for the past eight years. Each week, he creates custom menus focused on […]
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By Lisa Socarras
Sept. 16, 2009, was the day Darren Bryant’s old life ended and his new life began. It was a day flooded with an ocean of grace and peace. He received the sacrament of reconciliation for the first time in “forever years,” from Father James R. Searby at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Lake Ridge. […]
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By Fr. William Saunders
Q: What is Candlemas Day? I came across the term reading in my English literature class, and my teacher was not even sure. (Fairfax) A: Candlemas Day is another name for the feast of the Presentation of the Lord. Forty days after His birth, Mary and Joseph brought Jesus to the temple for the rites […]
Schools
By Maria-pia Negro
Parents at St. Charles Borromeo School received news Jan. 13 from Father Horace H. “Tuck” Grinnell, pastor of St. Charles Borromeo Church in Arlington, that the school will close its elementary and middle school this June to restructure its educational program into an early childhood center. He cited the growth of the current preschool program […]
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By Catholic Herald Staff Report
Clarence L. Boone, a much-loved building manager at Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax, died of a heart attack Dec. 28 in his sister’s home in North Carolina. He was 65 years old. A funeral service was held Jan. 4 at Roanoke Salem Missionary Baptist Church in Garysburg, N.C., where he was buried. Masses […]
Movies
This woeful 3-D action adventure finds the super-strong offspring (Kellan Lutz) of Zeus and Queen Alcmene (Roxanne McKee) of the Greek city-state Tiryns at odds with the queen’s power-hungry husband, King Amphitryon (Scott Adkins), and with Amphitryon’s cowardly son, Prince Iphicles (Liam Garrigan). The spat concerns the fate of Hercules’ true love, a foreign princess […]
Movies
The multilayered plot of this animated feature – in which all is not what it initially seems – might confuse younger children. But the film’s continuous action and theme of the importance of living in community make it not only splendidly entertaining but morally appealing as well. And director Peter Lepeniotis, who co-scripted with Lorne […]
Movies
After the murder of a mysterious neighbor (Gloria Sandoval) in his apartment complex, a California teen (Andrew Jacobs) has a series of unsettling experiences that his best friend (Jorge Diaz) documents using a handheld camera. Though writer-director Christopher Landon maintains this spooky franchise’s admirable tradition of minimal bloodletting, he ratchets up the adult content with […]
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By Fr. William P. Saunders
Q: While attending Mass at an older church, I noticed engraved on the altar “IHS.” One of my family members said it means “I have suffered.” Is this correct? (Annandale) A: The simple answer: No, IHS is not an acronym for “I have suffered.” Rather, IHS is a Christogram – a combination of letters that […]
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