Who were you before you were born? Who will you be after you die? In church circles the responses to these questions might quickly move in the direction of...
Arts & Culture
Explore Catholic arts and culture through critical reviews, interviews, and essays, on creativity, beauty, and faith.
The Fallout Directed by Megan Park (SSS Entertainment, 2021) “I feel so empty,” 16-year-old Vada (Jenna Ortega) tells her father in The Fallout, writer and...
In the Disney film Encanto, the Madrigal family’s story begins when Abuela and Abuelo flee civil war in their home country of Colombia. Abuelo sacrifices...
The Monastic Heart By Joan Chittister (Convergent Books, 2021) In the sixth century, disheartened by the corruption and chaos of Rome, St. Benedict of Nursia...
Until Now Carrie Newcomer (Available Light Records, 2021) Carrie Newcomer’s latest album, Until Now, comes at just the right time, as many of us feel divided...
Luca Directed by Enrico Casarosa (Disney/Pixar, 2021) With Disney/Pixar dominating mainstream theatrical releases for the past 20 years, you likely are not...
Midnight Mass Directed by Mike Flanagan (Netflix, 2021) The scariest thing about Midnight Mass isn’t the blood or creatures. It’s the people. The miniseries...
Saving Grace By Kirsten Powers (Convergent Books, 2021) To say that grace is in desperately short supply in our public discourse is one thing. To delve into...
Ted Lasso is teaching boys how to be men and men how to be good people. Right there on television, where the opposite usually happens. The American...
The Future Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats (Fantasy Records, 2021) You might think bearded, tattooed, perpetual-hat-wearing indie rocker-meets-soul...
