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Author : John P. McNamee
Publisher : Sheed & Ward
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1995-05-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781461674818
The diary of a man trying to live within his religious faith while dealing with the harsh realities of urban America.
Author : Dominic Allain
Publisher : Gracewing
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0852449232
This book presents a selection of the best of the weekly 'Pastor Iuventus' columns from The Catholic Herald. Arranged over a year, the columns give us a true-life picture of the ministry of a parish priest in a busy city. The diary convincingly conveys the tangible and day-to-day reality of a priest's life and work. The journal is about the endless fascinations of parish life: the highs and lows, births and deaths, new challenges, and, amongst all these, the quiet presence of God. The author tells it as it is, with candour and insight, but also with humour and brilliance. Through the everyday life of the parish, the local hospital and the school, we are given an intimate portrayal of real life. The reader will be moved and inspired by the beauty and depth of these weekly columns. As the year unfolds, the journal reminds us of the closeness of the Providence of God to every human life. As Dr William Oddie says in the Foreword to the first edition, Father Allain's diary column provides readers with "an often vivid inside track on the spiritual life of a parish priest, in a way which certainly conveys its pressures and difficulties, but which also nurtures the spiritual imagination of its readers by demonstrating that those pressures and difficulties can always - with a simple and basic faith in the realities of a working Catholic spirituality - be withstood and transcended." Fr Dominic Allain was ordained priest for the Archdiocese of Southwark. Now the International Pastoral Director for 'Grief to Grace' - a programme which brings spiritual and psychological healing to survivors of sexual and other abuse (www.grieftograceuk.org), he also works as a retreat giver and spiritual director. This book draws on his experiences as a parish priest and hospital chaplain in the London area. He is well-known to many through his weekly columns, 'Pastor Iuventus', in The Catholic Herald.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Heartland Film Festival
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Neighborhood
ISBN : 0971920133
An inside look at the emotional and spiritual struggles and joys of an extraordinary priest called to serve in one of Philadelphia's toughest neighborhoods. Faced with gangs, poverty, drugs and an often felt feeling of hopelessness, Father Mac, is a tireless crusader, handing out food to the poor, interceding with colleges on behalf of promising students, and occasionally bailing out neighborhood kids from night court.
Author : Joseph Gallagher
Publisher : Image
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : WISC:89064864895
Author : Peter Malone
Publisher : ATF Press
Page : 718 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-19
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781925872927
There is never a shortage of priest characters on our screens. Even Spencer Tracy, Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald won Oscars for playing priests. Robert de Niro has been ordained four times (including a bishop). Many stars have been eager to play priests, as have numerous supporting actors. The question arises: how have been priests portrayed over the decades? There have been kindly priests with their advice, stern priests who laid down the law, heroic priests on mission, in more recent years, priests who have been abusers. And there have been priests who were part of the scenery, especially at funerals. This is something of a comprehensive look at priests on screen, looking at portrayals from the late 19th century, over the decades, for 120 years. The films considered are mainly English-language but quite there are a number from other cultures. The book offers some Church background and developments, the range of films, a highlighting of a key film representing each decade. It also has separate chapters on Irish priests, Australian priests, exorcism priests and a chapter on films and abuse. There also Appendices on historical films, saint priests and popes. While one could read the book from cover to cover, it is mainly a book for reference. There are some detailed appreciations. There are some shorter considerations. Not everyone can see every film, not for want of trying! There are Indexes for exploring: film titles, directors, and actors who have played priests. Screen Priests is a fascinating historical look at films about Roman Catholic priests from the first until Martin Scorseses 2016 religious and cinematic masterpiece Silence. With the scope spanning decades and the breadth embracing films mostly from the United States, Britain, Ireland, Canada and Australia, the researcher will find a treasure trove and the film aficionado will relish Peter Malones encyclopedia knowledge and sometimes trivia of the world of priests on the silver screen.
Author : John D. Caputo
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2007-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1441200363
This provocative addition to The Church and Postmodern Culture series offers a lively rereading of Charles Sheldon's In His Steps as a constructive way forward. John D. Caputo introduces the notion of why the church needs deconstruction, positively defines deconstruction's role in renewal, deconstructs idols of the church, and imagines the future of the church in addressing the practical implications of this for the church's life through liturgy, worship, preaching, and teaching. Students of philosophy, theology, religion, and ministry, as well as others interested in engaging postmodernism and the emerging church phenomenon, will welcome this provocative, non-technical work.
Author : Richard Ho Lung
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1505108381
The slums of Kingston, Jamaica are among the most poor and violent on earth. But in the midst of crumbling buildings and shattered families, of addictions, hunger, and crime there is a sign of hope: Father Richard Ho Lung and his Missionaries of the Poor. Here on the streets of Kingston, Fr. Ho Lung and his brothers care tenderly for the poor, pray with them, and preach the Good News. In Diary of a Ghetto Priest, Father Ho Lung offers readers an extraordinary glimpse into his life's work. And he extends an invitation: Come see the exuberant, tragic lives of the poorest of the poor. Dare to experience their sorrows and their joys. Be willing to encounter the Lord in the most unexpected places. Your life may never be the same.
Author : Thom Nickels
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781467101417
Philadelphia is a hard mistress when it comes to honoring native talent, and the city has more than its fair share of notable figures. Consider colorful politicians like Frank Rizzo and Richardson Dilworth, international celebrities like Grace Kelly, sports legends like Connie Mack, Philadelphia Museum of Art icons like Anne d'Harnoncourt, or national radio personalities like Terry Gross. Business tycoons such as John Wanamaker and Russell Conwell, founder of Temple University, made many contributions to the city. Pearl Buck, author of The Good Earth, and Christopher Morley, America's G.K. Chesterton, created legacies of their own. Other legends like the nearly forgotten Agnes Repplier, a world-famous essayist and contemporary of Henry James, and poet Daniel Hoffman, the designated US poet laureate in 1973-1974, have helped enrich the city's literary reputation. There are Marian Anderson, Mario Lanza, and Hollywood actor Kevin Bacon, whose fame is equaled by his city planner father, Edmund. Architects like Frank Furness, Louis Kahn, and Vincent Kling helped transform the city into an international destination. And there are many notables looming outside the margins of this book, waiting for their day of discovery.
Author : Victor Stock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Clergy
ISBN : 0002740699
Victor Stock, the Rector of St Mary le Bow in London, holds lunchtime Dialogues, the church's regular weekly meetings with personalities to which all are welcome. Victor's diaries are filled with stories from the Dialogue's celebrities such as Judy Dench, A.S. Byatt and Sir Yehudi Menhuin.
Author : John P. McNamee
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1556128096
John McNamee's personal journal chronicles the endurance of faith through seasons of change and challenge.
Author : Abelard
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1500672114
Will anyone understand this story?What led to the above rapturous discovery of romantic love? Or -depending on your religious point of view- how did a faithful and devout priest fall so precipitously from grace? How did this meticulously trained Legionary of Christ plunge to his death in the blink of an eye like an Acapulco diver done awry? How was his armor so easily pierced by the batting of a dark eyelash?For decades after the heady events in Mexico City and the Yucatan, our protagonist Abelard stored away his notebooks in battered boxes left in the basement. They were painful, goofy and incomprehensible: naive emotional outpourings from an immature life stage that was full of joy, suffering and, tinged, perhaps, with shame. He knew they would sound strange and senseless to many. By the same token sharing the notebooks would leave him open to ridicule, futility and irrelevance. Nevertheless, he decided to entrust them to the writer because of their value as real experiences. Perhaps readers might garner some insights into Abelard's -and St. Augustine's- obsessions: God and the human soul . And in a world where everything seemed trivial, material, boring, cheap and reduced to the lowest common denominator -including relationships, love, sex, passion, Church, priest... * Could the diaries help regular people get inside the head and heart of a priest, a celibate* Torn between love of God and love of woman? * Could the man on the street find this often gut-wrenching experience interesting?* What relevance has the obscure, rarified, piety glutted and spiritually stifling life of a Legionary of Christ have for the general public, the 21st-century-Christian or your regular Catholic?* How does a priest react when "tempted by the flesh"?* Is God anywhere to be found?* Could Spirit somehow be present in the cauldron of passions which are often portrayed as base and purely instinctual?* Could sensuality and passion in some paradoxical way be wholesome and holy?* What happens when a priest is treated harshly and unwisely by his superiors? * Where do Eros, Agape and Divine Love intersect? Or do they?
Author : Paul Schrader
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-18
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780520969148
With a new introduction, acclaimed director and screenwriter Paul Schrader revisits and updates his contemplation of slow cinema over the past fifty years. Unlike the style of psychological realism, which dominates film, the transcendental style expresses a spiritual state by means of austere camerawork, acting devoid of self-consciousness, and editing that avoids editorial comment. This seminal text analyzes the film style of three great directors—Yasujiro Ozu, Robert Bresson, and Carl Dreyer—and posits a common dramatic language used by these artists from divergent cultures. The new edition updates Schrader’s theoretical framework and extends his theory to the works of Andrei Tarkovsky (Russia), Béla Tarr (Hungary), Theo Angelopoulos (Greece), and Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkey), among others. This key work by one of our most searching directors and writers is widely cited and used in film and art classes. With evocative prose and nimble associations, Schrader consistently urges readers and viewers alike to keep exploring the world of the art film.
Author : Robert Griffin
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0742514854
In a writing style that captivates with its almost poetic insight and lustre, Griffin writes about life's toughest troubles and offers encouragement for fortitude, compassion, grace and peace.
Author : Peter E. Dans
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2009-05-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780742570320
Christians in the Movies traces the arc of the portrayal in film of Christians from 1905 to the present. For most of the first six decades, the portrayals were favorable and even reverential. By contrast, from 1970 on, Christians have often been treated with hostility and often outright ridicule. This book explores this shift through in-depth reviews and commentaries on 100 important films, as well as briefer discussions of about 75 additional Christian-themed films. Peter E. Dans examines various causative factors for this change such as the abolition of the Hays Motion Picture Production Code, the demise of the Catholic Legion of Decency, and the associated profound societal and cultural changes. From a look at the real story behind the Scopes trial to portraits of actors, directors and writers most prominently associated with films involving Christians and Christianity, Christians in the Movies provides a great resource for those who wish to select films for showing at churches, universities or for personal viewing and critical examination of the recent cultural movements and thought.
Author : Leslie Woodcock Tentler
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781501726675
As Americans rethought sex in the twentieth century, the Catholic Church's teachings on the divisive issue of contraception in marriage were in many ways central. In a fascinating history, Leslie Woodcock Tentler traces changing attitudes: from the late nineteenth century, when religious leaders of every variety were largely united in their opposition to contraception; to the 1920s, when distillations of Freud and the works of family planning reformers like Margaret Sanger began to reach a popular audience; to the Depression years, during which even conservative Protestant denominations quietly dropped prohibitions against marital birth control. Catholics and Contraception carefully examines the intimate dilemmas of pastoral counseling in matters of sexual conduct. Tentler makes it clear that uneasy negotiations were always necessary between clerical and lay authority. As the Catholic Church found itself isolated in its strictures against contraception—and the object of damaging rhetoric in the public debate over legal birth control—support of the Church's teachings on contraception became a mark of Catholic identity, for better and for worse. Tentler draws on evidence from pastoral literature, sermons, lay writings, private correspondence, and interviews with fifty-six priests ordained between 1938 and 1968, concluding, "the recent history of American Catholicism... can only be understood by taking birth control into account."