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Pauline Books & Media wins two Catholic Press Association Awards May 29, 2009
CHILDREN’S BOOKS FIRST PLACE Adventures of Saint Paul By Oldrich Selucky Illustrated by Zdenka Krejcova This is a vibrant and compelling account of the life of St. Paul for young readers that is rich and inviting in its telling. the trials of st. Paul are cleverly called an adventure and further enhanced by the quality [...]
Analogies, analgesics and the rest… God is like ….
A friend sent me this email today; a unique way to bring faith and life closer (taking an optimistic approach!) Love the way the first one uses analogy to talk about God and analgesics. If anyone knows the source of this piece, please let me know. R ______________________________ A fifth-grade teacher in a Christian school [...]
Twitter Tongue-Twister
A Twitter who twitted a tweet Tried to teach two Twitters to tweet Said the Twits to the Twitter Is it harder to twitter than To teach two Twitters to tweet? c. Sr Rose Pacatte 2009 This tongue-twister was inspired by Jack Dorsey, the co-founder of Twitter who spoke today at the Catholic Media Convention [...]
Terminator Salvation
Christian Bale is John Connor in the new Terminator movie (# 4 with the possibility of more to come) that challenges our sense of time in true Termiantor tradition. Australian Sam Worthington is Marcus Wright. Although he is not a complete new-comer, I didn’t know him. I thought he was American until his Australian accent whispered [...]
Susan Boyle Advances! “Memories” May 23, 2009 Britain’s Got Talent
<a href="http://”><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiC_nXo3s94 Although Susan falters a bit, she brings it home. She looks lovely and is most gracious when Simon apologizes for their skeptical (cynical) behaviour when she first appeared on the show. In the annals of broadcast civility, Simon's apology might just go down in history. He even gives her a standing ovation! [...]
Household Saints or Desperate Housewives? Is there anything redeeming about Desperate Housewives?
” The Secret Life of the American Teenager” and “Hannah Montana” may be among Disney’s most popular ‘tween and teen girl shows, but what else are our girls watching? The women of Wisteria Lane consistently wins the 18-49 year-old demographic (along with Grey’s Anatomy) and have a significant teen audience as well. This is a [...]
World Communications Day 2009: New Technologies, New Relationships. Promoting a Culture of Respect, Dialogue and Friendship
MESSAGE OF THE HOLY FATHER BENEDICT XVI FOR THE 43rd WORLD DAY OF COMMUNICATIONS “New Technologies, New Relationships. Promoting a Culture of Respect, Dialogue and Friendship.” May 24, 2009 Dear Brothers and Sisters! In anticipation of the forthcoming World Communications Day, I would like to address to you some reflections on the theme chosen for [...]
WolframAlpha: computational knowledge engine launched
A friend sent me this information the other day. It was news to me and I wonder what the implications may be for the spiritual life…. I checked the site’s blog and someone had put the word “dumb” in the search engine. It is olde English and its first recorded use was in 1323 (686 [...]
Ecumenical Jury at Cannes awards Ken Loach’s “Looking for Eric”
On its 35 anniversary the 2009 Ecumenical Jury awards its Prize to Looking for Eric by Ken Loach United Kingdom, 2009 For its great artistic quality and it’s humoristic, optimistic and humanist approach of the crisis faced by contemporary society. The film portrays values that are often under fire today such as friendship, solidarity, the [...]
