Beauty and the Church

Near the end of the 19th century, Dostoevsky perceived that the frameworks of human society were crumbling. Church, state, the family, academia, the sciences — all of them would lose their authority with future generations.
What Does Beauty Have to… Read More

Patron of the Arts?

“Where do we go?!” My sister’s question echoed through the car after Sunday Mass not long ago. I was back East for a visit to my family, and we had all just stumbled out of their parish church like shell-shocked… Read More

The New Renaissance Won’t Start in a Classroom

I recently met with a group of educators who are the core team for a new Catholic university. Eager to make their university a center for the arts, they have lofty plans to create a creative educational environment for young… Read More

Hollywood Needs People, Not Projects

At a recent talk in Washington, DC, a devout young Catholic raised his hand and asked me what he should do to enter into the world of Hollywood filmmaking. He wants to be part of producing many more Passions of… Read More

Kids and Media: The Right to Be Rightly Disturbed

It wasn’t a proud moment. There I was in the Toys-R-Us checkout line pressing the face of “the thing” into my thigh, trying desperately to avoid eye contact with any of the other shoppers.
Villains Make Heroism Possible
As I… Read More

Five Easy Things the Church Can Do to Fix the Culture Fast

Well, maybe not “easy,” but surely not inconceivable for the group that pulled off the conversion of the barbarians and the Counter-Reformation.
And, in the span of eternity, “fast” can be well, a century or so. Which could start today.… Read More

Watching Bonnie

It’s very rare to encounter a movie and television star who delivers as reliably as Bonnie Hunt. When she’s in control, she produces entertainment of a very high caliber, which, because of Ms. Hunt’s personal commitment to faith and family,… Read More

Nothing Fishy about Finding Nemo

The summer of 2003 was largely a wash at the movies. In a vast sea of cinematic mediocrity, there were a few almost greats, like Seabiscuit and Whale Rider, but even I was hard pressed to find any films to… Read More

Reality TV: Junk Food for the Soul

Just so we are clear: Survivor, Joe Millioniare and The Anna Nicole Show divert, but they do not entertain.
Shows That Have Lost Their Way
These shows fill the evening hours, but they do not provide the minimum daily requirement… Read More

I Saw The Passion

So I was at a private screening at Icon Productions yesterday, and got to see a rough cut of The Passion. There were about twelve people in the room, including Mel Gibson, his producing partner Steve and four or five… Read More

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