Arts News

Film producer Kevin Dunn speaks with Aurelia, one of the subjects of his documentary Fatal Flaws: Legalizing Assisted Death.

Euthanasia film strikes a raw human nerve

By

OTTAWA – Kevin Dunn first met Aurelia in the Netherlands at a conference on euthanasia for young people.

Fr. Seamus Hogan's book, 'Extraordinary Ordinaries', digs deep into Toronto's Catholic history.

Long line of bishops help tell Toronto's story

By

There are many ways to tell the story of a city. In Extraordinary Ordinaries, Fr. Seamus Hogan explores aspects of Toronto’s history by examining the challenges, successes and even the blind spots of the 12 men who have served as the bishop or archbishop of Toronto.

World Youth Day contest invites young Catholic filmmakers

World Youth Day contest invites young Catholic filmmakers

By
PANAMA CITY, Panama – A Catholic film ministry has opened a contest for the 2019 World Youth Day to encourage young cinematographers to create short movies promoting truth, beauty, and goodness.
Jamie Quatro’s first novel is a disappointing tale of a woman whose grasp on Christianity lacks maturity.

Book review: Fire Sermon flames out in tedious detail

By

Fire Sermon by Jamie Quatro (Anansi International, 256 pages, softcover, $17.96 on Amazon.ca)

Patria Rivera confronts her past in The Time Between.

Poet Patria Rivera explores her past with spiritual lens

By

It started out in 2011 as a Lenten practice. 

Wim Wenders, 2014

Q&A: Wim Wender's unexpected film on the Pope

By

In a remarkable life that has progressed from studying film to reviewing films to making films, Wim Wenders has documented the lives of forgotten Cuban jazz musicians (in Buena Vista Social Club), explored the value of truth (in Paris, Texas) asked what really makes us human (in Wings of Desire) and shown us the value of making something, even something as impermanent as dance (in Pina).

German filmmaker Wim Wenders is pictured in this undated photo with Pope Francis during the production of his documentary film, "Pope Francis -- A Man of His Word." The film was compiled from four long sit-down sessions with the pope and from clips of the pope at the Vatican and abroad. It is scheduled for release in theaters May 18.

Film shows Pope Francis is true to the Word

By

All of us who read this newspaper know that in the beginning was the Word. We all know that the Word was with God and the Word was God. But do we take this description of basic reality seriously enough to concede that the Word has real, practical meaning? 

Jesuit priests hear confessions at the Martyr’s Shrine, near Midland, Ontario, Canada, circa 1955.

Book review: Jesuit history is ripe for the picking

By

Conscience of a Nation: Jesuits in English Canada (1842-2016), Jesuit History Series vol. 3., edited by Jacques Monet, S.J. (Novalis, softcover, 224 pages, $34.95)

Among the women profiled in A Woman's Voice is Sr. Helen Prejean, a prominent death penalty activist.

Documentary celebrates women’s voice in the Church

By

The role of a woman in the Church does not have to be second best. 

Jason Taylor is a media producer in Ontario’s Bruce County who is using the children’s program The Opus Joyous Show to teach kids about faith. Targeted at kids five to 12, Taylor is ready to release the first episode on his website (OpusJoyous.com) and will stream the first five episodes on Amazon, iTunes, Google Play and FORMED.

Canadian producer launches Catholic children's show

By

If we can teach children the importance of sharing and tidying up through a cheerful song on a TV show, then why can’t we use this same medium to teach them about the faith?

Leah Perrault and daughter Robyn (holding baby brother Atticus) of Holy Family Cathedral Parish in Saskatoon worked together to write a Lenten resource for families entitled Practicing Love. 

Saskatoon mom and daughter team up for prayer book

By

SASKATOON – Leah Perrault was already the author of two books when a publisher approached her last summer about writing a family-oriented resource book for Lent.

Page 7 of 36