“Brothers” and “Bandslam” to receive Gabriel Awards

45th Annual Gabriel Awards to Brothers; Bandslam; Gifted Hands; KNOM Radio (Alaska); WWJ-AM Radio (Southfield, MI); and CatholicTV (Watertown, MA); receive station honors; Univision KTVW Channel 33 (Phoenix) and EWTN honored for Spanish-language programming The Gabriel Award winners for 2010 have been announced. This year’s honorees include two motion pictures, fourteen television programs, ten radio programs and four Spanish-language television programs. The annual awards are presented to … [Read more...]

Bl. James Alberione, founder of the Daughters of St. Paul, on cinema

“We need to put down the scissors of censorship and pick up the camera” because “the power of the cinema surpasses that of the school, the pulpit, and the press and always produces greater results." These are the words of Blessed James Alberione, who initiated his apostolate of the cinema and film activity on March 18, 1938. … [Read more...]