Arts

Spring musical sells out

By Monica Smith; Teresa Curran; Emily Coreas; and Christina Curran

This year’s spring musical, “White Christmas,” at Seton School was a success. There were five performances before more than 430 seats, and every show was sold out, with a waiting list for the last two nights. Mary Kate Vander Woude, a former Seton student (’07), volunteered to direct the musical for her first time. She …

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5/2/24

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Acclaimed tenor Andrea Bocelli says faith is believing in the power of good

By George P. Matysek Jr.

For one brief moment at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic, the hopes of the world seemed concentrated on a single man standing alone outside the massive Duomo di Milano in Italy. Andrea Bocelli, one of the most acclaimed tenors of his time, kept his arms at his sides and remained motionless as his powerful …

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4/24/24

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New film ‘Unsung Hero’ emphasizes the ‘power of family’

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

St. Teresa of Calcutta once said: “If you want to change the world, go home and love your family.” Her words appear at the end of the new movie “Unsung Hero,” which tells the true story of the Smallbone family, widely recognized in the music industry for brothers Luke and Joel Smallbone of the Grammy-award-winning …

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4/22/24

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Local author discusses Salesian spirituality

Special to the Catholic Herald

St. Francis de Sales Church in Kilmarnock hosted author Margaret Margeton April 10 to speak about what Catholics today can learn from the parish’s patron. Margeton, a longtime member of the St. Francis de Sales Association (also known as the Daughters of St. Francis de Sales), has written two books about the popular saint. Her …

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4/18/24

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