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By Lisa Socarras
“When Prisoners Come Home,” a conference co-sponsored by the diocesan Catholic Charities’ Prison Ministry Program and the Fairfax Aftercare Program of Truro Church, was held last Sunday at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington. Sister of Notre Dame de La Salette Sister Connie Parcasio, event organizer and director of prison ministry for Catholic […]
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By Dave Borowski
Deacon Stephen J. Schultz is a photographer of people. A look at the thousands of photos posted on his Flickr site shows very few pictures of just objects. The pictures reflect a person passionate about his family, his brother seminarians, people in general and his faith. They are the testament of a man perfectly suited […]
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By Katie Bahr
For Deacon Matthew J. DeForest, who will be ordained to the priesthood Saturday at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington, becoming a priest is the fulfillment of a childhood dream. Born on Jan. 13, 1982, he decided to become a priest when he was only a fifth-grader at St. Thomas More Cathedral School. […]
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By Gretchen R. Crowe
Relying on God. That’s what it’s all about for Deacon Robert Wagner, one of three men to be ordained to the priesthood Saturday at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington. Learning to trust hasn’t been easy for the deacon who’s been studying for the past four years at the North American College in […]
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Intentionally over-the-top horror tale in which a Los Angeles loan officer (Alison Lohman) is cursed to death and damnation by a woman (Lorna Raver) on whose home her bank is foreclosing and, with the reluctant support of her skeptical boyfriend (Justin Long), enlists the aid of a fortuneteller (Dileep Rao) in her increasingly frantic efforts […]
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Volunteer opportunities for older adults will be showcased at a “Sail into Service” event co-sponsored by Catholic Charities’ RSVP program, AARP and Volunteer Alexandria. Alexandria’s Vice Mayor “Dell” Pepper will be the guest speaker. The event will take place Thursday, June 18, from 4-7 p.m. at St. Martin de Porres Senior Center, 4650 Taney Ave, […]
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By Chaz Muth
WASHINGTON – Pro-life advocates universally condemned the May 31 murder of a Kansas abortion doctor, with officials from several U.S. right-to-life groups saying such extreme acts only hurt the pro-life cause. “We condemn this lawless act of violence,” said Charmaine Yoest, president of the Americans United for Life. “The foundational right to life that our […]
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Flat-footed genre satire with a minimal plot about the unlikely romance between a would-be ballerina (Shoshana Bush) and a street dancer (Damon Wayans, Jr.). Stumbles far outnumber leaps in director and co-writer Damien Dante Wayans’ rambling sendup, and a few of the gags are patently vulgar. Watch out for: Much sexual and some scatological humor, […]
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Glossy but ho-hum retread of an early Noel Coward play (1924), adapted by director and co-writer Stephen Elliott, wherein a landed young Englishman (Ben Barnes) brings home his vivacious new bride, a glamorous American widow (likable Jessica Biel) with a “past,” who clashes with her husband’s stodgy mother (Kristin Scott Thomas) and sisters, though winning […]
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Enjoyable sequel, again directed by Shawn Levy, has the ex-Museum of Natural History night guard (Ben Stiller) traveling to Washington to rescue his formerly inanimate friends — the museum’s display figures (Owen Wilson, Robin Williams, Steve Coogan) — from being archived in the Smithsonian. With the help of Amelia Earhart (Amy Adams) and General Custer […]
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Pope Leo XIV
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