War Horse review

December 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Among the many themes that emerge or converge in the films of director, producer, writer Steven Spielberg are lonely children and war, specifically World War II. From the kids in “E.T”: the Extra-Terrestrial” (1982) to the Oscar-winning “Schindler’s List” (1993),  a black and white film but viewers may remember the little Jewish girl in a red coat, waiting for transport to the Nazi death camps. And from “The Color Purple” (1985) for which he deserved an Oscar, to one of my … [Read more...]

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Stay Awake! Advent readings inspire Occupy LA arrest

December 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Last Sunday night at the launch for Jeff Dietrich's book "Broken and Shared" he ended the readings with an Advent reflection he had just written a few days before. It is very moving and gives a whole different view of the "occupy" movement. COMMENTARY They came just before dawn; they came with fire trucks and ambulances and sirens blaring; they came in helicopters with rotary blades flapping; they came marching in lock step with helmets and visors and steel batons at "port arms." They came and … [Read more...]

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Sr. Rose’s iPhone California flower show

December 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment

For my 890th post I thought I would let the flowers (and other nature scenes) do the talking. More later! … [Read more...]

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On Faith and Media Film Reviews

December 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment

    For my recent reviews on Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Young Adult My Week with Marilyn The Descendants and more ...   visit http://OnFaithandMedia.org   … [Read more...]

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Broken and Shared: Food, Dignity, and the Poor on Los Angeles’ Skid Row Book Review

December 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Broken and Shared: Food, Dignity, and the Poor on Los Angeles' Skid Row By Jeff Dietrich 418 pages, Marymount Institute Press, $29.95 If you are wandering in the 50-block area known as Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles and you ask directions to Hospitality Kitchen or where the Catholic Workers serve meals to the homeless, no one will know what you are talking about. "This place," explains Catherine Morris, the gentle Catholic worker, "is and always has been known among the people as 'The Hippie … [Read more...]

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Cardinal John P. Foley, first President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communication, dies at 76

December 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Here is the article in the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/12/us/cardinal-john-p-foley-american-voice-of-the-vatican-dies-at-76.html?_r=1 Cardinal Foley had a wonderful sense of humor that served him well as a member of the Vatican curia for so many years. He was a terrific representative of the church in the US and an ambassador for authentic communication and communicators wherever he found them. A dinner with Cardinal Foley was always a joy. I asked him one time about the … [Read more...]

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New movie review site at RCL Benziger for Catechesis & Religious Education

December 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment

  Click here to access site http://sisterrosemovies.com … [Read more...]

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