Media Mindfulness Blog

I had the opportunity to interview the main cast members of Netflix's first faith-based movie, "A Week Away." The more I thought about the film, the more I realized how its themes parallel those of this year's World Communications Day message. Read on to find out how.

Have you ever felt comforted and carried by a song through a difficult time in your life in a far deeper way than might rationally make sense? It's quite possible that God is present in your playlist!

A new Netflix film by Miguel Arteta brings a family together to just have fun on "Yes Day." Yes days are 24 hours when the parents can only say "yes" to their kids' requests.

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.

Every Lent I wonder what I will do to enter more profoundly into this penitential season and what would really alter my life dramatically toward Christ? I realize how life consuming is digital technology. It's appropriate, too, that National Day of Unplugging falls within Lent.

Novice Sister Orianne reflects on spiritual fatherhood through the lense of season 2 of The Mandalorian.

This year's premiere independent film festival hailing out of Park City, Utah, went mostly virtual and generated powerful stories that awaken and challenge worldview perceptions and delve into niche lifestyles outside of mainstream experience. Here is Part 1 of this festival's highlights.

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.

2021 is the 20th anniversary of the 1st Harry Potter film, and Sr Orianne is putting the Sorting Hat on the Saints to help you find friends and guides from each Hogwarts House.

December 29th, 2020 marks the 25th anniversary of the Pauline Center for Media Studies. Rejoice with us and celebrate virtually this milestone in media literacy education within the context of faith formation. We call it MEDIA MINDFULNESS!