Worth Watching in January and February 2012

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT

TELEVISION & MULTIMEDIA
PBS’ AMERICAN EXPERIENCE focuses on figures and events of the American West, including Billy the Kid (Jan. 10), Custer’s Last ...

January 2012 Prayer and Reflection

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Advent Starry Night 4
Virginia Wieringa (1947- )

Advent Starry Night 4 by Virginia Wieringa (1947- ) is one of a series of paintings she cre...

February 2012 Prayer and Reflection

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT

The Flood, from the Atrium, detail of Noah receiving the white dove (mosaic) Veneto-Byzantine School (13th century)

The story of Noah (Genesis 6–9) has always captured the imagination of...

December 2011 Prayer and Reflection

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Inspired by the art of the great Italian Baroque painter Caravaggio, Matthias Stomer (c. 1600–p. 1650) drew upon Caravaggio’s masterful use of chiaroscuro, using a single light source ...

Worth Watching in December 2011

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT

INTERNET
The Congregation of Holy Cross recently re-launched holycrossvocations.org, offerin...

Worth Watching in November 2011

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT

TELEVISION, RADIO, AND MULTIMEDIA

PBS introduces NOVA’s “THE FABRIC OF THE COSMOS,” hosted by physicist Brian Greene, and reveals more wonders of the universe. Wednesda...

November 2011 Prayer and Reflection

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Completed in 2002, The Communion of Saints is a cycle of 25 fresco-like tapestries designed by John Nava (b. 1947) for the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. With figures averaging 10 feet tall, they depict 1...

Worth Watching in October 2011

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Television, Radio and Multimedia

Hallmark Movie Channel will air FINDING A FAMILY, based on the true story of Alex Chivescu, a foster child who searches for a new mom and dad. (

September 2011 Prayer and Reflection

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Deposition from the Cross, detail of the Virgin Mary, Fra Angelico (Guido di Pietro)(c. 1387-1445)
LOCATION: Museo di San Marco dell'Angelico, Florence, Italy
CREDIT: The Bridgeman Art Library International
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October 2011 Prayer and Reflection

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 05:00:00 GMT

In 1888, after filling many canvases with images of the summer harvest in Provence, Dutch post- Impressionist Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) turned his attention to the vineyards of the region. Believed to be the only painting he sold during his lif...

Pope Benedict, manga hero

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

This summer, hundreds of thousands of young people will gather in Madrid, Spain to experience World Youth Day. An international event celebrating our Catholic faith, all youth are welcome to attend regardless of their religious beliefs, and an est...

August 2011 Prayer and Reflection

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

The English artist and engraver William Brassey Hole (1846-1917) has given us a wonderful meditation on 1 Kings 19:9-13 (see pages 80-81). Elijah in the Desert of Horeb shows the humbled prophet standing at the edge of the abyss at the entrance of...

July 2011 Prayer and Reflection

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

The son of a clergyman, Vincent van Gogh (1853-90) studied to be a pastor and was a preacher among poor peasant farmers for many years before he turned to art in the last ten years of his life. It was, perhaps, inevitable that he would be fascinat...

Summer recipes!

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Summer is here! It's time for picnics, parties, and barbecues. For these warm weather get togethers, make sure to have plenty of dishes on your menu for those with food allergies so no one's taste buds are left out of...

Worth Watching in June 2011

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Television and internet

The Hallmark Channel presents Rock the House, an original movie about a man who tries to improve his relationship with his teenage daughter and...

Holy Manga!

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Maybe you’ve seen a young person reading them. Maybe you’ve run across shelves of them in your local bookstore. Or maybe you’ve never encountered them at all. But whatever your familiarity with the books of visual sto...

June 2011 Prayer and Reflection

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 05:00:00 GMT

In his signature style, Camaldolese monk and artist Father Arthur Poulin uses minute brush strokes and tiny dots of color layered over a black background, creating a contemplat...

May 2011 Prayer and Reflection

Thu, 19 May 2011 05:00:00 GMT

On this month’s cover we see the colorful image of the paschal lamb from a tile in the chapel at Carisbrooke Castle on the isle of Wight. standing with a banner reminiscent of the standards carried by military regiments durng the Classic...

Worth Watching in May 2011

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Television, Radio & Multimedia

The Beatification of Pope John Paul II will broadcast on Catholic TV at noon and 8 p.m. Watch on Sk...

January 2011 Prayer and Reflection

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Detail from Nativity Chapel mosaics (2008) Marko Ivan Rupnik, S.J. (1954- )
LOCATION: Chapel of the Holy Spirit, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT
PHOTO CREDIT: Tracy Deer-Mirek / Sacred Heart University

February 2011 Prayer and Reflection

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 05:00:00 GMT

For Camaldolese monk and artist Father Arthur Poulin, painting is a way “to proclaim the Good News of the gospel.” In an original style that echoes the tech- nique of the Impressionists, he begins by covering the canvas with bl...

March 2011 Prayer and Reflection

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 05:00:00 GMT

The Annunciation, c.1430-32 (tempera and gold on panel) Fra Angelico (Guido di Pietro), c.1387-1455
LOCATION: Prado, Madrid, Spain
CREDIT: The Bridgeman Art Library International

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April 2011 Prayer and Reflection

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 05:00:00 GMT

William Brassey Hole (1846-1917) was a highly regarded English artist, illustrator, etcher, and engraver who specialized in painting historical and industrial subjects as well as landscapes. In 1901, he traveled to the Holy Land to begin work on i...

Worth Watching in April 2011

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Television, Radio & Multimedia

ABC Family Channel has begun national broadcasts of THE SUNDAY MASS, produced by Passionist Communications. Celebrated at St. Ma...

Worth Watching in March 2011

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Television, Radio & Mulitmedia

While speaking about the 45th W...

Worth Watching in February 2011

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Television & Multimedia

Disney Channel launches DISNEY JUNIOR, a multiplatform label devoted to preschoolers. Among its debuting shows are “Disney Po...

A Q&A with Marleen Magnoni Alhadeff, Catholic and producer of “Memphis,” Tony-Award winning Best Musical of 2010

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Months after the hit Broadway show, “Memphis,” took home four Tony Awards, including the 2010 Best Musical, one of the show’s producers, Marleen Magnoni Alhadeff, a Catholic, was still somewhat awestruck.
&...

December 2010 Prayer and Reflection

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Austrian painter Marianne Preindisberger Stokes (1855-1927) relocated to England after her marriage to landscape artist Scott Stokes. Considered one of the leading artists of Victorian England, Marianne was a wonderful colorist whose Mad...

On the cover, December 2010

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Greg Olsen was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho, and grew up in the nearby farming community of Iona. His paintings record what is most important to him: his feelings and experiences with family and friends, along with the spiritual aspects of his life....

Worth Watching in December

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Television & Multimedia

PBS’ Independent Lens presents THE CALLING, a two-part documentary that follows seven Catholic, ...

Christmas gift guide 2010-Kids

Wed, 17 Nov 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Focus on the Family Radio Theatre presents

The Chronicles of Narnia

Tyndale Entertainment

$20 box set (Item WW972996)

Christmas gift guide 2010-Teens and Young Adults

Wed, 17 Nov 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Live Youth Bible: Catholic Edition

NRSV

Harper Catholic Bibles

$25.99

Catholic Digest’s online Christmas gift guide

Wed, 17 Nov 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Check out these great Christmas gift ideas for your loved ones!

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Hospitality with heart

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 05:00:00 GMT

When we accept that our homes and food don’t have to be perfect, we can discover the joy of entertaining. Here, Sandy Coughlin, author of the book The Reluctant Entertainer, shares 10 “commandments&rdqu...

Fun facts about the making of “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader”

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Photos at Right:

First picture: From left to right: Ben Barnes (Prince Caspian), Skandar Keynes (Edmund), and Georgie Henley (Lucy) in “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn T...

Worth Watching in November

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Television & Internet

PBS’s six-hour miniseries CIRCUS hits the road with the Big Apple Circus to offer an unprecedented and visually thrilling look in...

Happy Thanksgiving!

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The Terminal
Dreamworks
$9.98 DVD (widescreen)

Where Catholic meets coffee

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 05:00:00 GMT

A customer, laptop under arm, stands in line at a coffee bar. As he waits, he considers the various roasts and the many brews: latte, cappuccino, macchiato, espresso, plain old joe. What will it be? Our customer goes for a latte, a dark roast with...

Products We Recommend for September

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Gift of Love: Music to the Words and Prayers of Mother Teresa

Bradley James

$16 CD

310-497-1209

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Celebrate summer around the world!

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Cool Runnings

Walt Disney Video

$9.49 DVD