Posted in Catholic Media Artist, Creativity, Spirituality of Communication, tagged Catholic Media Artist, Spirituality of Communication, writing on September 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The past couple of weeks, I’ve grown increasingly preoccupied. A lot is going on in our little community of four sisters, and we’re preparing for many upcoming events at our Toronto Pauline Book & Media Centre. These are just a few:
Our one-day storewide sale tomorrow which is an amazing opportunity to encourage people to take [...]
Posted in Catholic Media Artist, Creativity, Faith and Culture, Pauline Spirituality, Spirituality of Communication, tagged Catholic Media Artist, Faith and Culture, writing, Writing Life on September 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
One of the reasons why I look for resources on spirituality and the arts is that deep-down doubts about whether I have anything worthwhile to say occasionally surface. Coming to the belief that writing is a sacred call–for me, a “call within” the vocation of being a Daughter of Saint Paul–has allowed me to lean [...]
Posted in Catholic Media Artist, Creativity, Recommended Books, tagged Add new tag, Catholic Media Artist, Creativity, writing on September 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Being a writer was a childhood dream, along with becoming a nurse, a painter, and a concert pianist or violinist. But for years, I lacked the confidence not only to share my writing with others, but to even complete a piece. I started writing lots of things, but never finished anything except one story and [...]
Posted in Catholic Media Artist, Faith and Culture, Pauline Spirituality, Spirituality of Communication, tagged Catholic Media Artist, Faith and Culture, writer on September 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This is another of my favorite quotations from our Founder, Blessed James Alberione, on our vocation of being Catholic media artists:
“Imbue all thought and human knowledge with the Gospel. Don’t speak only about religion, but speak about everything in a Christian way.”
Sometimes we think that we have to write or produce only about specifically religious topics to [...]
Posted in Catholic Media Artist, tagged Catholic Media Artist, human rights on September 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Have you heard of the tragic situation of the Christians in Orissa, in India? Pope Benedict XVI deplored the violence against them two weeks ago, but there has been little response, and no further news.
Sr. Jane has made short online movie with some of the shocking facts. We feel so powerless to help, and [...]
Posted in Catholic Media Artist, Creativity, Faith and Culture, Pauline Spirituality, Spirituality of Communication, tagged Catholic Media Artist, Faith and Culture, writing on September 8, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Every so often, usually when a project nears completion, I sense more keenly the “risk” of exposing what I’ve written to others. This morning, as I begin to revise my newest book, I feel the “danger” of writing, of becoming more visible. This can be a fragile stage on my writing journey because my insecurities about [...]
Posted in Creativity, Faith and Culture, Nuns, Pauline Spirituality, Religious life, tagged Daughters of St. Paul Choir, Nuns, Religious life on September 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in Catholic Media Artist, Creativity, Faith and Culture, Pauline Spirituality, Recommended Books, Spirituality of Communication, tagged Book Review, Christian, Christian Media Artist, Faith and Culture, film, Spirituality of Communication on September 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Besides my community of the Daughters of Saint Paul, I have found one other place where I have powerfully experienced this sense of the vocation as a Christian media artist. The Act One Program is dedicated to assisting Christians to achieve excellence in their work as filmmakers. Act One has a remarkable approach which, for those [...]
