Media Mindfulness Blog

To help you discern your anime engagement with greater confidence, Sr. Orianne and Sr. Allison have compiled a Q&A-style guide to some common questions about discerning anime.

I can solidly say that "Suzuman" is my second-favorite of Makoto Shinkai’s films (nothing will be able to beat Your Name). The ascetics and animation were stunning and while many characters only made short cameos, they left a deep impression on me. However, what I found most riveting about the film is one very particular trait of the main character, Suzume: the way she shows mercy to others.

Blessed Carlo Acutis was only fifteen years old when he died of leukemia in 2006. Yet this teenager made a huge impact on his community, living out holiness in our modern world. He had a gift for turning the most ordinary tasks into acts of love--including the way he used technology. Sr. Allison Regina highlights four tips for holy use of media technologies inspired by Carlo.

Duncan Idaho claims that "dreams make good stories, but everything important happens when we're awake." Sr. Allison Regina expounds on the similarities between "Dune's" concept of dreaming and Christianity's. Includes a prayer to Sleeping Saint Joseph.

Sr. Allison explores the ways that video games can serve as a ‘training ground’ for virtue or vice based on how we choose to play them.

Sr Allison takes a look at the top 10 songs of her favorite music genre—rock! With a prayerful lens she taps into humanity's deepest longings and how music expresses those yearnings in profound ways.

Sr. Allison shares a simple and yet profound way to pray for the musicians who have most deeply touched our lives.

Novice Sr. Allison explores themes of death and eternal life in the video game "What Remains of Edith Finch."

Sr. Allison reviews Wanderlight: A Pilgrim’s Adventure, a new Catholic video game from Loyola Press.

Should Catholics be playing dark video games? Sr. Allison explores what can we learn from the way evil is presented in video games and the impact they might have on us.