25 years of Media Literacy Education and Catechesis Sr. Nancy Usselmann Theology of Pop Culture, Media Spirituality, News, Media Smart Family, Media Mindfulness 12/22/2020 12:45:00 PM View Count 1778 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! Read More
What “The Mandalorian” Can Teach Us about the Manger Sr. Orianne Dyck Media Spirituality, Media Smart Family, Media Mindfulness 12/20/2020 12:23:00 PM View Count 4085 Sr Orianne reflects on the Star Wars character of Mando in "The Mandalorian" and his relationship to Baby Yoda and how that is reflective of our stance with the Baby Jesus in the crib this Christmas. Read More
Livestreaming: A New “Mount” for the Gospel Sr. Orianne Dyck Media Spirituality, Media Smart Family, Media Mindfulness 12/10/2020 2:38:00 PM View Count 2348 Livestreamed events have become the norm and perhaps a new normal for the proclamation of the Gospel. Sr Orianne shares her favorites livestream shows and how they lead us to encounter God and one another in a new and exciting way. Read More
Novena to Blessed James Alberione for Our Media World Sr. Nancy Usselmann Media Spirituality, Media Smart Family, Media Mindfulness 11/17/2020 12:20:00 PM View Count 3360 Blessed James Alberione is known as the "Media Apostle." These prayers are created as a novena prior to his feast day on November 26th leading us to ask his intercession for our popular media culture and for all those media professionals who create the stories of our culture today. Read More
Help Your Kid Learn the Faith... Through a Video Game? Sr. Allison Gliot News, Media Smart Family, Media Mindfulness 10/1/2020 5:21:00 PM View Count 2799 Sr. Allison reviews Wanderlight: A Pilgrim’s Adventure, a new Catholic video game from Loyola Press. Read More
Praying with Marvel Movies Sr. Orianne Dyck Theology of Pop Culture, Media Spirituality, Media Smart Family, Media Mindfulness 10/1/2020 4:36:00 PM View Count 2363 Everybody loves a good superhero movie. But have you ever thought to pray with them? Sr Orianne shares her love of Marvel movies and how she engages prayerfully with them discovering some profound truths of humanity and our common human experience. Read More
Do Dark Video Games Confront Evil or Make it Worse? Sr. Allison Gliot Theology of Pop Culture, Media Smart Family, Media Mindfulness 8/27/2020 11:28:00 AM View Count 3427 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. Read More
How to Make Video Games Good for Kids: 7 Tips for Catholic Parents Sr. Allison Gliot Media Smart Family, Media Mindfulness 6/10/2020 1:17:00 PM View Count 3670 Novice Sister Allison shares a few insights on helping your children become happier, healthier, and holier through the way they play video games. Read More
'Screened Out': Documentary focuses on social media's validation loop Sr. Rose Pacatte News, Media Smart Family, Media Mindfulness 5/26/2020 12:06:00 PM View Count 2348 When we live behind our screens what are they actually doing to us? This new film lays out the concerns and facts of what it means to live our daily experiences behind a screen. Read More
Praying for Celebrities Sr. Nancy Usselmann Media Spirituality, Media Smart Family, Media Mindfulness 4/16/2020 1:39:00 PM View Count 3451 Here is an activity that can be helpful to teach young people to question what they like about specific celebrities and why. It is a way of living a media spirituality in which they pray for a chosen celebrity a novena prayer of their creation. Read More