A FUNNY FESTIVAL This event comes from the US Bishops Office for Film and Broadcasting in NYC. They (Gerri Pare, Anne Navarro and David DiCerto) collectively consistently offer one of the most thoughtful and reliable perspectives on cinema. They had invited me to be at this event but I will be in DC instead this weekend. Too bad – it will certainly be a great weekend. Check it out… Faith on Film 2004 A Three Day Film Festival Celebrating “The... Read more

ON LINE REVELATION Thanks to Jeff over at The Revealer for his extravagant praise for my little Ice Storm-Sexual Revolution musing below. In recognition of Jeff’s great work making The Revealer an exhaustive site on religion and culture, Church of the Masses hereby bestows our blogostolic blessing, and adds The Revealer to the blog roll. Check it out. Read more

ANOTHER EMILY MONDAY 840 I cannot buy it — ’tis not sold — There is no other in the World — Mine was the only one I was so happy I forgot to shut the Door And it went out And I am all alone — If I could find it Anywhere I would not mind the journey there Though it took all my store But just to look it in the Eye — “Did’st thou?” “Thou did’st not mean,”... Read more

THE SEXUAL ICE REVOLUTION STORM “Waves of freezing rain amassed layer upon layer of crystal chaos — as destructive as it was beautiful. Ottawa was a city of ice. Tens of thousands of homes were cast into darkness and left without heat as hydro poles snapped like toothpicks. It was the storm of the century. Damage topped $1 billion. Crippled communities shivered in sub-zero temperatures that numbed even the hardiest.” (Katthleen Harris, The Ottawa Sun, January 1998) As I noted... Read more

CICERO RIPPING ME OFF ON CHILD-REARING Here is Cicero writing to his wife Terentia, stepping all over the point I made in my recent NCRegister article about parenting with the media. I hate when this happens. Makes Cicero look so pathetic, really… “It is wrong to bring children up in an atmosphere solely of family and fraternal affection, without enlightening them that beyond the safe walls of home there lives a world of Godless, dishonorable, and amoral men, and that... Read more

WHERE DID IT COME FROM?…WHERE WILL IT END? I am giving a talk next week in DC on Ang Lee’s film The Ice Storm, in connection with a day-long conference on “Healing the Sexual Revolution.” I admit, I don’t get it, myself. What is it that led the entire culture – arts, academia, medical and legal professions, the Church – to gradually reject every vestige of the Natural Law? To listen to cultural pundits, it sounds like the Natural Law... Read more

IN PHILLY IN APRIL Another upcoming talk. Please forward to anybody in the area who might be interested. The International Institute for Culture, presents, “REFLECTIONS ON THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST“ by Barbara R. Nicolosi Friday, April 23, 2004 7:30pm, followed by a reception More information, reservations and directions here. Read more

RATS…. What cartoon dog are you? Brought to you by the good folks at sacwriters.com. Read more

“BEHOLD, I DO A NEW THING.” OR “PhME!” So, I got the word yesterday that I have been officially accepted into a Fall 2004, doctoral program in theology and culture at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena. For the record, I AM NOT LEAVING ACT ONE, I am going to do the doctoral studies concurrently with my work as Executive Director of the program. Several of my Act One friends are grumbling at this development (you know who you are, Kale and... Read more

DEBUNKING DA CODE My father, a naval historian, is fond of repeating that one of the secrets of successful warfare is choosing your battles. In 2003, I enlisted in the Defensor Passionis cause – mainly because I thought it was criminal that Mel Gibson was being hung out to dry by most of the leadership in the Catholic Church, especially in light of the Pope’s recent call for the “renewal of that fruitful dialogue beteen that has always existed between... Read more