{"id":1585,"date":"2005-07-29T08:27:00","date_gmt":"2005-07-28T22:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sisterrose.wordpress.com\/2005\/07\/29\/national-film-retreat-and-more\/"},"modified":"2005-07-29T08:27:00","modified_gmt":"2005-07-28T22:27:00","slug":"national-film-retreat-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/sisterrosemovies\/2005\/07\/national-film-retreat-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"National Film Retreat and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><font color=\"#0000a0\">It has been some time since I posted a review. I have been traveling and last weekend I was at St. Francis Retreat House in Easton, PA (near Allentown and Bethlehem) for the National Film Retreat. Eighteen persons gathered for the retreat and we screened, conversed, reflected on and prayed about six films around\u00a0the theme of <strong>The Seduction of Power <\/strong>in all levels of society and the choices we make.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000a0\"><strong>Romero:<\/strong> an example of a\u00a0man of God\u00a0who engages in theological reflection and discernment when confronted with powerful politics confronted by the power of the poor. We watched the first 30 minutes as an introduction<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000a0\"><strong>The Firm: <\/strong>Examples of personal and systematic ambition and power<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000a0\"><strong>Life is Beautiful: <\/strong>The power of the state vs the power of love<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000a0\"><strong>The Contender:<\/strong> How a woman candidate for vice-president confronts the power and the politics of sex <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000a0\"><strong>Bruce Almighty<\/strong>: The power of selfishness vis-a-vis the power of God and the gift of free will.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000a0\"><strong>Bagdad Cafe\u2019<\/strong>: A clip used during the homily shows what happens when we open our hearts to discover the talents in each of us, and to share them with the community.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#040080\"><strong>Think about joining us next year:<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#040080\"><strong>2006 National Film Retreat<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#040080\">Proposed Theme: Who is My Brother? <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#040080\">(Friends and Aliens No Longer)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000a0\">Center for Spiritual Development<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000a0\">Orange, CA<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000a0\">June 30-July 2, 2006<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000a0\"><strong>LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000a0\">I will be away until August 16th for the Locarno Film Festival where I will serve on an ecumenical jury, representing SIGNIS (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.signis.net\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.signis.net<\/a>). If I have access to the internet and time I will post some updates about the festival, as well as try to catch up on the six films I saw this month.<\/font><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been some time since I posted a review. I have been traveling and last weekend I was at St. Francis Retreat House in Easton, PA (near Allentown and Bethlehem) for the National Film Retreat. 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