Media Mindfulness Blog

As media communicators, how can we live a deep spiritual life while engaging with the popular culture? Blessed James Alberione left a legacy to the Pauline Family to share a media spirituality with the Church, by looking to St Paul as our guide, example, and intercessor.

Ideas of how a woman should be have changed throughout the years and this has been reflected in portrayals of women on screen. What hasn’t changed is what women are. The most timeless films are those which avoid dictating how women should be and succeed in touching on the truth of what women are. This is exactly what happens in the "Lord of the Rings" films. See how Arwen, Galadriel, Eowyn, and Rosie, can be inspirations for all women.

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!

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.

What if you could transform your relationship with the media world?

Our Pauline Brother in Poland submitted a film to the Hollywood Short Film Festival and it was accepted and screening along with dozens of other films by creative filmmakers. Sr. Helena and I were there to represent him and all the Paulines worldwide.

The movie, The Shack, based on the book by William P. Young that sold over 10 million copies, is a cinematic retreat. In two hours it leads the viewer to go deeper and examine one’s life, struggles with faith, and relationships. As Tim McGraw says, who plays Mack’s friend and pastor Willie in the film, this story “impacts viscerally.” One cannot but be moved by such a profoundly impactful film. True to the medium, the movie leaves each viewer to enter into the emotion of the characters and c...