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Book Review: St. Paul Pope Benedict XVI
- Art
- Tuesday, January 20th, 2009
- Br. Benet Exton, O.S.B.
Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed that from June 28, 2008 to June 29, 2009 to be the Jubilee Year of Saint Paul commemorating his 2,000th birthday. This has been a low key celebration it would seem except possibly in Rome and… Read More
Book Review: Take it to The Queen: A Tale of Hope
- Art
- Thursday, December 18th, 2008
- Leticia Velasquez
Imagine a kingdom, whose benevolent King gave His subjects fresh water to drink which poured from golden fountains, fields of hearty grain for baking fragrant bread, fine foals in their stables for transportation, and best of all, a beautiful and… Read More
Book Review: The Domestic Church: Room by Room, A Mother’s Study Guide
- Art
- Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
- Jean Heimann
I recently had the pleasure of reading a copy of noted author Donna Marie Cooper O’Boyle’s latest book, The Domestic Church: Room By Room, A Mother’s Study Guide. On this twentieth anniversary of Muleris Dignitatem: On the Dignity and Vacation… Read More
Book Review: The Truth Will Set You Free
- Art
- Thursday, November 13th, 2008
- Br. Benet Exton, O.S.B.
The Truth Will Set You Free: commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of Pope Pius XII. Margherita Marchione. New York : Paulist Press. 144 pages. Hardback. January 2009. ISBN 978-0-8091-0565-6. $16.95.
5 stars out of 5.
October 9, 2008… Read More
Television Program Looks to Help Viewers’ Bodies and Hearts
- Art
- Saturday, November 8th, 2008
- Lisa M. Hendey
Ruby Gettinger has a big heart and a huge faith, which just may be the perfect combination to help her succeed in her televised battle against morbid obesity.
The reality television program Ruby which debuts on the Style Network on… Read More
Today’s Frankensteins
- Art
- Friday, October 31st, 2008
- Dr. Paul Kengor
“Man,” I cried, “how ignorant art thou in thy pride of wisdom! Cease; you know not what it is you say.”
-Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, volume III, chapter 7
With the help of Hollywood-though often to its detriment-Mary Shelley’s 19th century… Read More
Listening to Frankenstein
- Art
- Friday, October 31st, 2008
- Dr. Andrew J. Harvey
At this very time of year, on a dreary night, and during a lightning storm, Victor Frankenstein first gave life to his hideous creation in Mary Shelley’s tragic novel. And so was born both the connection between Halloween and Frankenstein… Read More
Fireproof: The Return of Timeless Truths on the Big Screen
- Art
- Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
- Ray Nothstine
Fireproof‘s rousing box office success and the harsh response to the film by some critics speaks volumes about the society we currently live in and its blurring of the meaning and purpose of marriage.
Fireproof is the latest film from… Read More
Movie Review: High School Musical 3, Senior Year
- Art
- Saturday, October 25th, 2008
- Karen Rinehart
If the Beatle-esque squeals of the little girls behind me are any indication, High School Musical 3, Senior Year, is definitely a charmer. Not that the first two HSM productions weren’t. But take every positive element from the first two… Read More
Religulous: Bad Title, Bad Movie
- Art
- Friday, October 24th, 2008
- Bruce Weinstein Ph.D.
Bill Maher’s Religulous is a perfect example of how not to make a good documentary.
A self-confessed agnostic, Maher sets out on a worldwide trek to understand how people can place their faith in something as seemingly irrational as religious… Read More
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Italians have a great devotion to St Joseph, and the dishes they prepare to celebrate the feast day inevitably have a cute reference to him. Just before you serve…
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