The past six weeks’ schedule of celebration upon celebration has been crowded. My own religious community hosted a celebration of our 100th anniversary at what has become our permanent motherhouse in Pennsylvania in mid-September. The […]
Back in the 1970s the African American Catholic Bishops of the U.S. wrote a pastoral letter entitled “Brothers and Sisters to Us.” It took a pointed look at the history of race relations from the […]
On a Saturday in mid-September, my religious community gathered at our motherhouse in Pennsylvania to celebrate the first profession of vows of one of our sisters. The “newbie,” as some might call her, has joined us […]
The 40th anniversary of the riveting visit of Pope St. John Paul II to Yankee Stadium was celebrated Oct. 2, with a reminder of the challenges he posed to affluent Americans. He was already a […]
NEW YORK—”Adorable” has a new synonym: “Abominable” (DreamWorks), a charming animated film which transforms the dreaded Yeti monster — the legendary abominable snowman — into a lovable furball. This family-friendly adventure set in China and […]
NEW YORK—Advances in moviemaking technology allow a story that could only previously be told as a cartoon to be enacted, so to speak, by animals. And so we get “The Lion King” (Disney). Director Jon […]
NEW YORK—”The Art of Racing in the Rain” (Fox 2000), an otherwise benign drama about a man and his dog, adapted from the novel by Garth Stein, is marred by a treatment of reincarnation that […]
NEW YORK—Abundant charm and an insightful depiction of the ups and downs of both friendship and family life make “Blinded by the Light” (Warner Bros.) — writer-director Gurinder Chadha’s touching fact-based mix of drama and […]
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