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A major screenwriter tells how Hollywood has become the dominant authority in our culture, and how the Church has failed to speak the language of the Beautiful. Read more.
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The Church of the Masses
An Interview with Barbara Nicolosi-Harrington -– March 2, 2010
A major screenwriter tells how Hollywood has become the dominant authority in our culture, and how the Church has failed to speak the language of the Beautiful. Read more. link here -
Fifty of the Best Catholic Movies
By William Park -- March 4, 2010
A review of fifty classic Catholic films, from the silent era to the end of the 20th century. Read more. link here -
Doubt vs Predator
A Vatican II Parable
By Gabriel McKee -- March 4, 2010
The film adaptation of this Pulitzer Prize-winning play pits the age-old male hierarchy against the secrecy of the recent molestation scandals. And the winner is... Read more. link here -
Hooray for Hollywood
Rethinking Marriage
By Joan Frawley Desmond -- March 4, 2010
A new generation of filmmakers has rediscovered that age-old truth: "It is not good for man to be alone." Read more. link here
The story of the disciples in Mark's Gospel reminds us to expect our faith to be not static, but dynamic, ever on the move from its beginnings to the end of our lives. Read more.
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Faith & the Gospel of Mark
By James V. Zeitz -- January 20, 2010
The story of the disciples in Mark's Gospel reminds us to expect our faith to be not static, but dynamic, ever on the move from its beginnings to the end of our lives. Read more. link here -
How to Read Scripture
Like Jesus and the Apostles
By Steven Kellmeyer -- January 28, 2010
It is necessary for us today to search out the four-fold sense of Scripture in order to grasp the fullness of the divinely intended meaning in the Old and New Testaments. Read more. link here -
Prepare for March 14 Mass
By Fr. Mike Boutin -- March 8, 2010
Want to get ready for Sunday's Mass? Here is everything you need to know about this week's readings and liturgy, including resources for preaching and prayers. Read here. link here -
Downward Mobility, Upward Humanity
By Tim Muldoon -- December 15, 2009
What might it mean to live in a world that reflects what Pope Benedict calls for in his new encyclical? Catholic theologian Tim Muldoon offers four key points. Read More.
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Fr. Mike Boutin -- March 8, 2010
Almsgiving is really not about what the recipient is going to do with it. What is it about? Read more.
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Charity and the Heart
A Weekly Reflection
Fr. Mike Boutin -- March 8, 2010
Almsgiving is really not about what the recipient is going to do with it. What is it about? Read more.
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Opening the Heart for Lent
A Pre-Lenten Reflection and Meditation
By Christine Valters Paintner -- February 11, 2010
On Ash Wednesday we always hear the words of the prophet Joel: "Return to me with your whole heart." Lent is an invitation toward whole-heartedness. Read more.
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What Is a Monk?
By Christine Valters Paintner -- November 6, 2009
There is a story from the Desert Fathers where one asks another, "What is a monk?" Read more.
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Practicing Centering Prayer
Fr. Thomas Keating describes the spiritual practice of Centering Prayer in this introductory video. Keating is a Trappist monk and priest and the founder of the Centering Prayer movement and Contemplative Outreach. Watch here
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By Christine Valters Paintner -- February 1, 2010
Author and artist Christine Valters Paintner talks with fellow artist and kindred spirit Jan Richardson about what inspires her work, art as a spiritual practice, and practicing lectio divina with our lives. Read more.
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Sacred Artist Interview
Jan Richardson
By Christine Valters Paintner -- February 1, 2010
Author and artist Christine Valters Paintner talks with fellow artist and kindred spirit Jan Richardson about what inspires her work, art as a spiritual practice, and practicing lectio divina with our lives. Read more.
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Creating Space
Reviewed by Cynthia Stewart -- December 7, 2009
Terry Hershey's The Power of Pause invites the reader to weave stillness into the fabric of their days... Read more.
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New Music: Anne Marie David
A Patheos Exclusive Interview -- November 17, 2009
With her newest album, Turning Home, composer and singer Anne Marie David hopes to expand her platform of religious music to embrace a broader audience of all who hold home and family sacred. Read the interview.
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Mandalas, Part 2
By Christine Valters Paintner -- September 22, 2009
The ancient Christian mystics often used mandalas to describe their encounters with God... Read more.
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