Catholic and Feminist By Mary J. Henold (University of North Carolina Press, 2008) Sisters Theresa Kane, Marjorie Tuite, and Margaret Ellen Traxler. Rosemary...
Arts & Culture
Explore Catholic arts and culture through critical reviews, interviews, and essays, on creativity, beauty, and faith.
Rachel Getting Married Sony Pictures Classics, 2008 Director Jonathan Demme and writer Jenny Lumet’s ensemble film about a big sprawling suburban wedding...
Then She Found Me (THINKFilm, 2008) Are we born into families, or do we fashion them by forging bonds with strangers? At the start of Helen Hunt’s heart...
Learning to Bend Ben Sollee Singer-songwriter-cellist Ben Sollee, 24, is at the beginning of what promises to be a very interesting American roots music career...
Bread Body Spirit Edited and with introductions by Alice Peck (Skylights Path Publishing, 2008) This is a book that will make you hungry. You’ll be...
Render Unto Caesar, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput (Doubleday, 2008) Over the last four years, Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput has become one of the most well...
Life Death Love and Freedom, John Mellencamp (Hear Music, 2008) For almost 30 years John Mellencamp has used the foundation of ’60s garage band rock to...
The Wire, created by David Simon (HBO, 2002-2008) The language, violence, and sexuality in the five seasons of David Simon’s sprawling urban novel about...
Don’t listen to those New Atheists, says this Vatican astronomer. You shouldn’t have to choose between science and faith. Last fall, I confess, I was in the...
There is no particular person author Ann Patchett has looked to for inspiration. Instead, she credits her Catholic faith for teaching her a boundless capacity...
