Recipes and Essays

Sacred Media Conference

Sacred Media Conference

I’m on the road, first to Rome for a meeting of the International Study Commission on Media, Religion and Culture. It is hosted by the Salesian Pontifical University and I will see my friend again, Fabio Pasqualetti who teaches there. With him and Mary Hess 

Latino Cinema and Ministry

Latino Cinema and Ministry

If you are intersted in media issues and the life of the soul, I invite you to sign up for a weekend seminar that I am leading about latino film/video and contemporary ministry. We’ll attend screenings at the San Antonio Cinefestival the first latino festival 

Gay/Lesbian Rights and Catholic views

Gay/Lesbian Rights and Catholic views

Catholics are commenting about The US Supreme Court ruling of last Thursday that struck down Texas’s “Homosexual Conduct� law, which criminalized oral and anal sex by consenting gay couples and was used widely to justify discrimination against lesbians and gay men. Bishop Gregory of the 

Peruvian Documentary, “Choropampa”

Peruvian Documentary, “Choropampa”

Ernesto Cabellos and Stepanie Boyd completed this riveting documentary, “Choropampa” about a community in the Peruvian Andes who was contaminated when a truck carrying a mercury-filled tank capsized. Do try to see this inside view of current life outside Lima. The video has a rough 

Brazilian Short for Liturgy

Brazilian Short for Liturgy

I’ve been trying to find a way to obtain copies of a wonderful 1995 Brazilian short film, 5 minutes, by Cao Hamburger, “O Menino, A Favela E As Tampas de Panela” Let me know if you have any info. about possible distributors. I hope we 

Hispanic TV Viewing

Hispanic TV Viewing

Last Thursday, 6/19, I presented a workshop to students at MACC in San Antonio, Texas and they were greatly surprised to learn that US Hispanics, as well as the general population, watch over 50 hours of TV every week. I see two general reactions among 

Cartoons: War and Religion

Cartoons: War and Religion

Here are some more animations that you may be able to project in class, discussion groups or just enjoy at your desk. First, some links from the site, thequickie.com, about Iraq, War, Religion. The first is a game that is on their homepage now called 

Little Conversations for Big Questions

Little Conversations for Big Questions

In one of her blog entries for June 8, Mary Hess poses a question asked by one of her students. I want to pass it along, as well as some of the ways that she suggests the question can be answered. The question is: “If 

Sati

Sati

Today I received an invitation to a performance by a local Houston band, “NTX&THEELECTRICSUTTEE.” The name, Suttee, gives me the opportunity to tell you about a “must see” film by Anand Patwardhan that members of the study commission saw in Bangkok in July 2001. The 

In Santo Domingo: Beauty Pageants and Bank Fraud

In Santo Domingo: Beauty Pageants and Bank Fraud

We have finished taping for the documentary that will feature Lima, Mexico and Dominican Republic as portraits of Catholic faith. The crew is exhausted but very happy. I watched the footage thus far and, gracias a Dios, it looks great. The interviews are amazing, proof