Are the irises dead Have they lost their bloom? Are they shrunken and shriveled Are they gone so soon? Is their deep purple less And their curl no more? Have the irises drooped Taking color from my world? Or do they live In rich purple blues? Do they sand alert Catching spring’s early dew? First the bold crocus breaks Hard winter’s dirt Then the scented hyacinth With springtime flirts And my irises stand At attention... Read more
Hanoverhill Starbuck (1979-1998) was a Canadian bull that sired 200,000 daughters around the world — just under 37,000 in Canada alone. He also sired 209 proven sons, all through artificial insemination. 685,000 doses of his semen was sold in 45 countries globally, earning almost $25 million. David Wozniak (Patrick Huard) is a 42-year old loveable ne’er do well whose code name was “Starbuck” at the Montreal fertility clinic where he was a habitual donor 20 years ago — and... Read more
In “The Croods,” the prehistoric caveman Grug (voice of Nicolas Cage) is the head of the Crood family. These beings believe they are the only creatures of their kind in existence. They live somewhere on the earth in a dark cave and only go out during the day if necessary. Grug tells the younger members of the family — Eep (voice of Emma Stone), Thunk (voice of Clark Duke) and Sandy (Randy Thom) — the same bedtime story every... Read more
When it was announced March 13 that the church had a new pope who had taken the name Francis, the first thing that popped into my head was, “St. Francis was the first one to reach out to Islam.” This fact had just recently had been reinforced when I screened a new documentary from Franciscan Media, “In the Footprints of Francis and the Sultan: a Model for Peacemaking.” Talk about great timing for the release of this two-part DVD... Read more
Deadline Hollywood broke the news this morning that Nikos Kazantzakis 1954 novel “Christ Recrucified” has been acquired by Grindhouse Pictures, a company that seems to have only one other film to its credit, “Gabriela“, 2001. The new film will be re-titled “Christ is Risen.” Click here to read the entire article on Deadline Hollywood. Amazon’s description of the novel says: “The inhabitants of a Greek village, ruled by the Turks, plan to enact the life of Christ in a mystery play... Read more
What were you doing when the white smoke began to rise from the Sistine Chapel last Wednesday? Left to right, Ellen Russell, SSJ, Joanne Connolly, SSL, Regina McLaughlan, SSJ, M. Thecla Paolini, FSP – photo by Rose Pacatte, FSP On that morning of Wednesday March 13, I was in our book center here in Culver City chatting with Sister Joanne Connolly, SSL, who had come in to do some shopping. At about 10:45am our Sister Marie James called... Read more
On Facebook today the great American film critic Roger Ebert posted a link to this story about what some fans believe is the greatest science fiction movie ever -“Blade Runner” and I’m sharing the REDDIT Salon story here. One executive’s comment said, “The movie gets worse with every screening.” Click here to see the actual notes. “Blade Runner” (1982) was directed by Ridley Scott starring Harrison Ford is loosely based on the 1968 sci-fi novel by Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) “Do... Read more
This morning Pope Francis revealed why he chose the name Francis and then spoke encouraging words to 5,000 members of the press who have been covering the events of the last weeks since Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI announced his retirement. Joshua McElwee of the National Catholic Reporter has been in Rome covering the conclave and wrote the following this morning: Pope Francis: I would love a church that is poor. In another post NCR added the complete text of... Read more
As a little boy Burt is bullied. He spends his 10th birthday alone; his mother leaves him his favorite cake – in a box. He has to bake it himself. But she gives him a wonderful present, a Rance Halloway magic set. He quickly learns some tricks and makes friends with Anton, another lonely boy at school. Thirty years later Burt (Steve Carrell) and Anton (Steve Buscemi) have a gig in Vegas but a new “magician” comes to... Read more
The following is a statement about this HBO film from SIGNIS, the World Catholic Association for Communication. Australian Sacred Heart Missionary, Rev. Peter Malone, gives a detailed review with additional information. The film, by award-winning director Alex Gibney, already aired on HBO in the US (and can be seen on HBOGo or on reruns). MEA MAXIMA CULPA: SILENCE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD. 13th March 2013 Clerical sexual abuse in the Catholic Church has been a public focus... Read more
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