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Danielle Bean

Danielle Bean
Danielle Bean, a mother of eight, is web editor of Faith & Family Live! and senior editor of Faith & Family magazine. She is author of My Cup of Tea: Musings of...
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Rachel Balducci

Rachel Balducci
Rachel Balducci is married to Paul and together they are the parents of five lively boys. Besides being a mom, she is also a writer and a newspaper columnist for...
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Lisa Hendey

Lisa Hendey
Lisa Hendey is the founder and editor of CatholicMom.com, a Catholic web site focusing on the Catholic faith, Catholic parenting and family life, and Catholic cultural...
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Arwen Mosher

Arwen Mosher
Arwen Mosher has been blogging since 2004. She lives in southeastern Michigan with her husband Bryan, their toddler daughter Camilla, and their baby son Blaise....
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Rebecca Teti

Rebecca Teti
Rebecca Teti has been married to Dennis for 15 years, with four children (3 boys, 1 girl) who -- like yours no doubt -- are pious and kind, gorgeous, and can spin...
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Sr. Patricia Proctor, OSC

Sr. Patricia Proctor, OSC
Sr. Patricia is a Poor Clare nun living in community at the Poor Clare Monastery in Spokane Washington. She is a best-selling author of the "101 Inspirational Stories"...
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Sarah Reinhard

Sarah Reinhard
If Sarah Reinhard isn’t off hiding somewhere with a good book, chances are she’s chasing a toddler or a Jack Russell terrier (or sleeping, because every mom...
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Year of The Priest Movies

Tell us your favorites

Did you catch our sister site’s Top 10 Priest Movies?

That list excluded foreign films and stories about bishops and cardinals, but it sparked a blog conversation. B-Movie Catechism has some other choices, as does The American Catholic. More in comments here, too, and this post has some interesting choices.

My top picks would be On the Waterfront, John Ford’s The Fugitive, I Confess and The Cardinal (since he doesn’t become a Cardinal until the end, I don’t think it violates the “priest” rule).

Any these lists miss? Which are your favorites?


The Stoning of Soraya M.

New film stars Jim Caviezel.

Due in theaters next week on June 26th is The Stoning of Soraya M., a film that had been touted by Catholic reviewers and leaders who have screened it.  Here’s the summary from the film’s website:

From the filmmaker who produced “The Passion of the Christ” comes a powerful film, a modern-day parable, based on an incredible true story of sacrifice, oppression and mob rule. A village’s persecution of... READ MORE 


Land of the Lost Is a Loser

If you're tempted by this "blast from the past", stick with the original.

Some of my favorite childhood television memories took place during the 70’s (yes, I’m that old!), sprawled across the avocado green shag carpeting watching classics like The Brady Bunch, The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman.  Saturday mornings meant “Land of the Lost” and hanging out with Marshall, Will and Holly on their adventures in an alternate time and place.  Maybe it’s this original... READ MORE 


Earn Money at the Movies

'Ignatius Night at the Movies' offers a fundraising opportunity for your school, parish or project

Just in time for summertime entertainment, Ignatius Press is offering an opportunity that puts the “fun” in fundraiser:

Here’s how it works:

You host a “Catholic Books and Film Fair” Event and arrange a showing of one of these popular Catholic films:

Clare and Francis, Paul: Contending for the Faith, Pope John Paul II, Padre Pio: Miracle Man, Maria Goretti, Saint John Bosco: Mission to Love, Bernadette... READ MORE 


Big Thumbs Up for ‘Up’

Pixar's newest release is a touching tale and wild adventure -- all in one

If you haven’t yet heard about Up, Pixar’s newest release, you must not have young kids in your home.

The good news about the hype surrounding this film is that the movie lives up to it. And then some, in my opinion.

All 7 of the kids (ages 4-14) I brought to see it on Saturday night gave it an enthusiastic thumbs up on the way out of the theater.

In his review at the National Catholic Register, Steven... READ MORE 


Great Pick for Weekend Flick

Children of Heaven is a must-see DVD

When Children of Heaven arrived from Netflix last weekend, Dan read the description on the sleeve and ... declined.

Shoe-sharing Iranian children? Subtitles? No thanks, he said.

But I didn’t let that discourage me. I watched it all by myself one night and let me tell you ... Dan missed out.

This is such a beautifully made, touching film. The story is so very simple that I will not even comment on... READ MORE 


Things That Make Moms Smile

"Too Catholic"? Humor breaks for moms and more on this week's Faith & Family Live! Cast.

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On this week’s Faith & Family Live! podcast (click here to listen or click on the player above), we take time to discuss Danielle’s recent post entitled “Am I Too Catholic?”.  Bloggers
Danielle, Rebecca and I share our take on raising kids in a Catholic culture and how this meshes with today’s popular culture in books, movies, music and more.

Danielle shares a Faith & Family Live! featured product... READ MORE 


A Vote for Henry Poole

a likable film about miracles and faith

After reading Tom Hoopes’s recent review of Henry Poole Is Here, I had low expectations for this newly released DVD.

But I watched it last weekend anyway. And I was pleasantly surprised.

It’s hard for Hollywood to get a movie about faith “right,” and Henry Poole Is Here doesn’t handle the topic perfectly. But it did a pretty good job of inspiring me and told a decent story with realistic, likable... READ MORE 


Jesus in the House

Catholic author Allan Wright looks at the stories of Christ's presence in the home.

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This week’s podcast (click here to listen or click on the player above) brings two interviews that will introduce you to two great books and a super family movie.

Allan Wright is the author of Jesus in the House: Gospel Reflections on Christ’s Presence in the Home and Silent Witnesses in the Gospels : Bible Bystanders and Their Stories.  With his books, Allan opens readers’ hearts to the stories of... READ MORE 


Fireproofing Our Marriages

Enjoy an interview with the writer and producer of Fireproof in this week's podcast

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In this week’s episode of the Catholic Moments podcast (click here to listen or click on the player above), I had the great opportunity to speak with Stephen Kendrick, on of the co-authors and producers of this Fall’s hit movie Fireproof
and co-author of the movie’s accompanying book, The Love Dare.

As the film comes to DVD on January 27th, I’m hoping that a whole new crop of families will be touched... READ MORE 


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