Tonight, I am going to the second showing of the North American premiere of the new film, Popiełuszko: Freedom Is Within Us. The film dramatizes the life of Father Jerzy Popieluszko, the “solidarity priest” who was murdered in 1984, as Poland’s solidarity movement gained support. I’ve pasted in the trailer for the film below, and [...]
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Popiełuszko: Freedom Is Within Us
Posted in Faith and Culture, tagged films, human rights films, Popieluszko, the Church and communication, Year of the Priest on October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Daughter of St. Paul Serving in Moscow
Posted in Nuns, Pauline Spirituality, Religious life on October 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
One of the sisters and a dear friend of mine, Sr. Roberta Hummel, has been missioned to Moscow. Her diocesan newspaper, the Catholic Herald, recently published an article telling her story. Check it out here: http://www.catholicherald.com/detail/11267.html
What social media booksites do you use?
Posted in Faith and Culture on October 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As the website of Pauline Books & Media is redesigned and relaunched (check it out, it looks great: www.pauline.org ), PBM is also asking readers, listeners, and viewers to let us know what kinds of online “social media” they use. And I’m curious, as well. If you have a minute, go to PBM’s marketing blog [...]
Balancing a writing life with…everything else!
Posted in Catholic Media Artist, Creativity, Nuns, Pauline Spirituality, Spirituality of Communication on October 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
When I get stumped writing–as I was last week–it’s usual for one of two reasons:
1) I’ve got too much going on–either in my life or in my head, or in both.
2) I have, once again, let the fear of failure overtake me.
Surprisingly, this time it wasn’t #2. At least I don’t think it was.
#1 may [...]
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Unusual Take on “Lourdes”
Posted in Faith and Culture, Film Commentaries, Spirituality of Communication, tagged Communication Spirituality, Faith and Film, Film Commentaries, Jessica Hausner, Lourdes, Toronto International Film Festival on October 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
For the first time in three years, I was in Toronto during the Toronto International Film Festival. But, in contrast to my experience at the Montreal World Film Festival, during which I saw 30-odd films in 10 days, I was only able to see one film. However, it was a great choice.
The French film [...]
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