Arts and Culture

Coming to terms with Holocaust and homeland

August 7, 2016

Dear Mr. Eisen, I have been asked to write a review of your book, By Chance Alone. I took this on with trepidation. After all, what can I say?

Faith inspired gold medallist well beyond the track

July 30, 2016

Most people would know the story of Eric Liddell from the 1981 film Chariots of Fire, where his character was featured along with his Olympic “rival” Harold Abrahams. No less compelling than the Oscar-winning movie — though taking less creative licence — For the Glory portrays a more comprehensive and historically accurate Liddell by exploring the role his faith played throughout his life.

Adult colouring books get niched: Colour me Christian, Jewish, Muslim and more

July 24, 2016

It is hard to walk into a grocery store, drugstore, gas station or anywhere else without coming across a display of adult colouring books. The trend started a couple of years ago with Johanna Basford’s uber-popular volumes of pretty flowers and frolicking sea life.

ISIS slaughter turns singer’s focus to refugees

July 22, 2016

It was February 2015 and American singer-songwriter Audrey Assad was working with fellow Catholic artist Matt Maher on his new album. She was sitting in Maher’s backyard when she came across the shocking video online. Twenty-one Egyptian Coptic Christian men were about to be beheaded by the Islamic State on a Libyan beach.

Bible Gateway now lets users search the Bible using emoji

July 17, 2016

Ever wonder what the Bible has to say about praise hands and tears of joy? Now you can search the Bible using emoji on Bible Gateway.

‘Free State of Jones’ is a movie based on the Bible as well as history

June 27, 2016

It’s a long way from Hollywood, yet a swampy corner of southeast Mississippi has given the film world its latest hero — or maybe antihero.

Alfonse Borysewicz’s lonely struggle gives Catholic art a modern face

June 19, 2016

Whenever Alfonse Borysewicz addresses a fresh canvas, a daunting set of issues stares back at him.

Emoji Bible makes God a smiley face with a halo

June 5, 2016

The Bible just got more textable.

Book Review: The art of a good homily

June 4, 2016

Dissatisfaction with homilies is the most common complaint Catholics have about their priests, even leading many to skip Mass, according to Canadian and American surveys. Clerics themselves pinpoint uninspiring sermons as a general flaw among their colleagues. The main weaknesses they cite are poor delivery, superficial content and a disconnect from the lives of people in the pews.

Review: Paul Martin Sr. biography gives Catholic politician recognition he rarely received

May 29, 2016

If Paul Martin Sr. had won the 1948 Liberal leadership convention instead of Louis St. Laurent, the Martins, not the Trudeaus, may well have been the first father and son to lead the country.